ACF-OPRE report: A year in Head Start: Children, families and programs

Description:

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

Resource Type:

Reports & Papers

Author(s):

Aikens Nikki; Tarullo Louisa B.; Hulsey Lara; Ross Christine; West Jerry; Xue Yange

Publisher(s):

United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation

Funder(s):

United States. Department of Health and Human Services

Country:

United States

Date Issued:

October, 2010

Source:

Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation. Retrieved from https://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/opre/year_final.pdf

Note:

The project officer is Maria Woolverton. The contractor is Mathematica Policy Research. The project director is Jerry West.

Topics:

6. Programs, Interventions & Curricula > 6.1. Programs > 6.1.3. Early Head Start/Head Start

11. Child Care & Early Education Quality

1. Children & Child Development > 1.2. Child Development & School Readiness

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