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Early Childhood Data Visualization and Use in North Carolina Special Focus on Home Visiting

May 21, 2019

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The Second Quarterly Webinar for the GLR Sustainable Scale Initiative

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GLR Sustainable Scale Initiative

• The Campaign for Grade-Level Reading (CGLR) Sustainable Scale

Initiative is a multiyear effort to position and equip philanthropy, especially state-facing funders, to: (a) play an influential and effective role in promoting smarter decisions about what is scale-worthy; and (b) find pathways to capture for investment today the present value of projected savings from effective interventions.

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GLR Sustainable Scale Initiative

• CGLR’s focus on sustainable scale is driven by a commitment to helping

communities and states move the needle on grade-level reading proficiency, produce bigger outcomes and move from outcomes to impact. Sustainable scale requires three core capacities: high-quality integrated data systems (IDS), agile analytics and a greater range of fiscal tools and strategies.

• Today’s second Quarterly Webinar will focus on North Carolina’s data

partnerships and its effort to include home visiting in its integrated data system.

Early Childhood Data Visualization and Use in North Carolina - Special Focus on Home Visiting

• North Carolina is one of seven states participating in the Sustainable Scale

Initiative along with Arizona, Arkansas, Georgia, Iowa, Mississippi, and Oregon.

• Joining us on today’s webinar will be Mandy Ableidinger, Policy and Practice

Leader, North Carolina Early Childhood Foundation; Hayley Young, MPH, Early Childhood Data Analyst, North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services; and Dale Epstein, Ph.D., Senior Research Scientist, Early Childhood Data Collaborative, Child Trends, to discuss North Carolina’s progress to include home visiting as part of its Early Childhood Integrated Data System.

• They will share with us how North Carolina is leveraging cross-agency, cross-

sector collaboration to improve early childhood data collection, analysis and use in order to make data-informed decisions at the state and local levels.

• After the North Carolina presentation, we will have a discussion on other efforts to

build effective integrated state data systems - essential for going to scale.

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Pathways Measures of Success Framework

Full report available at: buildthefoundation.org

NC Early Childhood Action Plan

For full report, google “NC Early Childhood Action Plan”

https://www.ecids.nc.gov/ecids/

Early Childhood Data: What Do We Know?

• Improve quality and scope of early childhood data
• Advocate for agencies and organizations to align their

work around the Pathways and ECAP measures

• Advocate for and facilitate better data sharing
• Provide guidance, feedback, and support to ground

the state’s early childhood work in data and research

• Build partnerships with other existing data groups
• Serve as ambassadors for the ECAP

, ECIDs, and the Pathways initiative.

Early Childhood Data Advisory Council Objectives

Create a strategic plan for improving NC’s early childhood data, based on the Pathways to Grade-Level Reading Measures of Success and the Early Childhood Action Plan Targets and Sub- Targets, to inform the Preschool Development Grant.

Early Childhood Data Advisory Council

2019 Scope of Work: Data Strategic Plan

The strategic plan will prioritize where to start to fill current gaps in early childhood data collection on the measures, including a focus on under- represented populations.

Provide guidance and feedback on an approach for reporting on and visualizing the state’s early childhood population-level data for public access, including consideration of data ethics in determining how data is shared publicly.

Early Childhood Data Advisory Council

2019 Scope of Work: Data Visualization

Early Childhood Data Advisory Council

2019 Data Development

Child Development at Kindergarten Entry Data Workgroup Social-Emotional Health Data Workgroup

NORTH CAROLINA EARLY CHILDHOOD INTEGRATED DATA SYSTEM

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North Carolina – Data Informed Early Childhood Strategies

NORTH CAROLINA EARLY CHILDHOOD INTEGRATED DATA SYSTEM

Introductions

• Hayley Young, MPH, Early Childhood Data Analyst – North Carolina

Department of Health and Human Services

• Dale Epstein, PhD, Senior Research Scientist – Early Childhood Data

Collaborative, Child Trends

Overview

• 1. NC Early Childhood

Action Plan Overview

• 2. NC Early Childhood

Action Plan & Data

• 3. NC Early Childhood

Integrated Data System

• 4. Home Visiting Data

Alignment & Integration

NC Early Childhood Action Plan | ncdhhs.gov/early-childhood

NC Early Childhood Action Plan

Overview NC Department of Health and Human Services

Our Early Childhood Lens For Today’s Conversation

Birth – 8 Years-Old (typically through third grade)

Age Range Health, Child Welfare, and Early Education

NC Early Childhood Action Plan | ncdhhs.gov/early-childhood

T.E.A.C.H. Scholarship s

Quality Rating System

Smart Start

NC’s History of Leadership in Early Childhood

1999 1990 1993

One of first in nation for early learning licensing, quality, and improvement Link continuing education with higher compensation for early educators Comprehensive, public/private planning and funding approach to early childhood supports NC Early Childhood Action Plan | ncdhhs.gov/early-childhood

