The goal of the project is to build the capacity of early care and education programs to use linked administrative data for program improvement and research purposes. The Building Capacity to Use Linked Data project highlights the opportunities and challenges in linking data, and has developed several short, easy-to-read resources to help program leaders work toward linking their data with data from other agencies, and use these data to improve quality of services for children and families.

Housing Organization – Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation

Year of Publication – 2016

Format – Not interactive, webpage

Focus of Data – Early learning – using linked data to achieve build program and TA capacity

Geographic Region – National

User Guide Available? – User guide and toolkit are the same

The purpose of this work is to develop and revise a research, evaluation, and data agenda that can be used by a wide range of stakeholders (state administrators, policymakers, advocates, funders, etc.) to prioritize research questions that need to be addressed and identify potential data sources to answer these questions (the following section provides further details about the purpose and value of the research agenda).

Housing Organization – Office of Planning, Research & Evaluation

Year of Publication – 2021

Format – Not interactive, PDF

Focus of Data – Considering the implications of COVID-19 for children, families, policies, and programs.

Geographic Region – National

User Guide Available? – User guide and toolkit are the same

The purpose of the DaSy Data System Framework (referred to as DaSy Framework) is to assist Part C and Part B 619 programs in developing and enhancing high-quality state data systems for the collection, analysis, reporting, and use of their IDEA data.

Housing Organization – The Center for IDEA Early Childhood Data Systems

Year of Publication – 2014

Format – Both interactive and PDF available

Focus of Data – The purpose of the DaSy framework is to assist Part C and Section 619 programs in developing and enhancing high-quality state data systems and in improving the quality of their IDEA data.

Geographic Region – National

User Guide Available? – User guide and toolkit are the same

This toolkit offers information about policies and legislative templates that states can enact to improve data infrastructure and promote data use.

Housing Organization – Workforce Data Quality Campaign

Year of Publication – 2016

Format – Not interactive, PDF

Focus of Data – Workforce data – including CCEE – provides legislative and policy templates to help states improve data structure and use

Geographic Region – National

User Guide Available? – User guide and toolkit are the same

This Guidebook addresses the development of a common understanding and approach to measuring access to early care and education. This Guidebook provides information in four sections: Clarifying and Defining Access; Describing the Indicators of Access; Measuring the Indicators of Access; and Identifying ECE Access Datasets and Sources.

Housing Organization – Office of Planning, Research & Evaluation

Year of Publication – 2018

Format – Not interactive, PDF

Focus of Data – Early learning – how to define, describe, and measure access to high-quality child care education

Geographic Region – National

User Guide Available? – User guide and toolkit are the same

Our strategies recognize that getting children to school every day on time is contingent on engaging families and helping them understand the importance of regular attendance and how missing too many days impacts their child’s success.

Housing Organization – Attendance Works

Year of Publication – N/A

Format – Interactive toolkit

Focus of Data – Reducing chronic absence

Geographic Region – National

User Guide Available? – User guide and toolkit are the same

This toolkit contains information, guidance, templates, and other resources to help state early childhood integrated data systems (ECIDS) leadership teams plan for, develop, or enhance their ECIDSs.

Housing Organization – Institute of Education Sciences

Year of Publication – 2021

Format – Interactive toolkit

Focus of Data – Early learning data governance and data integration

Geographic Region – National

User Guide Available? – Yes – there is a Data use guide as well as other data use resources

The purpose of this toolkit is to teach the skills of gathering and using data to achieve meaningful outcomes for Hoosier children, so they are prepared to succeed in school and life.

Housing Organization – Indiana Early Learning Advisory committee

Year of Publication – 2017

Format – Not interactive, PDF

Focus of Data – Early learning – using data to achieve meaningful outcomes for children

Geographic Region – State – Indiana

User Guide Available? – User guide and toolkit are the same

Data is a critical part of education policy conversations in every state—and this briefing book is meant to bring you up to speed on 10 of the most pressing topics, with the following information: a basic overview of the topic; why it matters; the “state of play” on the latest progress in that area; recommendations to take action; additional resources to help build your understanding of data topics and policies.

Housing Organization – Data Quality Campaign

Year of Publication – N/A

Format – Not interactive, PDF

Focus of Data – Education data to inform student, family, and policymaker decisions

Geographic Region – National

User Guide Available? – User guide and toolkit are the same

The IDEA Data Center Part B Data System Framework is an overarching structure designed to support SEA staff responsible for working with and responding to IDEA Part B requirements related to the collection, analysis, use, and reporting of high-quality special education data.

Housing Organization – Idea Data Center

Year of Publication – 2017

Format – Not interactive, webpage

Focus of Data – IDEA Part B requirements related to data collection, analysis, use and reporting of high-quality special education data

Geographic Region – National

User Guide Available? – User guide and toolkit are the same