Learn about state efforts to build a culture of data use and use this information to reflect on your state or program’s data culture. Resources including the DaSy Data Culture Toolkit will be discussed. Presented by Brenda Sharp, Lisa Backer, Haidee Bernstein, and Tony Ruggiero in February 2019 Link to Webinar RecordingLink to Webinar PowerPoint
This webinar includes best practices in collecting, analyzing and sharing qualitative data with an example from Louisiana’s SSIP work. This webinar also shares resources to support qualitative methods and an activity for participants to practice analyzing qualitative data. Presented by Megan Cox, Kerry Friedman, Brenda Sharp and Debbie Shaver in January 2019 Link to Webinar […]
Conference: Early Childhood Personnel Center Cross-Cohort Leadership Institute Date: September 2018Presenters: Kathleen Hebbeler This presentation contains information on the benefits of building a comprehensive system of personnel data. It also includes the functions of a data system and uses of data. Link to Presentation
This Early Childhood Data Collaborative (ECDC) brief highlights projects implemented in three states to integrate education, health, and/or social services data in order to inform policies that influence the lives of young children and their families. The Annie E. Casey Foundation (AECF) funded KIDS COUNT organizations in the states of Mississippi (MS), Minnesota (MN), and […]
This November 2018 report from the National Institute for Children’s Health Quality (NICHQ) and the Center for the Study of Social Policy offers case studies from Indianola, Mississippi; Ventura County, California; and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania using their early childhood data in clear and important ways to tailor more effective interventions and yield better results. Key themes […]
Conference: Division for Early Childhood’s 34th Annual International Conference on Young Children with Disabilities Date: October 2018 Presenters: Denise Mauzy, Amy Nicholas This session features a panel of representatives from the field, including technical assistance providers and state leaders (administrator, practitioner, and family), to share their perspectives about building a systemic culture of data use. Panelists will […]
This webinar explored DaSy’s new Data Culture Toolkit, following the five key steps to building a culture of data use in a state or local program: Formalize your data team and its vision/purpose; assess your data use culture; prioritize your data team’s critical questions; assess and improve your data quality; and explore and use data. […]
This session will be an opportunity for members of the BDI users group to think about relevant issues and share products related to the collection and use of BDI data for the purposes of child outcomes measurement. Published by: DaSy/ECTA Link to Presentation: BDI Users Group
Family members can take an active role in understanding and using data from the family survey and child outcomes process to participate in program improvement activities. Family leadership can take many roles through local programs, parent centers and ICCs. This session will discuss strategies for actively engaging families in using data to make decisions, developing […]
This 2018 Pew Trust study used data collected from interviews with more than 350 state officials to highlight ways in which some government leaders have employed sophisticated data analytics, beyond traditional uses of administrative data, to: craft policy responses to complex problems; improve service delivery; manage existing resources; and examine policy and program effectiveness. Link […]