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Format: Presentations
Why Should We Care About 616 and 618 Compliance Data in the Era of RDA?Some have suggested that RDA and the shift from a focus on compliance to a focus on improving results for children with disabilities appears to have relegated compliance data to the back of the bus. Presenters from the U.S. Department of Education, OSEP highlighted the crucial role that section 616 and section 618 compliance data still play in RDA. Additionally, presenters shared ideas on how these data can be used not only for compliance but also to improve results for children and students with disabilities.
Format: Presentations
What’s the Use? Using Your IDEA Data for DecisionmakingDuring this session, the presenters walked participants through a structured process for guiding conversations using data and making data-informed decisions. The presenter demonstrated the flexible use of IDC’s Data Meeting Protocol across a variety of data and with diverse groups and stakeholders.
Format: Presentations
What to Know About High-Quality Discipline DataThis session reviewed the working principles of high-quality IDEA data as they relate to the various discipline data states must submit each year for children and youth with disabilities. Discussion topics included how states make sure their data are accurate, timely, and complete. Presenters also discussed how states maintain discipline data security while making the data accessible and usable.
Format: Presentations
What Data Can Tell Us – and What It Can’t: How to Be Sure We Know What Our Data MeansValidity is about more than results—it is determined by the question asked, the data collection design, and analysis. In this session, presenters led a discussion on what the data can, and cannot, say about outcomes, using examples from a selection of Part B and Part C indicators. Questions posed included: What is the difference between student outcomes and program performance? Can your data tell you which states, districts, or programs are performing better? What policy questions would you like to know about that your data currently cannot answer?
Format: Recordings
Webinar: The Intersection of FERPA and IDEA Confidentiality ProvisionsThis presentation provides an overview of definitions, confidentiality provisions, and the latest regulatory changes under the FERPA and Part B of the IDEA. The presentation highlights similarities and differences in the requirements between the two statues.
Format: Presentations
Want to Integrate Your Data? Let’s Start at the BeginningStaff beginning a data integration effort within their state must first establish a clear purpose for integration. Focusing on the first step of integration during this session, CIID staff helped participants refine the purpose and use case for integrating their data. Also, participants used the CIID Data Integration Toolkit to develop a plan to ensure key stakeholder understanding of the purpose for, and improve their support of, data integration efforts in the state.
Format: Presentations
Visualizing IDEA DataIDC staff provided an introduction to data visualization approaches that are particularly useful for presenting IDEA data for the public. Participants learned simple strategies, chart types, and report styles that can be used to visualize the state’s data using Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and free online tools. Presenters also provided a set of activities so participants can continue developing their capacity in follow-up to the interactive institute.