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Building their futures: How Early Head Start programs are enhancing the lives of infants and toddlers in low-income families: Summary report A summary of findings from the interim report of the random assignment, impact evaluation of the Early Head Start Research and Evaluation project. |
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Child care quality matters: How conclusions may vary with context An analysis of three national studies on child care quality and the impact of quality on child development |
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Child-Parent Rating Scales for the Puzzle Challenge Task |
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Early childhood measures profiles A profile of instruments used to measure developmental domains in early childhood, including language, literacy, math, approaches to learning, ongoing observational measures, general cognitive measures, social-emotional measures, and measures used in Early Head Start analyses |
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Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project This project involves both a cross-site national study and local longitudinal studies of low-income families with young children in Early Head Start sites in 17 communities in the United States. The project was funded in two waves: Birth to Three (1996-2001) and Pre-Kindergarten Follow-Up (2001-2004). The five major components of the project are: an implementation study, an impact evaluation, local research studies, policy studies, and efforts toward continuous program improvement. The implementation study assessed the level and quality of implementation of EHS at each site, as well as variations across sites, with regard to five program areas: child development and health care; family partnerships; community involvement and partnerships; staff development; and program management. Results include a profile of each of the 17 research programs, their services and expected outcomes. The information gathered was critical for the development of the impact evaluation analyses and the identification of pathways to full implementation. The impact evaluation followed a random assignment, longitudinal design to examine how child, parent and family outcomes were influenced by EHS programs, as well as by variations in program approaches and community contexts, program implementation and services, and the characteristics of children and their families. The third component involves 16 local research projects conducted by 15 university-based researchers who partnered with Early Head Start research programs. Designed to investigate the unique outcomes and program functions of each Early Head Start program, these longitudinal studies continue through the second phase of the project, Pre-Kindergarten Follow-up (2001-2004). The policy studies component focuses on issues related to welfare reform, health and disabilities, child-care and fatherhood. The component of continuous program improvement consists of reports and presentations disseminating new information that can help all Early Head Start programs to increase their ability to meet the needs of families. |
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The effectiveness of Early Head Start for 3-year-old children and their parents: Lessons for policy and programs A summary of the evaluated impacts of Early Head Start on child and parent outcomes near the end of program participation |
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Initiatives on the transition to school An evaluation of two studies on school readiness: the Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (FACES), and the National Head Start/Public School Early Childhood Transition Demonstration Study |
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Links between childbearing age and observed maternal behaviors with 14-month-olds in the Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project A study addressing links between maternal childbearing age and parenting behaviors, based on a sample of 1,702 low-income mothers |
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Making a difference in the lives of infants and toddlers and their families: The impacts of Early Head Start: Executive summary A summary of findings from the Early Head Start Research and Evaluation project, a large-scale, random-assignment evaluation of the impact of Early Head Start programs on the development of infants and toddlers, and the parenting and family development of low-income families in 17 diverse sites across the US. Findings when children were 36 months of age, showed a pattern of positive, modest impacts across a wide range of child, parent-child and parent outcomes. |
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Making a difference in the lives of infants and toddlers and their families: The impacts of Early Head Start: Vol. I. Final technical report A report of the findings from the Early Head Start Research and Evaluation project, a large-scale, random-assignment evaluation of the impact of Early Head Start programs on the development of infants and toddlers, and the parenting and family development of low-income families across the US |
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Making a difference in the lives of infants and toddlers and their families: The impacts of Early Head Start: Vol. II. Final technical report appendixes The appendices and data analysis of the impact of Early Head Start in the lives of infants and toddlers and their families |
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The role of Early Head Start programs in addressing the child care needs of low-income families with infants and toddlers: Influences on child care use and quality A discussion of the patterns of child care use by Early Head Start families and the impacts that program participation had on families' child care use and the quality of care used |
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The role of Early Head Start programs in addressing the child care needs of low-income families with infants and toddlers: Influences on child care use and quality [Executive summary] A discussion of the patterns and quality of child care use by Early Head Start families and the impacts that program participation had on families' child care choices. |
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Welfare-to-work initiatives An overview of five studies examining the effects of welfare-to-work programs on school age, low income children and their families |
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Work or welfare?: Assessing the impacts of recent employment and policy changes on very young children A review of current workforce trends, state-level welfare policy changes, and the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) and their implication for children’s well being |
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