This infographic summarizes key findings on children ages 3 through 5 years with disabilities in subsidized early learning and care in California.
Data Snapshot 2: Preschoolers Receiving Special Education: California and National Data (School Years 2011-12 to 2019-20)
This infographic summarizes key findings on where children ages 3 through 5 years with disabilities in California received their received special education services. The data are from the California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System (CALPADS) from school years 2011–12 to 2019–20.
Evaluation During Disruptions: Course Corrections and Other Considerations
What should you do when a large-scale disruption makes your evaluation impossible to implement as planned? Evaluators across the nation are facing this problem as a result of the extraordinary circumstances associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.
Study Poster: Exploring Inclusion Through Administrative Data: Challenges & Opportunities
SRI has partnered with the California Department of Education in a study funded through a CCPRP grant to identify strategies for increasing facilitators and decreasing barriers to the inclusion of preschoolers with disabilities in subsidized child care.
Nevada Ready! B-5 Alignment: Workforce Standards Report
SRI partnered with the Nevada Department of Education to strengthen and align standards related to learning and development for young children, early childhood program quality and workforce standards for professionals working with young children…
Evaluating implementation of evidence-based practices—Tip sheet series
The long-term goal of the State Systemic Improvement Plan and other federal and state early intervention and early childhood education initiatives is improved child and family outcomes.
Part C child find funnel chart tool
The Child Find Funnel Chart tool is an Excel template for displaying data about infants and toddlers at each step of the Part C process, from referral through exit, for a set of infants and toddlers referred within a specified time span. On the Enter Data worksheet, you enter data for the entire state, an entire local program, or one or more subgroups that will be used to create the funnel chart. The dashboard is used to generate one or more funnel charts, and offers the opportunity to select the data elements to be included in the chart.
State or local Part C programs may use this tool to generate a funnel chart like the one below that allows for easy visualization of the data.
Child find self-assessment
The Child Find Self-Assessment (CFSA) is a valuable tool for State IDEA Part C programs seeking to improve their child find efforts. Developed by the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) with support from the Center for IDEA Early Childhood Data Systems (DaSy) and the Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center (ECTA), the CFSA can help states identify strategies to promote efficiency in their Part C child find systems, with the goal of ensuring children eligible for services are referred and enrolled. States can use the CFSA as a monitoring tool to ensure they have met the regulatory components of a comprehensive child find system, and as an informational tool to assist with identification and implementation of best practices for child find. The CFSA is voluntary and intended to support states in their child find efforts.
Linking expectations to evaluations: Using your logic model to create your evaluation plan
This brief provides guidance and examples for creating strong alignment between project evaluation plans and logic models. The project logic model graphically displays the project investments, planned activities, and expected results. It guides a project’s design and implementation and can provide the foundation for a strong evaluation plan. Whereas a theory of change or theory of action may depict complex relationships and confounding factors, the logic model generally provides a more linear, simpler depiction of the process of change expected. The evaluation plan is the blueprint for assessing how well the project components have been implemented and analyzing the extent to which project objectives and outcomes have been achieved. An evaluation plan that is aligned to your logic model will help you target evaluation resources and focus your energy.
For more specific information about developing a logic model or evaluation plan, see the CIPP resources listed at the end of this document. This document can be used in conjunction with those resources to ensure your logic model and evaluation plan are aligned, accurately reflect your project, and are of high quality.