Matrix Centers
Outcomes
Early Childhood Outcomes Center
The Center on Outcomes for Infants, Toddlers, and Preschoolers with Disabilities promotes the development and implementation of child and family outcome measures that can be used in local, state, and national accountability systems. Through a purposeful combination of strategies including research, collaboration, consensus building, technical assistance (TA), and dissemination, the Center seeks to move outcome measurement progressively forward, toward achieving: (a) national data on outcomes for young children with disabilities, and (b) the regular use of outcome data for program improvement at the local and state levels.
National Center on Educational Outcomes
The National Center on Educational Outcomes provides technical assistance on improving results for students with disabilities by increasing their participation rates in high quality assessment and accountability systems, improving the quality of assessments in which they participate, improving the capacity of States to meet data collection requirements, and strengthening accountability for results.
National Post-School Outcomes Center
The University of Oregon houses the National Center on Secondary, Transition, and Postsecondary School Outcomes for Students with Disabilities known as the National Post-School Outcomes Center (NPSO). In collaboration with state and national partners, the Center develops and implements practical, efficient, cost-effective, and sustainable strategies for states to collect and use outcome data to improve secondary, transition, and postsecondary school results. The Center (a) builds on existing data requirements and extant knowledge about states' current efforts, and (b) uses our extensive technical expertise and technical assistance experience to develop and disseminate rigorous, yet practical, data collection and utilization strategies. The Center assists states to fulfill the requirements and spirit of the Part B SPP/APR Indicator 14.