Implementation of the Head Start National Reporting System: Spring 2007: Final report [Executive summary]

Description:

A summary of a study providing findings from the fourth year of the Head Start Quality Assurance Study, which examined Head Start programs' experiences implementing the Head Start National Reporting System (NRS), including: the quality of their administration of the NRS Child Assessment; their approaches to training staff to conduct the NRS Child Assessment; their experiences with a new NRS social-emotional development component; their use of NRS results for program improvement; and program staff perspectives of the NRS, all based on site visits to a nationally representative sample of 40 Head Start programs with an oversample of American Indian/Alaska Native programs

Resource Type:

Executive Summary

Author(s):

United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation

Publisher(s):

Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.

Funder(s):

United States. Administration for Children, Youth, and Families

Preparer(s):

Tarullo Louisa B.; Vogel Cheri; Nogales Renee; Del Grosso Patricia; Aikens Nikki; Sama Martin Emily

Date Issued:

December, 2008

Source:

Princeton, NJ: Mathematica Policy Research. Retrieved March 18, 2009, from http://www.mathematica-mpr.com/publications/pdfs/early childhood/headstart_nrs2007.pdf

Note:

The project officer is Jennifer Brooks. The contractor is Mathematica Policy Research. The subcontractor to Mathematica Policy Research is Juarez and Associates. The project director is Louisa B. Tarullo

Topics:

6. Programs, Interventions & Curricula > 6.1. Programs > 6.1.3. Early Head Start/Head Start

6. Programs, Interventions & Curricula > 6.1. Programs > 6.1.1. Administration & Management

1. Children & Child Development > 1.2. Child Development & School Readiness > 1.2.1. Assessment & Measurement

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