Nicholas Ortiz Email & Phone Number

Littleton, Co, Us

Littleton, Co, United States

-National technical assistance provider to state early intervention and preschool special education programs via the Center for IDEA Data System (DaSy) and Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center (ECTA)-Geospatial data analyst for a study of the impacts of extreme weather events on provision of Head Start services-Administrative data analyst on HHS-funded studies about a) facilitators and barriers to inclusion of children with disabilities in federally subsidized child care in California, and b) improving access to high-quality child care for children in Arkansas foster care.-Data governance lead on technical assistance for North Dakota’s early childhood integrated data system (2020). Primary author on the data governance plan for ND ECIDS.

Greater Denver Area

-Quadrupled the P-3 Office’s staff capacity for data services-Primary author on early childhood accountability reports-Ensured quality control on 36 formal data requests since July, including data for early childhood needs assessment for Colorado's Preschool Development Grant

Greater Denver Area

-Spearheaded day-to-day operations, reporting, and research for Results Matter, Colorado's nationally recognized early childhood outcomes measurement system. Populations include low- income, dual language learners, and children with disabilities.-Provided technical assistance and training to 900+ public and private early childhood programs/centers in 179 school districts.-Designed data quality profiles for local special education units.-Brought Colorado’s OSEP child outcomes data quality up to national standards for 5 years.-Devised first-ever integration of outcomes data for preschoolers with disabilities data into data warehouse.-Built over a dozen early childhood data visualization models.-Established standard operating procedures for data cleaning and pattern checking on 48,000 child assessment records.-Coordinated 5+ technical assistance agreements with DaSy Center and REL Central Lab. Products include data use self-assessment, assessment review rubric, and data conversion algorithms.-Developed 2 assessment data use courses for teachers and admins.-Completed alignments between assessments and standards.-Managed pupil count for 20,000 state-funded preschoolers.

Greater Denver Area

Conducted interviews, coded/analyzed data, edited reports, scouted Requests for Proposals

Greater Chicago Area

-Coordinated 6 multi-year NIH-funded projects with more than 500 participants in a fast-paced hospital environment-Composed documents needed for successful grant applications-Ensured compliance with IRB guidelines and deadlines

Evanston, Il

Consulted on study design and statistical analysis

Evanston, Il

Processed survey/interview data, proctored tests, recruited and maintained database of 100+ subjects

Bachelor Of Arts, Psychology

Activities and Societies: NU Crew

Master Of Public Administration

Activities and Societies: Pi Alpha Alpha

Spanish