Data and Evaluation Committee Meeting

Contact [email protected] for meeting information. The Data and Evaluation Committee meets virtually about four times a year.

The Data and Evaluation Committee works toward Goal 5 of Vermont’s Early Childhood Strategic Plan: Our System Centers Children and Families and Is Coordinated, Well-Resourced, and Data-Driven. The committee helps ensure that data and evidence are used consistently to support better outcomes for children and families from the prenatal period through age 8.

The committee is responsible for setting priorities and tracking progress on data integration across Vermont’s early childhood system. It serves as an accountability body for monitoring progress toward all five goals of the Strategic Plan and as a primary advisor on research, data, and evaluation efforts. The committee brings together data stewards, agency leaders, and content and evaluation experts to discuss strategy, challenges, capacity, and the systems needed to use high-quality data to inform policy and programs.

The committee’s current priorities include:

• Serving as a primary advisory body for statewide early childhood data initiatives.
• Advancing Vermont’s Early Childhood Data Development Agenda.
• Monitoring and guiding implementation of Vermont’s Early Childhood Strategic Plan.