This qualitative study will examine data utilization processes in Educare schools. The multi-method evaluation will include key informant interviews and focus groups, as well as review of data-sharing documents and agreements. The goals of the study are as follows: (1) document the processes that occur around data utilization in Educare schools and describe levels of implementation fidelity for the feature; (2) examine factors that relate to fidelity to the Educare model of data utilization, including leadership, technical assistance, and other contextual barriers to and facilitators of fidelity; (3) share information with the larger Educare Network for program improvement around this component; and (4) use the information gathered to develop data collection protocols that can be used in the wider Implementation Study to document the data utilization component.
Educare Learning Network's Data Utilization Study
Buffett Early Childhood Fund
01/01/2014 to 09/30/2014
$89,621
Noreen M. Yazejian, Principal Investigator
Donna M. Bryant, Co-Principal Investigator