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The Center for IDEA Early Childhood Data Systems (DaSy Center)Kathleen Hebbeler amp Donna Spiker SRI International
Division for Early Childhoodrsquos 32nd Annual International Conference on Young Children with Special Needs and Their Families
Louisville KY October 2016
What We DoWe provide TA and resources to development and enhancement of their
states for thedata systems
for Part C early intervention and Part B preschoolspecial education programs
Why Our Work Is ImportantDid you know that only 34 of Part C programs reportlinking child-level data to or using the same data systemas Part B 619
These data are from an online survey we sent to statesin 2015 Other data from this survey can be found onour interactive State of the State Maps by visiting httpdasycenterorgstate-of-the-states
How DaSy Is Supporting States with Their Data SystemsSince its launch in December 2013 DaSy has provided technical assistance (TA) to all 61 U S states and territories including theDistrict of Columbia Responsive and tailored to state needs our TA has included
Developing OnlineLearning Modules amp
Toolkits
SupportingState Systemic
Improvement Plans
ProvidingIndividualized TAto States on Data
Systems
Facilitating 3 Topic Cohorts (intenselyworking with smallgroups of states on
areas of sharedinterest)
Powerful Datafor 619
Linking C and619 Data
IncludingIFSPs in Your Data System
ExampleData
Visualization Toolkit
Helping Families GetInvolved in State Data
System Efforts
2-Day FamilyData Institutesin 2015 amp 2016
Hosting 3 NationalConferences
Framework for High-Quality Data Systemsbull DaSy worked closely with states and with partner
TA centers to develop The DaSy Data SystemFramework
bull It is organized around six interrelatedsubcomponents that DaSy believes are crucial forPart C and Part B Section 619 programs to considerwhen developing a new data system or enhancing anexisting one
Data Use
Purposeamp Vision
Sustainability
StakeholderEngagement
DataGovernance amp Management
DataSystem
Framework
SystemDesign amp
Development
We have developed numerous resources to support statesrsquo use of our Framework including a Self-Assessment Tool to identify priorities forimprovement
Find the DaSy Data System Framework athttpdasycenterorgresourcesdasy-framework
The contents of this presentation were developed under a grant from the US Department of Education H373Z120002However those contents do not necessarily represent the policy of the US Department of Education and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government Project Officers Meredith Miceli and Richelle Davis
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