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
Defining and Measuring Access to High-Quality Early Care and Education (ECE): A Guidebook for Policymakers and ResearchersThis 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
National Center on Child Care Data and ReportingThe Child Care Automated Reporting System (CARS) TA Team supports States, Territory, and Tribal Child Care and Development Fund grantees in collecting, managing, analyzing, and reporting child care administrative data. The CARS TA Team’s efforts are available to help build or enhance grantees’ capacity to improve the quality of administrative data and are provided through email, a toll-free helpline, remote national and regional trainings events, customized onsite technical assistance activities, and specialized data tools.
Housing Organization – Child Care Technical Assistance Network
Year of Publication – N/A
Format – Not interactive, webpage
Focus of Data – Childcare administrative data for state, territory, and tribal CCDF grantees
Geographic Region – National
User Guide Available? – User guide and toolkit are the same
CEDS Mapping ToolkitThe Mapping Tookit will provide resources to help you map your data elements to CEDS.
Housing Organization – Common Educational Data Standards
Year of Publication – N/A
Format – Interactive toolkit
Focus of Data – Helping projects map their data elements to the common educational data standards
Geographic Region – National
User Guide Available? – User guide and toolkit are the same
Early Childhood Integrated Data Systems ToolkitThis 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
IDEA Data Center Part B Data System FrameworkThe 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
Education Data 101: A Briefing Book for PolicymakersData 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
Early Learning Data Informed Decision Making ToolkitThe 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
Early and Often: Showing Up in Preschool Matters 2.0 ToolkitOur 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
Data Policy Toolkit: Implementing the State BlueprintThis 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