ERIC Number: ED596154
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2019-Mar
Pages: 174
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-
EISSN: N/A
A Portrait of Head Start Classrooms and Programs: FACES Spring 2017 Data Tables and Study Design. OPRE Report 2019-10
Bernstein, Sara; Bush, Charles; Aikens, Nikki; Moiduddin, Emily; Harding, Jessica F.; Malone, Lizabeth; Tarullo, Louisa; Cannon, Judy; Filipczak, Kai; Lukashanets, Serge
Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation
Head Start is a national program that promotes school readiness by enhancing the social and cognitive development of children through the provision of educational, health, nutritional, social, and other services to enrolled children and families. The Head Start program provides comprehensive child development services to economically disadvantaged children and families through grants to local public and private nonprofit and for-profit agencies. This report includes key information on the Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey 2014-2018 (FACES 2014) study design; in addition, a set of data tables presents descriptive statistics for the characteristics of programs, centers, classrooms, and teachers serving Head Start children and families in spring 2017. The purpose of this report is twofold: (1) to provide information about the FACES study, including the background, design, methodology, measures, and analytic methods; and (2) to report detailed descriptive statistics and related standard errors in a series of tables on the programs, their staff, and classrooms. The data provide descriptive information from classroom observations and staff surveys about Head Start's efforts to help children and families meet their goals, and local efforts to meet the Head Start Program Performance Standards. [For "A Portrait of Head Start Classrooms and Programs in Spring 2015: FACES 2014-2015 Data Tables and Study Design. OPRE Report 2017-101," see ED592749.]
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Preschool Children, Economically Disadvantaged, Teacher Characteristics, Preschool Teachers, Institutional Characteristics, Educational Quality, Preschool Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Preschool Curriculum, Depression (Psychology), Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Classroom Environment, Educational Practices, Teacher Attitudes, Job Satisfaction, Mentors, Administrator Characteristics, Training, Technical Assistance, Educational Finance, Administrator Attitudes, Faculty Mobility, Educational Assessment, Parent Education
Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation. Administration for Children & Families, US Department of Health and Human Services, 330 C Street SW, Washington, DC 20201. Web site: https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre
Publication Type: Numerical/Quantitative Data; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Preschool Education; Adult Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: Administration for Children and Families (DHHS), Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation (OPRE); Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale; Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale; Classroom Assessment Scoring System
Grant or Contract Numbers: HHSP23320095642WC; HHSP23337052T