This NCHE publication provides a three-tiered approach to conducting comprehensive needs assessments and program evaluations to strengthen homeless education programs. It includes a comprehensive set of tools that will be useful not only in collecting state level data, but also in assisting LEAs in collecting the data needed to inform program decisions at the local level.

This NCHE guidebook will assist McKinney-Vento programs with the collection and reporting of outcome data. It will help program staff become familiar with the current set of McKinney-Vento standards and indicators, understand the purposes of these standards and indicators, assess the strengths and challenges associated with the collection of data on each of the standards, and develop strategies for implementing the standards and indicators at the program level.

McKinney-Vento Data Standards and Indicators - 2006 Revisions

This NCHE resource provides an updated version of the original five Standards and Indicators for Quality McKinney-Vento Programs developed in 2000. Reflecting provisions in the reauthorized McKinney-Vento Act and five years of effective practice, the revision includes 10 standards and proposed indicators that are comprehensive and quantifiable. Also included is a guide for developing program benchmarks.

Standards and Indicators for Quality McKinney-Vento Programs

This PowerPoint presentation provides an overview of the McKinney-Vento Standards and Indicators of Quality Programs and explains how they can be used to evaluate a local homeless education program.

This document is designed to assist State Coordinators for Homeless Education in the development and implementation of an effective monitoring process that includes all Local Educational Agencies (LEAs), those with and without McKinney-Vento subgrants. Based on the experiences of veteran State Coordinators and others with information to share about the monitoring process, this handbook discusses challenges and strategies related to monitoring LEAs for compliance with the legislative requirements of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. State Coordinators will also find sample tools for use in developing, adapting, and customizing their own monitoring process.

This report from Abt Associates, Inc., examines the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s performance measures for the Supportive Housing Program, Shelter Plus Care, Single Room Occupancy Moderate Rehabilitation for the Homeless and Emergency Shelter Grants programs, which are funded by McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Grants. The report discusses the weaknesses and strengths of HUD’s current measures and identifies opportunities for improving these measures.