Setting the Stage for Data Analysis: Assessing Program Strengths and Risks
For the Region 1 Head Start Technical Assistance Network
January 2007
This tool was developed to help Head Start programs utilize all relevant data sources during
self-assessment, program improvement, and T/TA planning.
The tool will assist Head Start programs to:
- Review all critical Head Start data sources
- Identify information that has significance for program planning
- Use time and resources efficiently and effectively
- Organize large amounts of data in a user-friendly format that can be easily shared with key stakeholders
- Identify indicators of program strength and accomplishment from a variety of data sources
- Identify areas of potential risk to the program that should be at the forefront during data analysis and program planning
