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ACF-OPRE report: A year in Head Start: Children, families and programs A profile of the characteristics of Head Start children and families and their home and Head Start classroom environments from fall 2006 through spring 2007, including children's cognitive, physical, and socioemotional development, and Head Start classroom curricula and activities, based on data collected from a sample of 60 Head Start programs, 135 centers, 410 classrooms, 365 teachers, and 3,315 children and their parents |
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Arranging child care A study of the child care needs of low income families, focusing on the availability of government subsidized child care assistance programs that support parental employment and provide affordable and quality child care |
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Building their futures: How Early Head Start programs are enhancing the lives of infants and toddlers in low-income families An interim report of the random assignment, impact evaluation of the Early Head Start Research and Evaluation project, analyzing child and family outcomes through the first two years of children's lives. |
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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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Building their futures: How Early Head Start programs are enhancing the lives of infants and toddlers in low-income families: Volume II. Technical report appendixes A compendium of studies on the influence of participation in an Early Head Start program on children’s outcomes |
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Building their futures: How Early Head Start programs are enhancing the lives of infants and toddlers in low-income families: Volume I. Technical report An evaluation of the effectiveness of Early Head Start programs in improving children's outcomes, based on a national assessment of 3,000 children at 17 sites |
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The Chicago Program Evaluation Project: A picture of early childhood programs, teachers, and preschool-age children in Chicago: Final external report A study of four-year-old children and their experiences in early childhood education programs in Chicago in the 2006-2007 school year, including children's characteristics and developmental levels, characteristics of early childhood program teachers and classrooms, and children's development over the course of the school year and its relationship to family and classroom characteristics, based on child assessments, teacher interviews, and classroom observations in a representative sample of children and classes |
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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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The Child Care Quality Rating System (QRS) Assessment: The Quality Rating and Improvement System (QRIS) Evaluation Toolkit A guide to planning and conducting child care quality rating and improvement system (QRIS) evaluations |
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Design options for the assessment of Head Start quality enhancements: Final report. Volume I A study of quality enhancement and assessment designs for Head Start programs |
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Design options for the assessment of Head Start quality enhancements: Final report. Volume II: Measurement options for the assessment of Head Start quality enhancements Proposed measures of quality enhancements for Head Start programs |
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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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The evaluation of welfare reform in Iowa: Final impact report An evaluation of changes in welfare reform policies encouraging employment-oriented participation in Iowa |
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The evaluation of welfare reform in Iowa: Final impact report [Executive summary] A summary of an evaluation of changes in welfare reform policies encouraging employment-oriented participation in Iowa |
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FACES 2006 study design Highlights of the 2006 Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (FACES) study design |
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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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National evaluation of Early Reading First: Final report An evaluation of the Early Reading First component of the No Child Left Behind Act, a grant program providing funding to preschools serving children from low-income families to improve language and literacy development, comparing child outcomes and teacher practices in funded programs versus programs that had applied for but not received funding, based on child assessments, classroom observations, and teacher surveys |
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National evaluation of Early Reading First: Final report [Executive summary] A summary of an evaluation of the No Child Left Behind Act's Early Reading First component, a grant program providing funding to preschools serving children from low-income families to improve language and literacy development, that compared child outcomes and teacher practices in funded prorgrams and programs that had applied for but not received funding, based on child assessments, classroom observations, and teacher surveys |
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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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Spending on early childhood care programs and research: An analysis of federal departments, state governments, and foundations A synthesis of federal, state, and organization spending on research and programs in early childhood education and care |
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Supporting quality in home-based child care: Initiative design and evaluation options A discussion of strategies for the implementation and evaluation of programs and initiatives that support home-based child care |
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