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State Spotlight: Using MTSS Data to Improve Graduation Rates

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To facilitate problem solving within an MTSS, SEAs and LEAs need efficient systems and processes for analyzing and integrating data across initiatives. Creating the infrastructure to support data-based problem solving can be a challenge. This spotlight shares how three states use different approaches to promote data use within an MTSS to improve graduation rates for students with … [Read more...]

New Tool Available: Part C APR and SSIP Phase III Development and General Supervision Activities: An Integrated Timetable

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This product is a tool that integrates Part C APR and SSIP Phase III development and general supervision activities into one easy quick reference tool for Part C coordinators and other state leadership staff as they plan out their annual deadlines and key activities. Access this resource here. Discover other helpful information in the NCSI Resource Library. … [Read more...]

Managing the Implementation Dip – Guiding Questions & Strategies for the State Systemic Improvement Plan Implementation

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An implementation dip may occur at any point during a change process but particularly when something new is introduced. Anything that requires different skills and understandings is NEW to those who have to implement it. The plan may have been too loosely defined or need more management, results might be poor or unknown, and momentum may have been lost. What often happens after this blip or … [Read more...]

New Report: Measuring Children’s Developmental Progress – Perspectives of State Early Intervention and Early Childhood Coordinators and Technical Assistance Facilitators

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The National Center for Systemic Improvement (NCSI) conducted a series of focused conversations on child assessment with 31 Part C (Infant–Toddler) and Part B-619 (Preschool) program state representatives and NCSI Technical Assistance (TA) Facilitators. The purpose was to learn more about how state early intervention and early childhood programs use measures, tools, and other assessment approaches … [Read more...]

Early Childhood IDEA Centers On Call

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OSEP has released a document meant to help states better understand the content focus of the six TA Centers. The U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) has funded six national TA Centers to respond to requests for technical assistance from state Part C & Part B 619 agencies. The TA Centers focus on distinct but also overlapping areas and are working together to … [Read more...]

Learn how states are using fidelity tools to improve data quality!

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To evaluate interim progress toward the SIMR, states require access to high-quality data from LEAs and early intervention service providers, but many states find it difficult to access high-quality data. Concerns about the quality of local data create barriers to effectively evaluating the implementation of the SSIP. Access this resource here.. Read other state spotlights here. … [Read more...]

Alabama produces exciting results for students with disabilities with SSIP implementation!

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The Alabama State Department of Education aims to increase the number of students with disabilities who achieve positive post-school outcomes and engage in higher education or competitive employment opportunities. Alabama developed a network of demonstration sites to help support the scale-up of these practices to increase student engagement, improve academic performance, and provide effective, … [Read more...]