Breadcrumb Home About ECLDS in the News Title ECLDS in the News menuAbout In this section About ECLDS About the Data Outreach and Training In the News Other Resources Widgets Data in useEarly Care and Education Participation for Young Children in Foster Care: Administrative and Contextual Insights, Center for Early Education and Development, University of Minnesota (Legislative report written on behalf of Minnesota Department of Human Services), December 2022Evaluating Early Childhood Program Access, Children's Defense Fund, May 2018Peacetime Emergency Child Care Grants Round Two: Administration and Scoring, Child Care Aware of Minnesota, May 2020Articles and publicationsBringing Early Childhood and K12 Together, Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems (SLDS) Grant Program, National Center for Education Statistics, September 2019Data Stories for the Data Curious, Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems (SLDS) Grant Program, National Center for Education Statistics, July 2019Data Story: State and Local Leaders Need Analytic Tools to Tell Their Data Stories, ECDataWorks, May 2019Evaluating the Effectiveness of Matching Methodologies, Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems (SLDS) Grant Program, National Center for Education Statistics, May 2021How Policymakers Can Support Early Childhood Data Governance, Early Childhood Data Collaborative, September 2019Identifying Home Visiting Data to Integrate with Other Early Childhood Data, Early Childhood Data Collaborative, October 2019The Importance of Having a Distinct Count for Early Childhood, ECIDS Nebraska, 2024Improving the Lives of Young Children through Data, Early Childhood Data Collaborative, October 2018The Integration of Early Childhood Data: State Profiles and a Report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Department of Education, November 2016Interagency Data Linking and Common Identifiers, Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems (SLDS) Grant Program, National Center for Education Statistics, June 2020Legislative Report: Family Supports and Improvement Program. Publication Date: January 15, 2023. Mandated by: 2021 Minn. Laws 1st Spl. Sess. Chap. 7 Art. 14 Sec. 19NCES Forum Guide to Data Governance, National Center for Education Statistics, 2020One Step at a Time: The Benefits of an Incremental Approach to the Integration of Home Visiting and Other Early Childhood Data, Early Childhood Data Collaborative, October 2019Results for America 2024 Invest in What Works State Standard of Excellence, Promising Example - MinnesotaRising to the Challenge: Building Effective Systems for Young Children and Families, a BUILD E-Books, Chapter 7, BUILD Initiative, 2015SLDS Best Practices Brief: Elevator Speeches, Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems (SLDS) Grant Program, National Center for Education Statistics, July 2019SLDS Issue Brief: State Communications Plans, Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems (SLDS) Grant Program, National Center for Education Statistics, February 2025SLDS Issue Brief: Using ECIDS Data to Support Continuous Quality Improvement, Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems (SLDS) Grant Program, National Center for Education Statistics, November 2017SLDS Spotlight: State Approaches to Engaging and Sustaining Postsecondary and Workforce Partners, Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems (SLDS) Grant Program, National Center for Education Statistics, March 2022SLDS Spotlight: State Approaches to SLDS Branding, Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems (SLDS) Grant Program, National Center for Education Statistics, September 2021SLDS Spotlight: Supporting Data Use Through an Online Learning Hub, Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems (SLDS) Grant Program, National Center for Education Statistics, March 2023SLDS State Data Use Cases, Minnesota, March 2019State Information Request: State Examples of Early Childhood Integrated Data Systems, Education Commission of the States, February 2020State Opportunity Index: Minnesota, Strada Education Foundation, October 2025State Spotlight: Early Childhood Integrated Data System: Minnesota's Early Childhood Longitudinal Data System, Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems (SLDS) Grant Program, National Center for Education Statistics, December 2015States Overcome Challenges with Early Childhood Education Data through Collaboration, EdScoop, March 2019Steps for Obtaining Consent from Stakeholders to Share Home Visiting Data, Early Childhood Data Collaborative, February 2020Using Integrated Data to Examine Access to Services for Children of Color: State Spotlight on Minnesota, Early Childhood Data Collaborative, February 2019VideosMinnesota's Data Story, Child Trends, February 2018WebinarsMaking Use of Integrated Data: State Examples of Using ECIDS Data to Inform Policies and Practices, Early Childhood Data Collaborative, June 2017—Minnesota portion of webinar begins around 22:16Write-ups and blog postsConnecting Home Visiting, Early Care and Education Will Benefit Families, The Chronicle of Social Change, 2/15/19Minnesota Integrates State Data to Improve Early Childhood Programming, The Annie E. Casey Foundation, 2/16/18Serv and Return: State Early Childhood Data Dashboards, Alliance for Early Success, 2/28/2023
