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With the extended school closures due to COVID-19 throughout the United States, students are having to learn in entirely new ways and facing challenges when it comes to learning during these unprecedented times. The Continuity of Learning resource database offers information, tools, and resources to help educators, parents and families, and related service providers meet the educational, behavioral, and emotional needs of children and youth with disabilities through remote and virtual learning.

Leading by Convening: Ensuring Relevant Participation

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Thursday, July 15, 2021
To support States, NCSI developed the Leading by Convening (LbC) framework to engage stakeholders in improving results for infants, toddlers, children and youth with disabilities...

Child Find Self-Assessment Introduction and Section II

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Wednesday, July 7, 2021
The Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) has developed this voluntary Child Find Self-Assessment (CFSA) as a tool for State IDEA Part C programs to...

Budgeting for Evaluation Brief

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Thursday, June 24, 2021
Knowing how much to budget for an evaluation requires an understanding of the evaluation process and of the various factors that might influence costs. This...

CIPP Logic Model Outline

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Thursday, June 24, 2021
The CIPP Logic Model Outline provides information to help project staff and evaluators think through how they will implement and evaluate their project. It provides...

Class and School Context Instrument

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Thursday, June 24, 2021
The Adolescent Literacy Model Demonstration projects created an instrument to capture the context features of their implementation sites. The instrument summarizes demographic and instructional features...

Conceptualizing Capacity Building

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Thursday, June 24, 2021
Capacity building is a term that is frequently used, yet hard to define and measure. The CIPP brief “Conceptualizing Capacity Building” presents the different dimensions...

Effectively Communicating Evaluation Findings

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Thursday, June 24, 2021
This CIPP TA product is designed to help grantees effectively communicate information about project progress and results to a variety of audiences. The product includes...

Grantee Guide to Project Performance Measurement

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Thursday, June 24, 2021
This CIPP TA product is designed to help projects funded under OSEP’s discretionary grant programs develop high-quality project performance measures. These project-specific measures supplement the...

Why Evaluate?

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Thursday, June 24, 2021
This CIPP infographic discusses some of the reasons to conduct an evaluation and outlines concerns that are commonly associated with evaluations.

Sustainment of Model Demonstration Projects: Findings from Follow-Up Studies

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Wednesday, June 23, 2021
The purpose of this brief is to share findings from follow-up studies of OSEP-funded model demonstration projects that were conducted, in part, to examine model...

OSEP Technical Assistance Network Center List PDF

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Wednesday, May 5, 2021
The OSEP infographic provides information about the OSEP technical assistance (TA) centers. The online PDF provides the names of the centers, links to their websites...

The Blueprint Process for Enhancing Early Childhood Preservice Programs and Courses

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Thursday, February 18, 2021
This resource describes ways to enhance early childhood preparation programs to prepare high-quality personnel to serve students with disabilities. It highlights a sequence of activities...

Broader, Deeper, Fairer: Five Strategies to Radically Expand the Talent Pool in Early Education

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Thursday, February 18, 2021
This report offers recommendations for stakeholders to build stronger early childhood provider preparation and development through five strategies: redefine credentials, rethink degree attainment, optimize practice-based...

Comprehensive System of Personnel Development (CSPD)

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Thursday, February 18, 2021
The Comprehensive System of Personnel Development (CSPD) is a system for implementing strategies and activities for the recruitment and retention of early childhood service providers...

IDC Educational Environments Ages 3-5: B6 Reporting Tools 2017-18 Clarifications and Interactive Application

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Monday, February 8, 2021
This reporting Educational Environments resource is a suite of tools, with a technical guide updated with 2017-18 reporting clarifications as its foundation. State Part B...

ECTA Inclusion

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Monday, February 8, 2021
A national initiative with partners across early care and education working to develop indicators that address inclusive policies and practices at the state, local program...

ECTA Preschool Inclusion Finance Toolkit

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Monday, February 8, 2021
ECTA Preschool Inclusion Finance Toolkit

ECTA Part B, Section 619 Finance

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Monday, February 8, 2021
To support States, ECTA developed this listing of Part B, Section 619 regulations related to financing

Introduction to Child Find Self-Assessment (OSEP-TA Call)

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Monday, February 8, 2021
The Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) has developed this voluntary Child Find Self-Assessment (CFSA) as a tool for State IDEA Part C programs to...

Hartford Foundation for Public Giving_Foundations of Coaching in Early Childhood

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Monday, February 8, 2021
Foundations of Coaching in Early Childhood: Partnering with Parents and Professionals is a video training resource for early childhood coaches, based on the 5 key...