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Results Matter: Colorado's Early Childhood Accountability System


Results Matter is Colorado’s statewide system that supports high quality early childhood services. In this age of accountability, the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) in the U.S. Department of Education now requires states to report outcomes data for children and their families served in publically funded early childhood programs. This child outcomes data is the percent of infants and toddlers with IFSPs or preschool children with IEPs who demonstrate improvements in:
  • Positive social-emotional skills (including social relationships);
  • Acquiring and using knowledge and skills (including early language); and
  • Taking appropriate action to meet their needs.


    • In addition, family outcomes data is gathered once per year through a statewide survey, usually in the spring. Your Service Coordinator will provide information to you about simple steps to complete this family outcomes survey. This family outcomes data is collected to ensure that families:
  • Understand their children’s strengths, abilities and special needs;
  • Know their rights and effectively communicate their children’s needs;
  • Help their children develop and learn;
  • Have support systems; and
  • Have access to services, programs and accommodations.


    • The information from this family outcomes survey is used to document the effectiveness of early childhood programs and to identify if families are benefiting from the services their children have received.