Assessing Spanish-English bilingual preschoolers: A guide to best approaches and measures
A guide to early childhood bilingual assessment and a review of 37 developmental assessments available in English and Spanish
Other
Assessment considerations for young English language learners across different levels of accountability
A discussion of considerations and recommendations for assessing young English language learners in programs with different levels of accountability and an overview of current assessment measurements and strategies for English language learners
Other
Design for Migrant and Seasonal Head Start Survey: Final design report
A discussion of options and suggestions for the design of an ongoing survey of Migrant and Seasonal Head Start programs, staff, families, and children, including considerations for sampling, site outreach, instrumentation, data collection, and data analyses
Methods
Early identification and intervention: Head Start's response to mental health challenges
An overview of the structure and purpose of Head Start, and a discussion of proposed and nascent initiatives to increase general understanding of and the availability of reliable research data on the types, trajectories, treatments and prevalence of mental health problems affecting young children served through the Program
Reports & Papers
Effectiveness of a comprehensive, five-year family support program for low-income children and their families: Findings from the Comprehensive Child Development Program
A randomized experiment to evaluate the effects of the Comprehensive Child Development Program (CCDP), a two-generation program that includes case management and home visiting on the cognitive and socioemotional development of children and the socioeconomic status of their families, from 21 CCDP projects that tracked 4,410 families for five years
Reports & Papers
Head Start Impact Study: First year findings
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
Reports & Papers
Head Start Impact Study: First year findings: Executive summary
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
Executive Summary
Instruction in Spanish in pre-kindergarten classrooms and child outcomes for English language learners
An examination of the relationship between the language, reading, and math skills of English language learners and both the proportion of instruction in Spanish and observed quality of teacher-child interactions, based on data from 357 Spanish-speaking 4-year-old children who attended state-funded pre-kindergarten programs in 11 states
Reports & Papers
Measurement and population miss-fits: A case study on the importance of using appropriate measures to evaluate early childhood interventions
An investigation of the appropriate use of the Child Behavior Check List (CBCL) from over 1,640 Caucasian, African American, and Latino 4 year old English or Spanish speaking children in the Comprehensive Child Development Program
Reports & Papers
Measuring teacher-child interactions in linguistically diverse pre-k classrooms
A summary of a test of the validity of the Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS) for the prediction of academic outcomes and the measurement of social interactions in classrooms with varying compositions of English only and dual language learners, based on a secondary analysis of data collected in 721 prekindergarten classrooms in 11 states
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Observations of teacher-child interactions in classrooms serving Latinos and dual language learners: Applicability of the Classroom Assessment Scoring System in diverse settings
A test of the validity of the Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS) for the prediction of academic outcomes and the measurement of social interactions in classrooms with varying compositions of English only and dual language learners, based on a secondary analysis of data collected in 721 prekindergarten classrooms in 11 states
Reports & Papers
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)
A transcript of a presentation on the assessment and performance measures and instruments used to conduct research on the quality of Head Start programs
Other
A Revitalized Head Start Research Agenda: How Head Start has responded to the changing needs of children and families in poverty
A transcript of a presentation on the adaptability of Head Start programs to the changing needs of children and families
Reports & Papers
Summary review of developmental research on language development and emergent literacy in preschool-kindergarten-aged second language learners (SLL)
A transcript of a keynote address on ways to encourage emergent literacy skills in preschool-aged children learning English as a second language
Literature Review
