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The presentation focuses on how to use high quality data to support effective implementation. Information highlights informed use of data for decision making and improvement and the conditions under which high-quality data can make the most difference.

This is a recording of a presentation focusing on how to use high quality data to support effective implementation. Information highlights informed use of data for decision making and improvement and the conditions under which high-quality data can make the most difference.

Developed by CIFR, this two-page quick reference guide assists states and stakeholders in better understanding the basics of the MFS requirements stipulated in the IDEA. The guide describes the requirements, types of financial support states may make available, reporting obligations, and MFS waivers. It concludes with questions for states to consider and additional resources.

With new MOE regulations going into effect on July 1, 2015, CIFR staff developed this document to show differences between the new regulations and the ones that have been in place since 2006.

Data governance is a critical function for organizing and exerting proper influence over data management decisions. During the last several years, many LAs and SEAs have defined and adopted data governance programs. This session explored the role of IDEA data managers as data stewards in SEA data governance programs.

This session demonstrated creative ways data are being displayed to tell the story of IDEA and other data. Participants heard from states that are displaying data in ways that tell data stories and convey meaning to stakeholders and the public. Participants also saw ways to access various online federal education data. This session offered participants online resources and websites about effective data displays.

After a State determines that a district has significant disproportionality, what are the next steps? Presenters and session participants discussed how states can identify technical assistance and available tools and resources to help LEAs identify root causes and implement action steps, including CEIS, to make substantive improvement.