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Using Data for Program Improvement: Call series sponsored by the Outcomes Priority Team

This call series presented a number of tools developed by federally funded TA providers to help states and local programs use their data to plan for program improvement.

• Using SPP/APR data for program improvement, Ann Bailey and Jeanna Mullins (RRCP)
  February 22, 2011

  This first call featured two tools: Thinking through Improvement (IT Kit) addresses prioritizing areas for improvement, setting targets, selecting activities, evaluating process and impact, and reporting progress; and Evaluating SPP/APR Improvement Activities provides guidance on reviewing and refining SPP/APR improvement activities, selecting new activities, and considerations in designing an evaluation plan.

  Materials from the call:

  • PowerPoint slides (PPT: 2,226kb)
  • Preview of IT Kit Guide, Preview of IT Kit Book, Preview of IT Kit Tools
  • Evaluating SPP/APR Improvement Activities (PDF: 189kb)

• Building local capacity for data analysis and use. Sharon Walsh and Haidee Bernstein (DAC); Mary Anne White and Beverly Crouse (Infant Toddler Connection of VA)
  March 8, 2011

  The second call in the series showcased a set of VA-Part C training materials developed to improve the capacity of local data teams to understand and analyze data; to develop, implement and evaluate program improvement plans, and to create hypotheses to determine possible root causes of poor/low performance.

  Materials from the call:

  • PowerPoint slides (PPT: 2,346kb)
  • Audio recording (MP3: 7,654kb)

• Using outcomes data for program improvement. Kathy Hebbeler and Cornelia Taylor (ECO)
  April 12, 2011

  The third call described key concepts in using outcomes data for program improvement and highlighted TA materials developed by the Early Childhood Outcomes Center. Presenters also reviewed sections of the ECO self assessment document addressing using data for program improvement and how the tool may be used to chart progress toward data-based decision making.

  Materials from the call:

  • PowerPoint slides (PPT: 2,655kb)

• Data-based decision making: Tools for improving practice. Anne Lucas (RRCP) and Christina Kasprzak (NECTAC)
  May 10, 2011

  In the final call of this series, presenters shared a tool designed to help states use data to facilitate systemic state and local improvement. The tool illustrates the use of root cause analysis and other strategies for data-based decision making that improve practices.

  Materials from the call:

  • PowerPoint presentation (PPT: 772kb)
  • Quality Practices and Outcomes Excel spreadsheet (XLS: 21kb)
  • Quality Practice and Outcomes (DOC: 167kb)

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