Contextually-relevant validation of peer play constructs with African American Head Start children: Penn Interactive Peer Play Scale
An evaluation of the construct and concurrent validity of a modified version of the Penn Interactive Peer Play Scale (PIPPS) using a sample of African American Head Start children
Reports & Papers
Creating risk and promise: Children's and teachers' co-constructions in the cultural world of kindergarten
A survey of 21 former Head Start children as they made their transition to public school in fourteen kindergarten classrooms
Reports & Papers
Critical perspectives on Project Head Start: Revisioning the hope and challenge
A group of critical discussions evaluating Head Start's effectiveness in working with low-income families of diverse backgrounds, examining program history, parental involvement, and cultural diversity
Other
Early Head Start: Goals and challenges: Hearing before the Subcommittee on Human Resources of the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fifth Congress, Second session, February 19, 1998
A hearing examining issues and challenges impeding Early Head Start, emphasizing the importance of the parent teacher relationship, child care environment, and ability and mental health of the teacher.
Other
Former Head Start parents' characteristics, perceptions of school climate, and involvement in their children's education
A study of 253 former Head Start parents' beliefs about their children's academic abilities, school social climate, and their level of involvement
Reports & Papers
Head Start: Challenges faced in demonstrating program results and responding to societal changes: Statement of Carlotta C. Joyner, Director, Education and Employment Issues, Health, Education, and Human Services Division
Congressional testimony on the ability of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to ensure that Head Start meets its purpose and on the challenges facing Head Start as a result of societal changes since the 1960s
Other
Head Start children finishing first grade: Preliminary data on school identification of children at risk for special education
A longitudinal study on the diagnostic criteria for special needs students in a Head Start program
Reports & Papers
Head Start goes to school: Head Start-Public School Transition Project: 1992-1997: Final evaluation report
An analysis of the Arizona Transition Project’s, a comprehensive and collaborative effort of the Head Start-Public School Transition Project: 1992-1997, impact on Head Start children and their families during the transition to formal schooling
Reports & Papers
Head Start goes to school: Head Start-Public School Transition Project: 1992-1997: Final evaluation report [Executive summary]
A summary of an analysis of the Arizona Transition Project’s, a comprehensive and collaborative effort of the Head Start-Public School Transition Project: 1992-1997, impact on Head Start children and their families during the transition to formal schooling
Executive Summary
Head Start, poor children, and their families
A longitudinal study of the family demographics and predictors of socioeconomically disadvantaged child participation in Head Start programs and persistence of poverty later in life
Reports & Papers
Head Start Program Performance Measures: Second progress report
A Head Start Program Performance Measures progress report based upon preliminary outcome data from the spring 1997 field test of the Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (FACES)
Reports & Papers
Head Start programs: Participant characteristics, services, and funding
A study of several factors of the Head Start program, including the number of participants, participants' characteristics, services provided, service delivery methods, federal and non-federal dollars received and spent, and other programs providing similar early childhood services
Reports & Papers
Head Start reauthorization: Hearing before the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families of the Committee on Education and the Workforce, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fifth Congress, Second session, Hearing held in Washington, DC, June 9, 1998
A hearing on the evaluation and effectiveness of Head Start and a discussion on ways to improve the program so that disadvantaged children are entering school at an age-appropriate level.
Other
Lessons from three decades of transition research
A review of the federally initiated transition demonstration efforts to ease children's transitions to school of the past three decades
Other
Mental health and Head Start: Teaching adaptive skills
A discussion of the use of a self-determination curriculum in Head Start programs as an early mental health intervention to help young children cope with stress and conflict and aid in the development of problem-solving and decision making skills
Reports & Papers
Parental reactions to the introduction of the Reggio Emilia approach in Head Start classrooms
An investigation using focus groups to examine Head Start parents' reactions to the use of the Reggio Emilia approach in their children's classrooms
Reports & Papers
Perspectives of former Head Start children and their parents on school and the transition to school
A survey of 4582 former Head Start children and their caregivers as teachers rated their academic performance in elementary school
Reports & Papers
[Prepared statement of Elaine Liberto, director, ABCD Head Start, Bridgeport, CT]
Arguments for the federal provision of funding of Early Head Start early childhood education and care programs in the United States
Other
[Prepared statement of Joyce Thomas, commissioner, Connecticut Department of Social Services]
Arguments for the expansion of Head Start and Early Head Start for use as a social service program targeting at-risk children and families
Other
[Prepared statement of Olivia Golden, Assistant Secretary, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services]
Arguments for the use of Head Start and Early Head Start programs as the foundation of other community initiatives supporting early childhood education and development
Other
Preventing conduct problems in Head Start children: Strengthening parenting competencies
A study of the effectiveness of a parenting intervention program with Head Start mothers
Reports & Papers
Race and Head Start participation: Political and social determinants of enrollment success in the states
A state-by-state analysis of Head Start enrollment statistics to determine the racial and interstate discrepancies in Head Start enrollment, using data from the 1990 census and the 1992-1993 Head Start Performance Information Report (PIR)
Reports & Papers
Social competence, social support, and attachment: Demarcation of construct domains, measurement, and paths of influence for preschool children attending Head Start
Two studies designed to explore measurement issues and test a model relating social competence to social support and to child-parent attachment for low-income African American preschool children in Head Start programs
Reports & Papers
Testimony of Edward Zigler, Yale University
A transcript of the testimony of Edward Zigler, professor and former director of the Administration for Children, Youth and Families, that addresses the benefits of the evidence-based approach to child development embedded in the Head Start and Early Head Start programs
Other
Testimony offered by Sarah M. Greene, Chief Executive Officer of the National Head Start Association
Arguments for the expansion of Head Start services and the integration of Early Head Start into the established Head Start program
Other
