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			2008-2009 needs assessment report: Survey results, trends, and implications Nebraska Head Start-State Collaboration Office, May, 2009 Lincoln: Nebraska Head Start-State Collaboration Office. (No longer accessible as of October 11, 2012). An exploration of the difficulty of collaboration between Head Start and Early Head Start programs and service providers in content areas such as child care, family literacy, homelessness, health care, and welfare services, as well as providers of services for children with disabilities, based on responses from 20 grantees of state Head Start and Early Head Start funds in Nebraska	Reports & Papers
			2009 Iowa Head Start needs assessment Iowa Head Start-State Collaboration Office, November 01, 2009 Des Moines, IA: Iowa Head Start-State Collaboration Office. A survey of the collaboration and professional development activities of Iowa Head Start grantees	Reports & Papers
			2010-11 statewide needs assessment update North Carolina Head Start State Collaboration Office, Raleigh: North Carolina Head Start State Collaboration Office. An assessment of North Carolina Head Start program needs in the coordination, collaboration, and alignment of services in seven designated priority areas, based on a survey of 54 Head Start programs	Reports & Papers
			The 30-second effect: An experiment revealing the impact of television commercials on food preferences of preschoolers Borzekowski, Dina L. G., 2001 Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 101(1), 42-46 A study of the influence of televised food commercials on preschool children's food preferences among a sample of 40 Head Start children in northern California	Reports & Papers
			Accelerating math development in Head Start classrooms Arnold, David H., 2003 Journal of Educational Psychology, 94(4), 762-770 A study of the impact of participating in fun, diverse mathematics-related activities on math skills among Head Start preschool children	Reports & Papers
			ACF-OPRE report: A second year in Head Start: Characteristics and outcomes of children who entered the program at age three United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, December 2010 Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation. A profile of the development, families, and home environments of children participating in their second year of Head Start who had entered the program at age 3 in the fall of 2006, based on spring 2008 data from the Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey 2006 (FACES 2006)	Reports & Papers
			ACF-OPRE report: A year in Head Start: Children, families and programs United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, October, 2010 Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation. 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	Reports & Papers
			Addressing challenging behaviors in Head Start: A closer look at program policies and procedures Quesenberry, Amanda C., February, 2011 Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 30(4), 209-220 An examination of Head Start policies and procedures related to child guidance and challenging behaviors, based on interviews with program staff and document analysis from 6 Head Start programs in the Midwest	Reports & Papers
			Addressing the mental health needs of Head Start families: A university collaborative model Carlson, Vivian J., 2000 NHSA Dialog, 3(2), 215-233 A discussion of the mental health needs of Head Start families, and the presentation of a collaborative model between graduate-level training programs and Head Start services	Reports & Papers
			The affective bond between preschool aged children and mentors Moffatt, Michael J., 1997 Unpublished doctoral dissertation, New School University, New York A study on the effects of mentoring relationships on preschool age children�s behavior within the context of Head Start programs	Reports & Papers
			African American preschoolers' language, emergent literacy skills, and use of African American English: A complex relation Connor, Carol McDonald, August 2006 Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 49(4), 771-792 An examination of the relation between Head Start African American preschoolers' use of African American English and their language and emergent literacy skills	Reports & Papers
			Alabama 2008-2009 needs assessment survey results O'Neal & Associates, October, 2009 Montgomery: Alabama Head Start State Collaboration Office. An assessment of Alabama Head Start program needs and strengths in cooperation, collaboration, and coordination with organizations to provide services in 10 designated priority areas, based on a survey of 31 Head Start programs	Reports & Papers
			America reads in Head Start classrooms: Partners in literacy Horobin, Karen D., 1999 NHSA Dialog, 3(1), 128-152 A study of a Head Start intervention program to enhance children�s literacy knowledge, utilizing collaborations between University faculty and interns	Reports & Papers
			An analysis of classroom environment and child outcomes across three models of early childhood intervention Shiflett, Marion R., 2005 Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Texas at Arlington An analysis using longitudinal data to compare children's developmental outcomes and classroom environments from Head Start and state-mandated prekindergarten with Ready Start, a program combining a half day of prekindergarten with a half day of Head Start	Reports & Papers
			Applying principles of development to help at-risk preschoolers develop numeracy Pasnak, Robert, March 2006 The Journal of Psychology, 140(2), 155-173 An examination of the impact of playing games designed to improve young children's grasp of the oddity and insertion principles using a sample of young, ethnically diverse, Head Start preschool children	Reports & Papers
			Are Head Start effects sustained?: A longitudinal follow-up comparison of disadvantaged children attending Head Start, no preschool, and other preschool programs Lee, Valerie E., 1990 Child Development, 61(2), 495-507 A study of the sustained effects in kindergarten and first grade of Project Head Start for disadvantaged black children between 1969 and 1970 in two American cities	Reports & Papers
			''Are two better than one?'': The impact of years in Head Start on child outcomes, family environment, and reading at home Ritblatt, Shulamit, 2001 Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 16(4), 525-537 An examination of the relationship between length of participation in Head Start and family and child outcomes, using data collected by the Neighborhood House Association Head Start Program of San Diego County	Reports & Papers
			Are two years better than one year?: A propensity score analysis of the impact of Head Start program duration on children's school performance in kindergarten Wen, Xiaoli, Q4 2012 Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 27(4), 684-694 A comparison of academic and social outcomes by the end of kindergarten between children who attended Head Start for two years and the ones who attended for one year, based on data from 1,778 Head Start children from the Family and Child Experience Survey (FACES)	Reports & Papers
			Arizona Head Start State Collaboration Office: 2010 needs assessment Arizona Head Start State Collaboration Office, November, 2010 Phoenix: Arizona Head Start State Collaboration Office. An examination of Arizona Head Start State Collaboration Office activities, based on surveys of key stakeholders and grantees and an analysis of secondary data	Reports & Papers
			Arkansas Head Start State Collaboration Office: Needs assessment Arkansas Head Start State Collaboration Office, April 2009 Little Rock, AR: Arkansas Head Start State Collaboration Office. Findings from an assessment of the strengths and opportunities of early childhood education programs in priority program coordination and content areas such as health and wellness, collaboration and partnerships, child outcomes, and family services, based on a survey of 22 Head Start and Early Head Start programs in Arkansas	Reports & Papers
			Assessing language, literacy, and mathematics skills with Work Sampling for Head Start Meisels, Samuel J., November, 2008 Early Education and Development, 19(6), 963-981 A study of the validity and reliability of the Work Sampling for Head Start instrument, a modified version of the Work Sampling System for the assessment of early reading, language, and math, in a sample of 112 children enrolled in Saint Paul Public Schools CHOICE program	Reports & Papers
			Assessing the play beliefs of African American mothers with preschool children Fogle, Livy M., Q4 2006 Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 21(4), 507-518 A critical discussion of rating scales that measure parent beliefs about play, and a description of a study through which the Parent Play Beliefs Scale (PPBS) was developed and validated, based on the participation of African-American families with children enrolled in Head Start centers	Reports & Papers
			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	Reports & Papers
			Assessment and decision-making in early childhood education and intervention Strand, Paul S., April 2007 Journal of Child and Family Studies, 16(2), 209-218 An account of the use of an inductive-experimental teaching assessment model to improve children�s letter recognition scores at a Head Start center	Reports & Papers
			Assessment and program accountability in early childhood education: Lessons learned in Ohio Boat, Mary Barbara, 2005 NHSA Dialog, 8(1), 5-15 A discussion of the outcomes and lessons learned from Ohio's multi-year program designed to develop a standards-based assessment system for state-funded early childhood education programs	Reports & Papers

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