Multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS) provide frameworks to guide the instructional decisions and problem solving of educators (i.e., Sugai & Horner, 2009). Within MTSS, the availability of ongoing child assessment and progress monitoring data is described as a critical feature (Buzhardt et al., 2010; Sugai & Horner, 2009). For some time, there was an assumption that if tools were created to gather information about children's proficiency with and progress in developing essential learning targets, educators would be equipped to effectively engage in two essential components of instruction, data-driven decision making and ongoing problem solving (Hoogland et al., 2016; Marsh & Farrell, 2015; Todd et al., 2011). Unfortunately, multiple researchers have demonstrated that despite the availability of tools for gathering data, those data do not always lead to decision making about instructional practices that are in service of improving child outcomes (Heritage, Kim, Vendlinski, & Herman, 2009; Olah, Lawrence, & Riggan, 2010). The purpose of this article is to explore one approach to trying to address the problems associated with data-driven decision making in early childhood through use of cloudbased tools for gathering and summarizing data. To begin that exploration, a brief description will be provided that grounds the work in critical efforts to address the social, emotional, and behavioral development of young children. The complexities of the work in early childhood will then be described as a means for considering why existing tools may not be sufficient when promoting data-based problem solving. Then, a model for team-based problem solving will be described as a necessary approach to building knowledge about the use of data that meaningfully supports instructional decisions. Finally, a cloud-based knowledge management system will be described, along with the experience of a group of early childhood programs using the system, to demonstrate the potential benefits that that type of system may offer when the goal is to promote actual use of data, not just the gathering of data. Actualizing the use of data for effective decision making is a multifaceted issue. In addition to the barriers that are often expected during the installation of new practices, such as time and expertise (Anderson,