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The 2020 OSEP Summit is an opportunity to bring together various stakeholders to explore potential strategies and innovative approaches to address this critical need. The virtual event will be held over three days and participants may register for each event individually or attend all three. Additional information and registration can be found on the 2020 OSEP Summit Webpage.
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The Intervention IDEAs brief series describes interventions based on evidence, for practitioners and parents that address the academic, developmental and behavioral domains of infants and...
Are you looking for a third-party project evaluator? Find out what to look for, why you need a third-party evaluator and how to plan for their work with your project.
This CIPP TA product is designed to help projects funded under OSEP’s discretionary grant programs develop high-quality project performance measures.
The primary purpose for this link is to share an IES repository of resources related to designing studies, implementing programs, and analyzing data.
This CIPP TA product is designed to help grantees effectively communicate information about project progress and results to a variety of audiences.
This document is the second in a series of briefs for school leaders, educators, and policymakers charged with implementing or supporting multi-tiered instruction that meet the needs of English learners (ELs).
During the webinar, CIPP staff will present the new tool, Demonstrating Evidence across the Project Cycle, which discusses the different types of evidence that can be used throughout the project cycle to monitor progress and fidelity in implementation and to demonstrate results. Participants will learn about the tool and how OSEP grantees can use it during initial project planning, implementation, and evaluation.
This interactive tool discusses the different types of evidence that can be used throughout the project cycle to, for example, support theories of action, choice of interventions, and provide formative feedback on how project activities are progressing. It also discusses how to use the evidence collected to monitor progress and fidelity in implementation with the goal of demonstrating ultimate
OSEP’s third symposium in the 2017 Symposia Series, “Conveying Our Stories--Displaying Our Data,” focused on how States, districts, and Part D-funded investments can develop engaging stories and effectively use data to improve communication strategies used with stakeholders, leadership, and decision makers. The symposium explored best practices and tips for more impactful and effective communication efforts. Examples included: Information on building an effective dissemination plan and Using infographics and data visualization practices to communicate the meaning of data in a way that is accessible, accurate, and actionable for a variety of stakeholders. Tips covered: Using social media to improve outreach and Measuring success using analytic tools.
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 at the school- and classroom- levels.
This PDF contains data on suspension and expulsions and the use of seclusion and restraint across the nation and state-by-state. Data include information on preschools, and are disaggregated by race/ethnicity and disability status.This PDF contains data on suspension and expulsions and the use of seclusion and restraint across the nation and state-by-state.
Listen as a panel of experts from CIPP provide an overview of the evaluation literature for technical assistance (TA) including concrete examples of how to measure the fidelity of a TA project.
The CIPP Logic Model Outline provides information to help project staff and evaluators think through how they will implement and evaluate their project.
This page contains information on CEIS and related requirements.
The Center for Parent Information and Resources serves as a central resource of information and products to the community of Parent Training Information (PTI) Centers and the Community Parent Resource Centers (CPRCs), so that they can focus their efforts on serving families of children with disabilities.
Knowing how much to budget for an evaluation requires an understanding of the evaluation process and of the various factors that might influence costs.
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 brief discusses these factors and the included Evaluation Cost Considerations Worksheet can help you think more deliberately about the different factors affecting costs in an evaluation.
This document provides ideas for the types of questions state and local teams may consider in identifying factors impacting performance on Indicators C5 and C6 specific to child find in their Part C State Performance Plan/Annual Performance Report .
The ECTA Center and DaSy Center developed an online learning module that provides key information about the COS process, and the practices that contribute to consistent and meaningful COS decision-making.
A presentation on how to improve quality data of early childhood outcomes.
To support educators, as well as state and district leaders, in answering critical data questions, these centers shared how the four essential elements of data literacy can guide teams in using data, both virtually and in-person, to make accurate and feasible decisions in times of unknown.