Recent Early Childhood-Affiliated Cabinets, Commissions, and Initiatives in NC

• Early Childhood Advisory Council
• B – 3 Interagency Council
• NC Education Cabinet
• Child Wellbeing Transformation Council
• Commission on Access to a Sound Basic

Education

• Perinatal Health Strategic Plan
• NCIOM Essentials for Childhood

NC Early Childhood Action Plan | ncdhhs.gov/early-childhood

NC’s Challenges for Young Children

Disparities in Infant Mortality

African American births face 2.5X the infant mortality rate of white births in NC

Food Insecurity

1 in 5 NC children face food insecurity – bottom 10 states in the nation

Children in Foster Care

Half of NC children ages 4 and 5 in foster care will have spent over 1000 days in the system before they are adopted

Reading Proficiency

In 2017, only 39% of NC 4th graders read proficiently

Wha hat’s t the he Plan? n?

All North Carolina children will get a healthy start and develop to their full potential in safe and nurturing families, schools and communities.

Our Vision for NC’s Children

Our Guiding Principles

Children and families are at the center of our work. Brain and developmental science are fundamental. Alleviate inequity to ensure that all of North Carolina’s children can reach their fullest potential. Build upon existing strengths and partnerships in early childhood systems. Set bold priorities and achievable goals for North Carolina’s young children. Track progress toward all goals, ensuring transparency, accountability, and good stewardship of resources.

NC Early Childhood Action Plan | ncdhhs.gov/early-childhood

Early Childhood Action Plan Structure

Each goal features:

• Commitment
• 2025 Target(s)
• Sub – Targets

Each area features:

• Strategies

NC Early Childhood Action Plan | ncdhhs.gov/early-childhood

Young children across North Carolina will read on grade-level in elementary school, with a particular focus on African American, American Indian and Hispanic children who face the greatest systemic barriers to reading success.

Part 1) Increase reading proficiency from 45.8% to 61.8% for 3rd – 8th grade students on statewide end

• f grade tests (EOGs), consistent with the state’s Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) Plan 2025 reading

proficiency benchmark Part 2) Increase reading proficiency from 39% to 43% according to the fourth grade National Assessment

• f Educational Progress (NAEP)

3rd grade reading End of Grade (EOG) exams proficiency rates 4th grade reading National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) scores for priority populations Percent of students reading or exhibiting pre-literacy behaviors at or above grade level by the end of the year according to mCLASS: Reading 3D Percent of families living at or below 200% of the federal poverty level

• 10. READING AT GRADE LEVEL

⎼ Less than half, 45%, of North Carolina third graders read above proficiency on state EOGs. ⎼ Less than 40% of NC’s fourth graders read proficiently on the NAEP.

2025 Target Sub- Targets NC Early Childhood Action Plan | ncdhhs.gov/early-childhood

Why N Now

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• We have a track record of success
• We know more than ever to help us make

good choices

• We have more tools in our toolbox to make

things better

• We have leaders committed to building a

better future for children and state today

Why Now?

NC Early Childhood Action Plan | ncdhhs.gov/early-childhood

We need YOU to Commit to Action Today!

Where do you see

• yourself,
• your organization, or
• your agency

taking action?

NC Early Childhood Action Plan | ncdhhs.gov/early-childhood

NC Early Childhood Action Plan Data Strategies

Early Childhood Action Plan: Data Dashboard

• Data on all 10 goals
• Interactive
• Updated regularly
• Open to the public
• Visit

ncdhhs.gov/early- childhood

NC Early Childhood Action Plan | ncdhhs.gov/early-childhood

NORTH CAROLINA EARLY CHILDHOOD INTEGRATED DATA SYSTEM

Early Childhood Action Plan & Data

• Data-informed framework
• Tracking progress toward 2025 goals
• Early childhood data as

a key statewide strategy for success

• Aligning data systems, collection, and

access to state priorities

NORTH CAROLINA EARLY CHILDHOOD INTEGRATED DATA SYSTEM

NORTH CAROLINA EARLY CHILDHOOD INTEGRATED DATA SYSTEM

What is NC ECIDS?

NC ECIDS is the single source for integrated early childhood data for selected education, health, and social services programs to help answer key policy and program questions.

NORTH CAROLINA EARLY CHILDHOOD INTEGRATED DATA SYSTEM

What is Data Integration?

