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Data Collection
 Education
for Homeless Children and Youth Program: Analysis of 2005-2006 Federal
Data Collection and Three-Year Comparison (583K)
This report provides a summary and analysis of the 2005-06 state data collection required by the U.S. Department of Education of the McKinney-Vento Education of Homeless Children and Youth program. The 2005-06 data is also presented in comparison to the 2003-04 and 2004-05 data collections. Guide
for Federally Required State Data Collection (130K)
This guide, revised for the 2005-2006 data collection, assists State Coordinators for Homeless Education and local homeless education liaisons in reporting accurately the data required by the U.S. Department of Education. Separate guides are included for districts with and without McKinney-Vento subgrants. 
McKinney-Vento
Data Standards and Indicators Guidebook (1.09MB)
This NCHE guidebook will assist McKinney-Vento programs with the collection and reporting of outcome data. It will help program staff become familiar with the current set of McKinney-Vento standards and indicators, understand the purposes of these standards and indicators, assess the strengths and challenges associated with the collection of data on each of the standards, and develop strategies for implementing the standards and indicators at the program level. McKinney-Vento
Data Standards and Indicators - 2006 Revisions
(728K)
This NCHE resource provides an updated version of the original five Standards and Indicators for Quality McKinney-Vento Programs developed in 2000. Reflecting provisions in the reauthorized McKinney-Vento Act and five years of effective practice, the revision includes 10 standards and proposed indicators that are comprehensive and quantifiable. Also included is a guide for developing program benchmarks.  Standards and Indicators for Quality McKinney-Vento Programs (436K)
This PowerPoint presentation provides an overview of the McKinney-Vento Standards and Indicators of Quality Programs and explains how they can be used to evaluate a local homeless education program. State Coordinator's
Handbook for LEA Monitoring (345K)
This document is designed to assist State Coordinators for Homeless Education in the development and implementation of an effective monitoring process that includes all Local Educational Agencies (LEAs), those with and without McKinney-Vento subgrants. Based on the experiences of veteran State Coordinators and others with information to share about the monitoring process, this handbook discusses challenges and strategies related to monitoring LEAs for compliance with the legislative requirements of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. State Coordinators will also find sample tools for use in developing, adapting, and customizing their own monitoring process.
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Guide to Counting Unsheltered Homeless People (Revised)
This guide, published by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and updated in September 2006, describes several methods for identifying, counting, and learning about homeless people who are unlikely to be found in shelters or in other residential programs within a local homeless assistance network. Information about these approaches was gathered from communities throughout the country; examples of their methods are provided throughout the guide. 
Data-Driven
Decision Making
Sponsored by the Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Mathematics and Science Education (ENC), this January 2003 issue of ENC Focus magazine examines actual changes in classroom practices based on analysis of data. Helpful articles include Getting Data, Using Data: How Do We Do It?, Uses and Abuses of Data, "Cooking with Data" to Reduce Achievement Gaps, Getting Comfortable with Data, When Perceptions Bump into Data, and Turning Skeptics Into Supporters. Data-Driven
Districts
The American Association of School Administrators summarizes lessons learned from four districts with different approaches to using data to inform key decisions. Links to other articles and resources about data-driven decision making are provided.  Detangling
Data Collection: Methods for Gathering Data
This article, published in August 2004 as part of the Out-of-School Time Evaluation Snapshot series from the Harvard Family Research Project, describes the common data collection methods used by current out-of-school time programs to evaluate their implementation and outcomes. It provides detailed information about using surveys and questionnaires, interviews and focus groups, observations, tests and assessments, and secondary sources and data reviews. HUD
Homeless Management Information Strategies
HUD's Homeless Management Information Strategies (HMIS) page provides communities with valuable direction and technical assistance resources on strategies to collect information on homeless persons. |
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