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Early Childhood Administrators Value Data for Decisionmaking: State Leaders Can Ease Data Collection and Reporting Burdens and Provide Better Access to Data

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Title: Early Childhood Administrators Value Data for Decisionmaking: State Leaders Can Ease Data Collection and Reporting Burdens and Provide Better Access to Data
Language: English
Authors: Data Quality Campaign (DQC)
Source: Data Quality Campaign. 2024.
Availability: Data Quality Campaign. 1250 H Street NW Suite 825, Washington, DC 20005. Tel: 202-393-4372; Fax: 202-393-3930; e-mail: info@dataqualitycampaign.org; Web site: http://www.dataqualitycampaign.org
Peer Reviewed: N
Page Count: 3
Publication Date: 2024
Document Type: Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Early Childhood Education
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Administrator Attitudes, Data Use, Decision Making, Data Collection, Access to Information, Information Dissemination, Efficiency
Abstract: A national poll from the Data Quality Campaign (DQC), conducted by The Harris Poll, surveyed early childhood administrators--educational or child care professionals in program director or general manager roles serving children from birth through age four--to find out how they are collecting, using, and reporting data. Early childhood administrators clearly voiced that while data is essential for their work, they lack access to data that is presented in ways that are most useful and find that the collecting and reporting of that data tends to be inefficient, if not overwhelming. As states enhance their own data infrastructure--through an early childhood integrated data system, a statewide longitudinal data system, or both--state leaders must ensure that those enhancements benefit early childhood administrators as well as other local data users.
Abstractor: ERIC
Entry Date: 2025
Accession Number: ED674738
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:A national poll from the Data Quality Campaign (DQC), conducted by The Harris Poll, surveyed early childhood administrators--educational or child care professionals in program director or general manager roles serving children from birth through age four--to find out how they are collecting, using, and reporting data. Early childhood administrators clearly voiced that while data is essential for their work, they lack access to data that is presented in ways that are most useful and find that the collecting and reporting of that data tends to be inefficient, if not overwhelming. As states enhance their own data infrastructure--through an early childhood integrated data system, a statewide longitudinal data system, or both--state leaders must ensure that those enhancements benefit early childhood administrators as well as other local data users.