Year-to-Year Changes in State Child Outcomes Data: What Do They Mean?

Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center & Center on IDEA Early Childhood Data Systems

March

2018

Interpreting year-to-year change in statewide child outcomes data requires understanding the possible reasons for fluctuations. This brief is designed to help stakeholders learn what questions to ask to understand year-to-year changes in child outcomes data.

Citation

Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center, & Center on IDEA Early Childhood Data Systems. (2018). Year-to-year changes in state child outcomes data: What do they mean? Retrieved from http://ectacenter.org/~pdfs/eco/DataQualityTalkingPoints.pdf