Using Data to Measure Performance of Home Visiting: A New Framework for Assessing Effectiveness

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Autor/in	Martens, Katye
Institution	Pew Charitable Trusts
Titel	Using Data to Measure Performance of Home Visiting: A New Framework for Assessing Effectiveness
Quelle	(2015), (28 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Home Visits; Measurement Techniques; Program Effectiveness; Program Evaluation; Progress Monitoring; State Legislation; Outcome Measures; Child Health; Educational Indicators; Achievement Rating; Child Safety; Child Development; Parenting Skills; Performance Factors; Quality Assurance; Information Utilization; Change Strategies; Management Information Systems; Evidence Based Practice; Accountability; Family Characteristics + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hausbesuch; Messtechnik; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Landesrecht; Educational indicato; Bildungsindikator; Achievement; Rating; Leistung; Beurteilung; Leistungsbeurteilung; Kindesentwicklung; Leistungsindikator; Qualitätssicherung; Informationsnutzung; Lösungsstrategie; Managementinformationssystem; Verantwortung
Abstract	Across the country, state legislatures are turning to evidence-based policymaking to ensure that taxpayer dollars are spent efficiently and effectively. One example is family support and coaching. In response to research confirming that the early years of childhood affect learning, behavior, and health for a lifetime, many states have invested in these programs, commonly referred to as "home visiting." Evidence shows that families that participate in home visiting programs, which focus on strengthening vulnerable families with children under age 5, are often more self-sufficient and better able to handle the challenge of parenting and to raise healthier, safer children. Ongoing performance monitoring is vital to understanding whether desired family and child outcomes are being realized. Several states have passed legislation to make home visiting programs more effective and accountable by requiring the agencies that oversee them to set goals and measure results. Until recently, however, performance measures for home visiting have been used primarily not to assess outcomes, but instead to track "inputs"--the number of visits, basic client demographics, and completed tasks such as screenings for depression. This type of data, while helpful for understanding client characteristics and what services are being delivered, provides little insight into program effectiveness. To help overcome this challenge, several states joined with The Pew Charitable Trusts beginning in 2013 to develop the Home Visiting Data for Performance Initiative, the first significant effort to promote common performance measures that states can adopt to determine whether their goals are being achieved across a portfolio of home visiting programs. It identified key indicators in three areas--maternal health and achievement; child health, development, and safety; and parental skills and capacity--as well as descriptive factors, which include demographic, geographic, and basic service-delivery information about participants. The initiative also emphasizes key strategies for enhancing the quality and usefulness of states' data, including collecting raw--as opposed to only aggregated--data at the participant level and doing so at multiple intervals, as well as comparing parent and child outcomes with those of similar families not receiving services. This report outlines the indicators developed by the initiative as well as key descriptive factors that state and local managers can use to form a clearer picture of family and child outcomes, who is being served, and the availability of other community supports. With this information, they can, in turn, provide the most effective services for all families, to support parents in promoting their children's healthy emotional, social, physical, and cognitive development. Indicator Tables are appended. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Home Visiting Campaign. Available from: Pew Charitable Trusts. 901 E Street NW 10th Floor, Washington, DC 20004. Tel: 202-540-2000; Fax: 202-552-2299; e-mail: pcs-feedback@pewtrusts.org; Web site: http://www.pewtrusts.org/en/archived-projects/home-visiting-campaign
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01