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    Format: Presentations

    State Part C Teams Discuss Their Experiences With the SSIP and SIMR Process

    The presentation focuses on experiences of State Part C teams in analyzing data, selecting their SIMR, and completing their SSIP. Guiding questions help states connect Phase I and Phase II planning.

    Format: Presentations

    What Data Can Tell Us – and What It Can’t: How to Be Sure We Know What Our Data Means

    Validity 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: Presentations

    National, State, and Local Educational Environments Data: Using the Data to Increase Inclusive Opportunities for Young Children Ages 3-5

    The session focused on current national and state data on least restrictive environments and inclusive settings for children aged three to five. Participants shared examples and discussed the ways in which they analyze and share data with local programs. In addition, discussions focused on how educational environments data are used to determine specific state and local program improvement strategies and supports.

    An IDC Resource

    Format: Applications and Spreadsheets

    Educational Environments Ages 3-5: B6 Reporting Tools 2017-2018 Clarifications and Interactive Application

    The Reporting Educational Environments resource has been updated with 2017-18 clarifications. State data managers, 619 coordinators, local 619 personnel, technical assistance providers, and other interested parties can use the resource to help with reporting Educational Environments data for children ages 3-5 with disabilities as required for the OSEP Child Count and SPP/APR Indicator 6. States can use the resource's materials as “standalone” tools or as a set.

    Format: Presentations

    It Starts at Preschool: Aligning 619 Activities With the B SIMR

    The presentation provides strategies that are important to providing high-quality preschool programs. Specifically, the information focuses on how high-quality preschool programs support improvement in the Part B SIMR. The presentation includes strategies that ensure high-quality early childhood programs as a critical first step toward later school success.

    An IDC Resource

    Format: Toolkits and Templates

    Educational Environments 3-5 Data Template: Calculating Local Data Worksheet

    This data template provides SEAs and LEAs the opportunity to see in real-time the percentages of their children ages 3-5 attending and receiving services in specific educational environments. When the LEA 618 educational environments data is simply entered on the data tab, the percentages will be calculated and displayed on the percentage tab. The use of this tool will allow SEAs to compare the percentages of children within educational environments across LEAs.

    An IDC Resource

    Format: Recordings

    Reporting and Using Data to Ensure Successful Transitions in Early Childhood Webinar

    This webinar highlighted the IDEA state reporting requirements for early childhood transitions for both Part C and Part B, found in the SPP/APR Part C Indicator 8 and Part B Indicators 11 and 12. Participants shared resources related to transition, data collection, and reporting, as well as the use of both Part C and Part B data to facilitate high quality transitions. North Dakota's Part C coordinator and data manager and Montana's 619 coordinator and data manager described how their states collect and use transition data to ensure smooth transitions for all young children as they turn three and move from early intervention services to preschool 619 services.