Episodes

  • Group Efforts, Part Four: Meet IDC’s ED Facts Coordinator/Data Manager Data Quality Peer Group

    Group Efforts, Part Four: Meet IDC’s ED Facts Coordinator/Data Manager Data Quality Peer Group
    Aug 22 2024
    In a relationship, two things come together to form a stronger, more complete whole. You might say the same about our ED Facts Coordinator/Data Manager Data Quality Peer Group, which gathers members of those role groups for collaboration and coordination around all things related to 618 data, as well as to discuss topics that include data governance, processes, and verification; data best practices; and everything and anything concerning ED Facts modernization. In the fourth installment of this special series, host Amy Bitterman gets the whole story from the group’s facilitators, IDC’s own Kristen DeSalvatore and Audrey Rudick.
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    13 mins
  • Group Efforts, Part Three: Meet IDC’s SSIP Data Quality Peer Group

    Group Efforts, Part Three: Meet IDC’s SSIP Data Quality Peer Group
    Aug 8 2024
    What’s the old saying? There’s strength in numbers. That’s certainly true of IDC’s State Systemic Improvement Plan (SSIP) Data Quality Peer Group, which brings together SSIP coordinators from state departments of education and elsewhere to combine their experiences and insight to share, discuss, and problem solve. In part three of this special series, host Amy Bitterman sits down with IDC’s own Beckie Davis and Jennifer Schaaf to count it all up: the when’s, where’s, and why’s of these productive meetings and how you can add to their numbers.
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    10 mins
  • Group Efforts, Part Two: Meet IDC’s SPP/APR Data Quality Peer Group

    Group Efforts, Part Two: Meet IDC’s SPP/APR Data Quality Peer Group
    Jul 25 2024
    IDC’s one-of-a-kind peer groups bring state role groups together for virtual discussions and collaborations about critical data quality issues in an informal and informative way. In the second installment of this special series, host Amy Bitterman joins IDC’s own Nancy Johnson and Chris Thacker to learn more about our monthly SPP/APR Data Quality Peer Groups where information-sharing and dialogue are the order of the hour. Stakeholder engagement. Non-response bias. Indicator 18. Everything is on the table. Interested? Let’s group up for part two.
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    17 mins
  • Group Efforts, Part One: Getting To Know IDC’s Data Manager Data Quality Peer Group

    Group Efforts, Part One: Getting To Know IDC’s Data Manager Data Quality Peer Group
    Jul 11 2024
    Among the IDEA Data Center’s many superior technical assistance offerings are our one-of-a-kind peer groups, virtual gatherings that bring together state role groups to discuss and collaborate on critical data quality issues in an informal and informative way. In this special series from A Date with Data, host Amy Bitterman will offer you an insider’s glimpse into those events, beginning with our Data Manager Data Quality Peer Group, as explained by IDC’s own Kelley Blas and Kristen DeSalvatore. Don't miss out on this important group effort.
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    19 mins
  • Just Peachy: Georgia’s Team Approach to EDPass

    Just Peachy: Georgia’s Team Approach to EDPass
    Jun 27 2024
    There’s a new system in town—EDPass—and for the first time states have used it to submit their 618 data files. So, how did it go? Is the new system peachy keen? And what can states learn from the experiences of their peers? On this episode of A Date with Data, host Amy Bitterman will find out, sitting down with Part B data manager Dominque Donaldson and EDFacts coordinator Adam Churney, both from the Georgia Department of Education, to discuss how they teamed up to make sure their first EDPass encounter was as sweet as can be.
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    25 mins
  • Steel Magnolias: Strengthening 619 Data Culture in Mississippi

    Steel Magnolias: Strengthening 619 Data Culture in Mississippi
    May 23 2024
    Section 619 of IDEA’s Part B focuses on the important element of early childhood special education services and supports. However, the various nature of preschool programs can make collecting high-quality data a challenge even for those with an iron—or should we say steel—will. In Mississippi, the quest to collect high-quality preschool data means working alongside the state’s LEAs to overcome these shared challenges and to develop a sustainable culture of high-quality data, for example through an updated child outcome summary process designed to capture a fuller, more accurate picture of child progress. In this episode of A Date with Data, host Amy Bitterman heads South for a friendly sit-down with two of Mississippi’s steel magnolias of preschool special education, Early Childhood Special Education 619 Supervisor Candice Taylor and 619 Coordinator Rebecca Palculict, to learn more. We’re talking about new ideas in the Old South, and you’re invited to come along.
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    15 mins
  • Growing the Community Garden: Cultivating 619 Data Connections in New Jersey

    Growing the Community Garden: Cultivating 619 Data Connections in New Jersey
    May 9 2024
    New Jersey might call itself the Garden State, but for Director of Special Education Kim Murray and 619 Data Coordinator Jennifer Nicosia, every day is not a mere skip down flowered paths. This garden needs tending, specifically LEAs who need a hand submitting accurate or complete 619 data. In this week’s A Date with Data, host Amy Bitterman digs into this state story about New Jersey’s efforts to help LEAs grow connections between data quality and program improvement. Grab your big sun hat and join us in the garden for another vibrant episode.
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    14 mins
  • Texas Hold ‘Em: Securing and Maintaining Stakeholder Engagement in the Lonestar State

    Texas Hold ‘Em: Securing and Maintaining Stakeholder Engagement in the Lonestar State
    Apr 23 2024
    A key aspect of any state’s SPP/APR is stakeholder engagement, but in a state with as many seats around the table as Texas, bringing people together and keeping them there can require no small measure of special planning. On this episode of A Date with Data, our Ace in the Hole Amy Bitterman is all in with Susan Bineham, Texas Education Agency’s SPP/APR coordinator and manager of the Office of Special Populations and Student Supports (OSPSS). They’re putting their cards on the table to talk about the importance – and logistics – of how the state brings together parents, community members, and others to get the most of their IDEA data.
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    25 mins