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OSEP’s Early Childhood Outcomes Work February 2005

OSEP’s Early Childhood Outcomes Work February 2005. Why is the focus on early childhood and family outcomes important?. Improve results for young children with disabilities and their families Meeting a need in the field Development of outcomes for general early childhood programs

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OSEP’s Early Childhood Outcomes Work February 2005

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  1. OSEP’s Early Childhood Outcomes Work February 2005

  2. Why is the focus on early childhood and family outcomes important? • Improve results for young children with disabilities and their families • Meeting a need in the field • Development of outcomes for general early childhood programs • Address GPRA and PART

  3. GPRA • IDEA goals and indicators established • Indicators and data collection further along for school age population than for EC • For early childhood data have been collected on: • Number of children served (Part C) • Settings (both Part C and 619)

  4. PART • Four critical Assessment Areas 1. purpose and design 2. strategic planning 3. management 4. results and accountability • Ratings from ineffective to effective • Purpose – ‘to enhance budget analysis’

  5. PART Evaluation: Findings and Recommendations • Part C and 619 Findings: No long-term child outcome goals or data • The PART required the Department to: 1. Establish long-term outcome-oriented objectives 2. Develop a strategy to collect performance data

  6. Child Outcome GPRA Indicators Part B, Section 619: All preschoolers with disabilities receiving special education and related services will improve their early language/communication, early literacy, and social-emotional skills. Part C: All infants and toddlers with disabilities will exhibit improved and sustained functional abilities

  7. Family Outcome GPRA Indicator Part C: All families participating in Part C will report that early intervention services have increased their capacity to enhance their child’s development APR probe: Do family supports, services and resources increase the family’s capacity to enhance outcomes for infants and and toddlers and their families?

  8. Approach • Short-term: obtain data from the States regarding child and family outcome GPRA indicators used to assess program performance at the Federal Level • Long-term: support the development of State early childhood outcome data collection used for program improvement by States, local programs and service providers

  9. OSEP Activities • Focus Group Meeting • Discussions with Other Federal Programs • Presentations at National Meetings to Gather Input • Synthesis Work • Funded Early Childhood Outcomes (ECO) Center • General Supervision Enhancement Grants

  10. Timeline: Highlights • Sept 2004: GSEG awards made • Oct 2004: National Accountability Conference • Nov 2004: GSEG kickoff meeting • Jan 2005: APR TA document released • Feb 2005: OSEP reviews ECO’s current thinking on outcome statements

  11. Timeline: Highlights • March 2005: APRs due (July 2003-June 2004); anticipate most states describing plans and progress on collecting outcome data • Dec 2005: State Performance Plans due • 2007: APRs due; First reporting period all states could reasonably report outcome data

  12. General Supervision Enhancement Grants (GSEGs) • Background • 2004 GSEGs: early childhood outcomes one of four focus areas • Of 21 awards made in September 2004, 17 include a focus on early childhood outcomes

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