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Local Contributing Factor Tool: SPP/APR Results Indicators: C-2, C-4, C-5, C-6

Lucas, A., Walsh, S., Henkel, J., & Morse, A.
March
2012

Through technical assistance work in a number of states, this tool has been developed to assist local programs in collecting valid and reliable data to determine contributing factors impacting performance on State Performance Plan (SPP) indicators C-2, C-4, C-5,and C-6.

The purpose of this document is to provide ideas for the types of questions a local team would consider in identifying factors impacting performance. General questions that are applicable to all indicators are included as well as questions specific to each indicator. Suggested questions are categorized into two main areas: 1) Systems/Infrastructure and 2)Providers/Practice. This is not meant to be an exhaustive list of questions. Some questions are designed to determine adequacy of local agency management and oversight while others are geared for gathering information from service coordinators and providers and about actual practices. Data collected from this investigation should be used to identify contributing factors that relate to program infrastructure, policies and procedures, funding, training and technical assistance, supervision, data, personnel and provider practices. These factors, once identified, can lead to the development of meaningful strategies for improvement. Based upon the results of the investigation and analysis of data, it is expected that strategies would only be developed in those areas impacting current performance.

Citation

Lucas, A., Walsh, S., Henkel, J., & Morse, A. (2012). Local contributing factor tool: SPP/APR results indicators: C-2, C-4, C-5, C-6. Retrieved from http://ectacenter.org/~pdfs/topics/gensup/ContributingFactor-Results_Final_28Mar12.pdf