Resources
The Promise Neighborhoods Training and Technical Assistance team, the U.S. Department of Education, Promise Neighborhoods grantees, and key technical assistance partners have produced written guidance, tools, and videos about how to launch and manage a successful cradle-to-career pipeline of solutions and strategies for early learners, students, and families in economically distressed communities. Resources appear in the order they were added with the most recent additions first.
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Promise Neighborhoods Frequently Asked Questions
Author: Urban Institute | Year of Publication: 2014
The Urban Institute provides technical assistance to Promise Neighborhoods implementation grantees to ensure they can successfully collect and use data to make continuous improvements, measure their results, and report to the U.S. Department of Education. To assist grantees awarded in 2016 or earlier in developing case management systems, collecting consistent and uniform Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) indicators, and meeting reporting requirements, the Urban Institute released “Measuring Performance: Guidance Document for Promise Neighborhoods on Collecting Data and Reporting Results” in February 2013.
Some Considerations Pertinent to a Promise Neighborhoods National Evaluation
Author: Promise Neighborhoods Institute | Year of Publication: 2014
This document describes key issues to consider when undertaking a comprehensive evaluation of the performance and impact of the Promise Neighborhoods grantees at large. The guidance offers the perspective of organizations working at the intersection of evaluation and practice—seeking to improve the outcomes for children and families with low incomes and to understand the most effective ways of measuring results.
Collecting, Analyzing, and Using Data Data Collection Data Security and Confidentiality K-12 Academic Performance
Building Infrastructure to Support Cross Sector Integration in Early Childhood Work
Author: PolicyLink | Year of Publication: 2014
This webinar, hosted by the Promise Neighborhoods Institute at PolicyLink in partnership with ZERO TO THREE, discusses how Hayward Promise Neighborhood and other communities are building cohesive systems that coordinate and align services to ensure all children enter kindergarten ready to succeed in school.
Data Collection Data Management Systems Early Childhood Education Program Delivery/Partners
Foundations of School Readiness
Author: Promise Neighborhoods Institute | Year of Publication: 2014
This webinar is a community of practice discussion for Promise Neighborhoods on the "Foundations of School Readiness," hosted by the Promise Neighborhoods Institute at PolicyLink and featuring experts from ZERO TO THREE.
Presenters include:
- Samuel Sinyangwe with the Promise Neighborhoods Institute at PolicyLink
- Jodi Whiteman, ZERO TO THREE
- Valerie Dawkins Krajec, ZERO TO THREE
Data Collection Early Childhood Education Program Delivery/Partners
Building the Capacity of Educators and Service Providers to Support Black Male Achievement
Author: PolicyLink | Year of Publication: 2014
This webinar, hosted by the Promise Neighborhoods Institute at PolicyLink, discusses professional development programs being implemented in Promise Neighborhoods to effectively promote the academic achievement of children of color with low incomes, with a focus on Black boys and young men.
Health and Wellbeing K-12 Academic Performance Post-Secondary Success Program Delivery/Partners
A Developmental Pathway for Achieving Promise Neighborhoods Results
Author: Promise Neighborhoods Institute | Year of Publication: 2014
This important tool was developed to help Promise Neighborhood communities and the field at large better understand the external conditions and developmental milestones needed to build the cradle- to- career continuum and to achieve the goals and outcomes set forth in Promise Neighborhoods. The tool illustrates the developmental pathways necessary to achieve the Promise Neighborhoods vision.
Data Collection K-12 Academic Performance Parent and Community Engagement Program Delivery/Partners
Who Cares About Data?
Author: Sarah Gillespie | Year of Publication: 2014
This blog post discusses how data-driven programs and communities are better equipped to work toward solutions that provide results to their communities. The blog draws on the DC Promise Neighborhood Initiative's work on chronic absenteeism as an example.
Collecting, Analyzing, and Using Data Data Management Systems K-12 Academic Performance
U-Turn Now: A GPS for Neighborhood Change
Author: Sarah Gillespie | Year of Publication: 2014
This blog post discusses the necessity of a rigorous performance measurement process, focusing on how performance measurement can provide the data necessary to correct a program that is off-track.
Collecting, Analyzing, and Using Data Data Management Systems Family Supports Health and Wellbeing
Supporting Age-Appropriate Functioning in Promise Neighborhoods (GPRA 2)
Author: PolicyLink | Year of Publication: 2014
This webinar features best -practices and effective strategies Promise Neighborhoods are using to promote the age-appropriate functioning of young children in their communities. In doing so, this webinar aims to equip Promise Neighborhoods and other community leaders with the knowledge, tools, and resources to turn the curve on the baseline indicator for Government Performance and Results Act 2 (per previous 2013 guidance): the number and percentage of 3-year-olds and children entering kindergarten who demonstrate age-appropriate functioning.
The following experts are featured ion this webinar:
- Michelle Palo, Project Services Director, Northside Achievement Zone (NAZ)
- Andre Dukes, Family Academy Director, NAZ
- Maureen Seiwert, NAZ Early Childhood Action Team Co-Leader, Executive Dir. of Early Childhood Education for Minneapolis Public Schools
- Dianne Haulcy, NAZ Early Childhood Action Team Co-Leader, Office of Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges
Early Childhood Education Family Supports Parent and Community Engagement Program Delivery/Partners
Creating the Foundation to Accelerate Results for Black Males
Author: Promise Neighborhoods Institute | Year of Publication: 2013
This document is Part I of a series of papers developed to help communities promote Black male achievement in their neighborhoods. Part I provides a results-based framework for Promise Neighborhoods to systematically evaluate and respond to the particular needs of Black male children in the community. Subsequent papers will offer programmatic and policy solutions that Promise Neighborhoods can employ within this framework to sustain and enhance their impact on this population.
Collecting, Analyzing, and Using Data Data Collection Data Management Systems Early Childhood Education