Resources

Governor Cooper's biennium budget proposal (2021-2023)

2-page fact sheet with recommended sources for data on NC young children and families

This evaluation outlines the impact of two years of Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) work (2017-2019), lessons learned, and recommendations for future work.

Without adequate child care, NC families, businesses, and the economy los $2.4B per year. The pandemic is making it worse.

Report from state of California on best practices for planning curricula for homeless young children and their families

The Pathways Data Dashboard includes North Carolina data on more than 60 measures of child development that research shows influence third-grade reading scores. Whenever possible, the dashboard presents data at the state level, compared to national averages; at the county or school district level; by race and ethnicity; by income; by age; and over several years

The Pathways Data Dashboard supports a statewide effort to improve the collection, analysis and use of early childhood data in NC for young children, birth to age eight. It can be used by state and local policymakers, government agencies, community service providers, child advocacy organizations, Smart Start partnerships, Campaign for Grade-Level Reading communities and others to make data-informed decisions about investments in early childhood and changes to policies and practices that affect young children and their families

Evaluation of the Child Development at Kindergarten Entry data workgroup