Improving Early Education Programs through Data-Based Decision Making - This guide discusses five different methodologies for evaluating early education programs and the merits of each. It also provides a list of assessment instruments that evaluators can use to measure child outcomes and program quality. (National Institute for Early Education Research, 2011)...

Improving Early Education Programs through Data-based Decision Making - This guide discusses five different methodologies for evaluating early education programs and the merits of each. It also provides a list of assessment instruments that evaluators can use to measure child outcomes and program quality. (National Institute for Early Education Research, 2011)...

Improving Indicators of Child Well-Being - To improve programs, states must improve their data Proceedings from a Chapin Hall symposium on improving indicators of child well-being offer some helpful recommendations about the kinds of data from early childhood through adulthood that government agencies and communities may want to track to help analyze child outcomes and program impacts. The information focuses on both transitions from early childhood to school and from secondary education to adulthood. (University of Chicago, Chapin Hall, 2009) ...

Opportunities to Incorporate Young Child Data into Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems through American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Funding - This paper provides policymakers with ideas for expansion activities. (Charles Bruner and Michelle Stover Wright, Build Initiative, April 2009)...

Guide to Datasets for Research and Policymaking in Child Care and Early Education - If you're in search of early childhood data but don't know where to find it, consider browsing this guide from the National Center for Children in Poverty at Columbia University. This resource includes almost 50 large datasets related to early care and education. Each dataset is organized by four general areas: Children and Child Development; Parents and Families; Provider, Workforce, and Market; and Programs, Interventions, and Curricula.(Mariajose Romero and Ayana Douglas-Hall, National Center for Children in Poverty, 2009)...

A Guide to Resources for Creating, Locating, and Using Child and Youth Indicator Data - Child Trends produced a guide to resources that help locate, create and use data from child welfare and development indicators. Resources listed include publications (e.g., articles, newsletters), Websites, and organizations that provide a variety of data related to education statistics, health outcomes, and demographics. (Brett Brown, Kyleen Haskim and Pilar Marin, Child Trends, November 2008) ...