Data decision-making is a foundational element of the Pyramid Model.
State leadership teams use data decision-making when examining statewide implementation components and outcomes for local programs, practitioners, and children.
Programs use data decision-making to examine their implementation of the Pyramid Model, practitioner implementation of Pyramid Model practices, and outcomes for families and children.
Featured Resources
This Roadmap provides programs with guidance on collecting and using data.
Digging into Data Webinar Series
This series covers topics related to data tools, data collection, analysis, and data-based decision-making. Upcoming webinar schedule and registration on the Training Webinar page.
Data Decision-Making Tools
These tools and spreadsheets provide coaches, program leaders, and practitioners with data gathering tools and displays that facilitate data decision-making.
State Leadership Team Tools
State Leadership Team Benchmarks of Quality
The State Benchmarks of Quality is used by a collaborative State Leadership Team (SLT) to assess progress and plan future actions so that Recommended Practices (RPs) (e.g., Pyramid Model practices) are available for providers and families statewide. The Benchmarks are grounded in the science of implementation which bridges the gap between an evidence-based practice (EBP) and the actual high-fidelity implementation of that practice.
Sector Planning and Implementation Team Benchmarks of Quality
The Sector Planning and Implementation Team Benchmarks of Quality (SPLIT-BoQ) provides an individual state early childhood sector team (e.g., child care, early intervention) with a tool to identify the critical elements for implementing the Pyramid Model for Promoting the Social and Emotional Competence of Infants and Young Children within their sector.
Program Coaches
A Program Coach provides the technical assistance, support and necessary resources to help an early childhood program leadership team that is implementing the Pyramid Model. The Program Coaching Log is used by a Program Coach who coaches multiple implementation sites. These data provide a summary of the number and duration of coaching visits that are provided to implementation sites and the activities completed during coaching contacts.
Classroom & Program Tools
Early Childhood Program-Wide PBS Benchmarks of Quality v. 3.0
Authors: Lise Fox, Mary Louise Hemmeter, Susan Jack, and Denise Perez Binder.
The Early Childhood Program-Wide PBS Benchmarks of Quality (Program BoQ) is designed to help programs evaluate their progress toward implementing the Pyramid Model program-wide.
Teaching Pyramid Observation Tool (TPOT) for Preschool Classrooms
Authors: Mary Louise Hemmeter, Lise Fox, and Patricia Snyder (2014).
Available from Paul H. Brookes Publishing, at www.brookespublishing.com. The Teaching Pyramid Observation Tool™ (TPOT™), Research Edition is used to assess the implementation of the Pyramid Model in classrooms for children who are 2-5 years old. The tool can be purchased from Paul Brookes and a spread sheet is offered for analysis.
Teaching Pyramid Infant Toddler Observation Scale (TPITOS)
Authors: Kathryn M. Bigelow, Judith J. Carta, Dwight W. Irvin, and Mary Louise Hemmeter (2019).
Available from Paul H. Brookes Publishing at www.brookespublishing.com. The Teaching Pyramid Infant–Toddler Observation Scale for Infant–Toddler Classrooms, Research Edition (TPITOS), is used to assess implementation fidelity of Pyramid Model practices in classrooms of children ages birth to three. The tool can be purchased from Paul Brookes and a spreadsheet for PC and Mac systems are offered for analysis.
Classroom Coaching Contacts
Coaching contact data provides a summary of the number and duration of coaching visits that were provided to teachers and a description of the professional development strategies used during coaching contacts. Coaching is used to support teachers in their implementation of Pyramid Practices. Coaches submit these data monthly for summary.
Data Decision-Making and Program-Wide Implementation of the Pyramid Model
The Behavior Incident Report System (BIRS) provides early care and education programs and classrooms with a system to collect and analyze behavior incidents in their program. The system provides an efficient mechanism for gathering information on elements related to behavior incidents that can be used analytically to make decisions about providing supports to teachers and children within the program. Teachers within programs collect data on behavior incidents that are not developmentally normative or are a cause of concern to the teacher. These data are summarized monthly to provide formative data for examining factors related to behavior incidents (child, teacher, activity, behavior type, behavior motivation, and responses to the behavior). In addition, these data provide summative information on the frequency of behavior incidents over time and an analysis of potential equity issue by calculating disproportionality related to race, ethnicity, IEP status, gender, and dual language learners.
Family Child Care Home (FCCH) Program-Wide PBS Benchmarks of Quality
The Family Child Care Home Program-Wide Benchmarks of Quality is used by a family child care home provider to identify and track the critical elements for implementing the Pyramid Model in their program.
Early Intervention Program Tools
Pyramid Model Early Intervention (Part C) Benchmarks of Quality v. 1.0
Authors: Erin E. Barton, Lise Fox, and Ashley Nemec (2018).
The Pyramid Model Early Intervention (Part C) Benchmarks of Quality (EI BoQ) is designed to help agencies/programs evaluate their progress toward implementing the Pyramid Model program-wide. The tool was revised in 2018. The tool and spreadsheet used for analysis are provided below.
Early Intervention Practitioner Coaching Contacts
Early Interventionist Pyramid Practices Fidelity Instrument (EIPPFI)
The Early Intervention Pyramid Practice Fidelity Instrument (EIPPFI) is used to assess the implementation of Pyramid Model practices by early interventionists in the coaching of family caregivers. EIPPFI practices are aligned with the Division for Early Childhood Recommended Practices and the Principles of Early Intervention. EIPPFI organizes practices within six practice categories: 1) Building Partnerships with Families; 2) Social Emotional Development; 3) Family-centered Coaching; 4) Dyadic Relationships; 5) Children with Challenging Behavior; and 6) Social Emotional Assessment.
