Head Start Impact Study: First year findings: Executive summary

Author(s): United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation;
Date Issued: 2005
Publisher(s): United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation
Description: A summary of preliminary first year findings from the Head Start Impact Study, a congressionally-mandated longitudinal controlled analysis of Head Start programs' impact on the development, learning skills, and school readiness of low income 3- and 4-year-old children, conducted across 23 states and 84 randomly selected Head Start agencies, using a sample of 5,000 children and based on data collected from parent interviews, child assessments, teacher surveys, interviews with center directors and other care providers, direct observations of the quality of care settings, and care provider ratings of children
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Preparer(s): Puma, Michael; Bell, Stephen; Cook, Ronna; Heid, Camilla; Lopez, Michael
Funder(s): United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation
Source: Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation. Retrieved October 12, 2005, from http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/opre/hs/impact_study/reports/first_yr_execsum/first_yr_execsum.pdf
Note: The federal project officer is Michael Lopez. The federal contractor is Westat in collaboration with the Urban Institute, the American Institutes for Research, and Decision Information Resources. Contributing authors are Nicholas Zill, Gary Shapiro, Pam Broene, Debra Mekos, Monica Rohacek, Liz Quinn, Gina Adams, Janet Friedman, and Haidee Bernstein.
Topics: Children & Child Development > Child Development & School Readiness

Programs, Interventions & Curricula > Programs > Early Head Start/Head Start
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