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Improving Programs through Data-Driven Decisions: The Journey From Critical Questions to Data Visualization NAEYC ’ s 2016 National Institute for Early Childhood Professional Development Early Learning at the Top of the Ticket. Who am I?. Colleen Murphy
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Improving Programs through Data-Driven Decisions: The Journey From Critical Questions to Data Visualization NAEYC’s 2016 National Institute for Early Childhood Professional Development Early Learning at the Top of the Ticket
Who am I? Colleen Murphy Applied Engineering Management Corporation (AEM)
Intended Outcomes To build the capacity for high-quality data reporting, participants will: • Have a roadmap for identifying, organizing, and visually displaying the data elements needed to answer prioritized questions • Increase understanding of tools and resources available for improving data use
Why Do I Need Data? • Federal and state reporting • Additional reporting to • Highlight gaps and barriers • Provide evidence of program improvement • Receive additional funding • Identify process to outcome relationships • Improve programs and policies
What Is CEDS? • Education Data Management Initiative
What Is CEDS? • Education Data Management Initiative • Data Standard Element Definition Option set Domain K12 Entity K12 Student
What Is CEDS? • Education Data Management Initiative • Data Standard • Data Management Tool Set | Align
What Is CEDS? • Education Data Management Initiative • Data Standard • Data Management Tool Set | Connect
Using CEDS to Organize Data • What is CEDS? • A national collaborative effort to develop voluntary, commondata standards for a key set of education data elements • A vocabularyincluding standard definitions, option sets & technical specifications to streamline sharing and comparing Voluntary Vocabulary Common
Using CEDS to Organize Data • Why use CEDS? • Accurate, timely, and consistentdata is needed to inform decision making • Share& compare high quality data within & across P-20 sectors
Using CEDS to Organize Data • What CEDS is Not: Required All or nothing A data collection An implementation Solelyan ED undertaking A federal unit record system
Using CEDS to Develop Answers • ImportData Dictionaries • Alignto CEDS • Comparewith Others • Analyzedata
Using CEDS to Develop Answers • Organize your data with Align • Get all of your data in one place • Compare data collections across agencies or across data systems • Identify data collection redundancies
Using CEDS to Develop Answers • Answerpolicy questions • Calculatemetrics and indicators • Addressreporting requirements
Connecting Questions and Answers • How much of your information is available to answer the questions • Do you collect all that you need? • Is it in another system?
Connecting Questions and Answers • myConnect allows you to see a Connection and apply your aligned map to see how to do the analysis using your own data elements
Data Dictionary Research/Policy Collaboration / Answers / Resources
DaSy Example • Identify high priority questions DaSy Critical Questions
DaSy Example DaSy Critical Questions:
DaSy Example • What percentage of children with an IFSP or IEP are currently enrolled in each early learning program setting? • To answer such a program question, you need • Data, possibly from multiple data systems • Data elements and their definitions • A plan to analyze the data . . .
One More Example Example Question: • Which children and families are being served within a community?