Better beginnings: The state of early learning and kindergarten readiness in East Yakima and White Center
An overview of children, families, school readiness, and early learning services and quality in East Yakima and White Center, Washington, prior to the start of the East Yakima and White Center Early Learning Initiatives, parts of a 10-year strategy to improve children's school readiness in Washington State
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Implementation of the National Reporting System in Migrant/Seasonal Head Start programs: Year two update: Final report
A study providing findings for Migrant/Seasonal Head Start programs in the second year of the Head Start Quality Assurance Study, which examined Head Start programs' experiences implementing the Head Start National Reporting System (NRS), including: the quality of their administration of the NRS Child Assessment; their approaches to training staff to conduct the NRS Child Assessment; their use of NRS results for program improvement; and program staff perspectives of the NRS, all based on site visits to a sample of eight Migrant/Seasonal Head Start programs
Reports & Papers
Pathways to quality and full implementation in Early Head Start programs
A report characterizing the development of Early Head Start programs over the first four years of the program's existence.
Reports & Papers
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
Other
Sustaining employment among low income parents: The role of quality in child care: A research review: Final
A review of research on the relationship between child care quality and low income parents' employment decisions, addressing issues of quality definition, measurement, perspectives, availability, cost, and policy, with recommendations for further study
Other
Leading the way: Characteristics and early experiences of selected Early Head Start programs: Volume I: Cross-site perspectives
A description of the characteristics and early implementation experiences of the 17 research programs participating in the National Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project in fall 1997, with a focus on similarities and differences across programs in the characteristics of the families they serve, their goals and expected outcomes, the services they offer, and their early challenges and successes
Reports & Papers
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.
Executive Summary
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
Reports & Papers
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.
Executive Summary
Rationales for public sector training and other investments in labor markets and their applicability to public investments in child care
A synthesis of arguments for public investment in education and training and the application of these arguments to that of public investment in child care
Other
Leading the way: Characteristics and early experiences of selected Early Head Start programs: Volume II: Program Profiles
A detailed overview of each of the 17 center-based, home-based, and mixed approach programs participating in the National Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project in fall 1997, with information about enrollment, services, program improvement efforts, and local research studies
Reports & Papers
The Enhanced Home Visiting Pilot Project: How Early Head Start programs are reaching out to kith and kin caregivers: Final interim report
A preliminary descriptive evaluation of the Enhanced Home Visiting Pilot Project, analyzing participant characteristics and program design as they affect the extension of home visitation services to relatives and non-relatives caring for infants and toddlers enrolled in home-based Early Head Start programs
Reports & Papers
The Atlantic Philanthropies' Disadvantaged Children and Youth program in Ireland and Northern Ireland: Overview of program evaluation findings: Final report
An evaluation of Disadvantaged Children and Youth, a program in Ireland and Northern Ireland to improve the lives of disadvantaged children by improving service delivery through evidence-based services and prevention and early intervention strategies, based on semistructured interviews with key informants and on a research and policy review
Reports & Papers
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
Reports & Papers
The Enhanced Home Visiting Pilot Project: How Early Head Start programs are reaching out to kith and kin caregivers: Appendixes
A supplement to the Enhanced Home Visiting Pilot Project report containing details on the agencies studied and protocols used
Other
Leading the Way: Characteristics and Early Experiences of Selected Early Head Start Programs: Volume III: Program Implementation
An analysis of the levels of implementation and child care quality achieved in the early stages of the evolution of 17 programs participating in the National Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project in fall 1997 in terms of the revised Head Start Program Performance Standards
Reports & Papers
Assessing the evidence of effectiveness of home visiting program models implemented in tribal communities: Final report
A review of research on the effectiveness of home visiting programs for pregnant women or families with children from birth to age 5 in tribal communities or with samples that included substantial proportions of American Indian and Alaska Native participants
Literature Review
Strategies for supporting quality in kith and kin child care: Findings from the Early Head Start Enhanced Home Visiting Pilot evaluation
A descriptive evaluation of the Enhanced Home Visiting Pilot Project, an initiative supporting the quality of kith and kin child care provision for infants and toddlers in Early Head Start, based on site visits, staff telephone interviews, quality observations, caregiver interviews, and administrative records
Reports & Papers
The economic rationale for investing in children: A focus on child care
A summary of proceedings from a conference on “The Economic Rationale for Investing in Children: A Focus on Child Care”
Other
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.
Reports & Papers
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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