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Assessing the role of Head Start family service workers
Franze, Sarah, 1999
NHSA Dialog, 2(1), 57-64

An exploration of the role of family service workers in Head Start programs, with a proposal of methods to evaluate Head Start’s social service components, based on focus group interviews with 66 family service workers from three urban and rural Head Start programs in the Southeastern United States

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Assessment Profile for Early Childhood Programs
Abbott-Shim, Martha, 1987
Atlanta, GA: Quality Assist

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Assessment Profile for Early Childhood Programs: Research version
Abbott-Shim, Martha, 1992
Atlanta, GA: Quality Assist

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Assessment Profile for Early Childhood Programs: Research version (2nd ed.)
Abbott-Shim, Martha, 1998
Atlanta, GA: Quality Assist

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Assessment Profile for Homes with Young Children: Research version
Abbott-Shim, Martha, 1993
Atlanta, GA: Quality Assist

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A comparison of school readiness outcomes for children randomly assigned to a Head Start program and the program's wait list
Abbott-Shim, Martha, 2003
Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 8(2), 191-214

A study on the effect of Head Start program participation on school readiness, based on a sample of 132 four year old children from three Head Start Centers in a southern urban setting

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Describing Head Start family service workers: An examination of factors related to job satisfaction, empowerment, and multiculturalism
Franze, Sarah, 2002
Families in Society, 83(3), 257-264

A study of the relationship between personal and employment characteristics and job satisfaction, empowerment and multicultural sensitivity among family service workers in Head Start programs.

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An evaluation of the Individualized Learning Intervention: A mentoring program for early childhood teachers
Gallagher, Peggy Ahrenhold, 2011
NHSA Dialog, 14(2), 57-74

An evaluation and study of the effect of the Individualized Learning Intervention (ILI) training for adult mentors on the cognitive, math, and pre-reading skills of 36 children within an urban Head Start program in the South

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An examination of teacher beliefs and practices, and their relationship to Head Start classroom quality
McCarty, Frances, 1999
NHSA Dialog, 2(1), 91-94

An inquiry into teacher beliefs on factors influencing classroom quality, based on a survey of 185 teachers and observations of 190 classrooms in three Head Start programs in the Southeastern United States

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The Florida child care quality improvement study: 1996 Report
Howes, Carollee, 1998
New York: Families and Work Institute

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Head Start classroom quality and emergent literacy outcomes of children with low-literate parents
Greenberg, Daphne, 2003
NHSA Dialog, 6(1), 22-36

An examination of the effects of Head Start classroom quality on the emergent literacy of children whose parents have low functional literacy levels, based on a sample of 163 parents and their 328 children in three Head Start programs in the southeast United States

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Head Start mentor teachers impact child outcomes in Protege teachers' classrooms
Gallagher, Peggy Ahrenhold, 2011
NHSA Dialog, 14(2), 75-78

A summary of an evaluation and study of the effect of the Individualized Learning Intervention (ILI) training for adult mentors on the cognitive, math, and pre-reading skills of 36 children within an urban Head Start program in the South

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How to conduct a local Head Start evaluation: Advice from the 1995-2000 Head Start quality research centers
Abbott-Shim, Martha, 2001
NHSA Dialog, 5(1), 38-55

A transcript of a dialog of information on how to assess the quality of local Head Start centers

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The influence of teacher-individualizing practices on child developmental progress
Lambert, Richard, 1999
NHSA Dialog, 2(1), 75-88

An examination of the correlation between teachers’ use of individual practices and children’s development, based on a sample of 1,407 children from 80 classrooms in a suburban and rural Head Start program in the Southeastern United States

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A model of home learning environment and social risk factors in relation to children's emergent literacy and social outcomes
Foster, Martha A., 2005
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 20(1), 13-36

An examination of the relationship between home environment and social risk factors and children's early literacy and social functioning

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Program and Policy Management Inventory
Lambert, Richard, 1997
Atlanta: Georgia State University, Center for the Study of Adult Literacy

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The relationship between classroom quality and ratings of the social functioning of Head Start children
Lambert, Richard, 2002
Early Child Development and Care, 172(3), 231-245

An investigation of the relationship between classroom quality and social behavior in a sample of 328 Head Start children from 40 classrooms in rural and urban settings in the southeastern United States

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The relationship between teachers beliefs and practices, and Head Start classroom quality
McCarty, Frances, 2001
Early Education and Development, 12(2), 225-238

A study of the relationship between teacher’s beliefs and self-reported practices and Head Start classroom quality, and an examination of the potential differences in the beliefs and self-reported practices of those teaching in high, average, and low quality classrooms

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Research on Quality within Head Start: An update on the Head Start performance measures, the work of quality research centers, and the Family and Child Experiences Survey (FACES)
Tarullo, Louisa B., 1999
NHSA Dialog, 2(1), 31-41

A transcript of a presentation on the assessment and performance measures and instruments used to conduct research on the quality of Head Start programs

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Staff perceptions of research in the context of specific strategies for collaboration with Head Start
Lambert, Richard, 2001
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 16(1), 19-34

A study of Head Start staff perceptions toward research strategies and partnerships, focusing on the strategies researchers use to build and maintain partnerships with three Head Start programs in the southeastern United States

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Structural model of Head Start classroom quality
Abbott-Shim, Martha, 2000
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 15(1), 115-134

The development and testing of a model of the structural features of the Head Start classroom associated with classroom quality

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Teacher-child interaction and child-care auspices as predictors of social outcomes in infants, toddlers, and preschoolers
McCartney, Kathleen, 1997
Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 43(3), 426-450

A study of the association between teacher-child interaction and children's social outcomes in infants and toddlers enrolled in 120 faith-based, for-profit and nonprofit center-based child care in three states (Massachusetts, Virginia, and Georgia)

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Within and beyond the classroom door: Assessing quality in child care centers
Phillips, Deborah A., 2001
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 15(4), 475-496

A study of the relationship among process indicators and structural features of quality and regulatory compliance in child care centers

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