Introduction
7. What Was the Process Used to Develop Indicators?
Teams comprised of parents, administrators, service providers, DSCSHN staff, data personnel from each participating state were formed to develop the indicators. These teams met with M&M staff several times to craft a series of indicators that represented both their state's current capacity to collect data as well as their new strategies to achieve the six core outcomes for children and their families by 2010. An extensive consensus-building process involved representatives from all six states and narrowed the list to 4-5 indicators per outcome.
The steps that led to the final indicators are as follows:
- Initial list of approximately 10 indicators identified from Literature Review and recommendations from experts in field.
- Ratings of top 5 indicators obtained from 15-20 team members in each of 6 states.
- Ratings of top 5 indicators obtained via group consensus per state.
- Ratings of top 4-5 indicators obtained via consensus across all 6 states.
- DSCSHN confirmation to the selected indicators.