• The process of combining data from disparate sources into

meaningful and (ideally) actionable information

NORTH CAROLINA EARLY CHILDHOOD INTEGRATED DATA SYSTEM

NC ECIDS Goal

We believe early childhood integrated data will lead to:

NORTH CAROLINA EARLY CHILDHOOD INTEGRATED DATA SYSTEM

What Can We Do Now That We Couldn’t Do Before?

• Integrated early childhood data across programs
• Distinct counts of which children are being served and where
• Ability to link data to answer questions that currently cannot be

answered (e.g., Part C and Part B)

• Researchers are able to request data to answer key policy and

program questions

NORTH CAROLINA EARLY CHILDHOOD INTEGRATED DATA SYSTEM

Key Participating Agencies

• NCDHHS
• NC Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE)
• NC Division of Public Health (DPH)
• NC Division of Social Services (DSS)
• NC Department of Public Instruction (DPI)
• Office of Early Learning
• NC Head Start/Early Head Start
• Technology provider: NC Department of Information Technology

NORTH CAROLINA EARLY CHILDHOOD INTEGRATED DATA SYSTEM

Participating Programs

CURRENT:

• NC Pre-K
• Subsidized child care
• Early Intervention - IDEA, Part C
• Special Education - IDEA Part B (619)
• Food & Nutrition Services
• Child Protective Services

IN DEVELOPMENT OR PLANNED FOR THE FUTURE:

• Home visiting data
• Head Start/EHS
• Temporary Assistance for

Needy Families

• EC workforce data
• Child care regulatory data
• Education data

NORTH CAROLINA EARLY CHILDHOOD INTEGRATED DATA SYSTEM

Research Stakeholders

• Sec. of DHHS or Designee
• Supt. of NCDPI or

Designee

• Division Directors, DHHS
• Director of OEL, NCPDI
• Director, HS Collab Office

Executive Committee

• Program

Managers

• Program

IT/Data staff

Program Management Committee

NC ECIDS Governance Council

NORTH CAROLINA EARLY CHILDHOOD INTEGRATED DATA SYSTEM

NC Early Childhood Integrated Data System Hybrid/Federated Model

NORTH CAROLINA EARLY CHILDHOOD INTEGRATED DATA SYSTEM

NC ECIDS Web Portal • www.ecids.nc.gov

NORTH CAROLINA EARLY CHILDHOOD INTEGRATED DATA SYSTEM

Current and Future State of NC ECIDS

• Moving from maintenance phase to expansion phase
• Top expansion priorities:

−Adding new data sources −System realignment −Data visualization −Expanded reporting −Increasing efficiency −Maintaining quality

NORTH CAROLINA EARLY CHILDHOOD INTEGRATED DATA SYSTEM

Home Visiting Data Alignment & Integration

NORTH CAROLINA EARLY CHILDHOOD INTEGRATED DATA SYSTEM

Home Visiting Data Landscape

• Home Visiting Data for Performance Initiative- Pew

Charitable Trusts

• Indicators developed for performance monitoring and

accountability

• MIECHV data interoperability exchange standards
• State-level Home Visiting Integration with Early Childhood

Data Systems (SHINE) initiative

• North Carolina Early Home Visiting Landscape Analysis

NORTH CAROLINA EARLY CHILDHOOD INTEGRATED DATA SYSTEM

NC Home Visiting Data Alignment & Integration

NORTH CAROLINA EARLY CHILDHOOD INTEGRATED DATA SYSTEM

What is Data Alignment?

• “Data standardization is the critical process of bringing data into a

common format that allows for collaborative research, large-scale analytics, and sharing of sophisticated tools and methodologies.”

• Observational Health Data Sciences and Informatics
• Combining data from multiple home visiting programs into a

standardized format so it can be used for research, evaluation, reporting, and analytics

NORTH CAROLINA EARLY CHILDHOOD INTEGRATED DATA SYSTEM

Value of Home Visiting Data Alignment

• To better understand characteristics of populations being served by programs
• To create more comprehensive reporting across multiple home visiting programs
• To measure program reach and impact across programs and eventually on a state

level

• To support expansion opportunities
• To support outcomes analysis and research to improve home visiting services

NORTH CAROLINA EARLY CHILDHOOD INTEGRATED DATA SYSTEM

Where Are We Going Next?

• Focus on alignment of data between NFP and HFA as a proof-of-

concept

• Work with key stakeholders and data experts for data alignment
• Use Pew indicators and Early Childhood Action Plan as framework for

data alignment

• Develop roadmap of how data should be captured

NORTH CAROLINA EARLY CHILDHOOD INTEGRATED DATA SYSTEM

Questions?

Thank you for joining us for the Second Quarterly Sustainable Scale Webinar

Please direct any questions regarding today’s webinar to: Mandy Ableidinger, Policy and Practice Leader North Carolina Early Childhood Foundation mableidinger@buildthefoundation.org

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