ERIC Number: ED543009
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2005-Jun
Pages: 26
Abstractor: ERIC
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Head Start Impact Study: First Year Findings. Executive Summary
Puma, Michael; Bell, Stephen; Cook, Ronna; Heid, Camilla; Lopez, Michael
Administration for Children & Families
The Congressionally-mandated Head Start Impact Study is being conducted across 84 nationally representative grantee/delegate agencies. Approximately 5,000 newly entering 3- and 4-year-old children applying for Head Start were randomly assigned to either a Head Start group that had access to Head Start program services or to a non-Head Start group that could enroll in available community non-Head Start services, selected by their parents. Data collection began in fall 2002 and is scheduled to continue through 2006, following children through the spring of their 1st-grade year. The study quantifies the impact of Head Start separately for 3- and 4-year-old children across child cognitive, social-emotional, and health domains as well as on parenting practices. For children in the 3-year-old group, the preliminary results from the first year of data collection demonstrate small to moderate positive effects favoring the children enrolled in Head Start for some outcomes in each domain. Fewer positive impacts were found for children in the 4-year-old group. (Contains 7 footnotes and 12 exhibits.) [Contributors include: Nicholas Zill, Gary Shapiro, Pam Broene, Debra Mekos, Monica Rohacek, Liz Quinn, Gina Adams, Janet Friedman, and Haidee Bernstein. For the full report, "Head Start Impact Study: First Year Findings," see ED543015.]
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Program Effectiveness, Parenting Styles, Data Collection, Disadvantaged Youth, Child Rearing, School Readiness, Preschool Children, Grade 1, Low Income Groups, Kindergarten, Advisory Committees, Context Effect, Measures (Individuals), African American Children, Hispanic Americans, Health Services, Child Health, Preschool Education, Family Characteristics, Parents, Cognitive Development, Emotional Development, Social Development, Sampling, Student Evaluation, Racial Composition, Language Usage, Cohort Analysis
Administration for Children & Families. US Department of Health and Human Services, 370 L'Enfant Promenade SW, Washington, DC 20447. Web site: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/
Publication Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Preschool Education
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Administration for Children and Families (DHHS), Office of Planning, Research & Evaluation; Westat, Inc.; Urban Institute; Decision Information Resources, Inc.; American Institutes for Research; Chesapeake Research Associates, LLC
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