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Early Head Start Evaluation Reports
Leading the Way: Describes the characteristics and implementation levels of 17 Early Head Start programs in fall 1997, soon after they began serving families.
Executive Summary (December 2000): Summarizes Volumes I, II, and III.
Volume I (December 1999): Cross-Site Perspectives—Describes the characteristics of Early Head Start research programs in fall 1997, across 17 sites.
Volume II (December 1999): Program Profiles—Presents the stories of each of the Early Head Start research programs.
Volume III (December 2000): Program Implementation—Describes and analyzes the extent to which the programs fully implemented, as specified in the Revised Head Start Program Performance Standards, as of fall 1997.
Pathways to Quality and Full Implementation in Early Head Start (December 2002): Describes and analyzes the characteristics, levels of implementation, and levels of quality of the 17 Early Head Start programs in fall 1999, three years into serving families. Presents an analysis of the pathways programs followed to achieve full implementation and high quality.
Building Their Futures: How Early Head Start Programs Are Enhancing the Lives of Infants and Toddlers in Low-Income Families: Presents analysis of the impacts that the research programs have had on children’s development, parenting, and family development through 2 years of age.
Summary Report (January 2001): Synopsis of the major findings.
Technical Report (June 2001): Detailed findings and report on methodology and analytic approaches.
Making a Difference in the Lives of Infants and Toddlers and Their Families: The Impacts of Early Head Start (June 2002): Presents analysis of the impacts that the research programs have had on children’s development, parenting, and family development through the children’s third birthday (including two to three years of program participation).
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 (February 2004): Describes the nature, types, and quality of child care arrangements in which Early Head Start and control group children enrolled, and presents findings on the impacts of Early Head Start on both child care use and quality.
Health and Disabilities in Early Head Start:
Are Families Getting Needed Health Care Services? (December
2003):
Describes health services received by Early
Head Start and control group families, and analyzes services for
infants and toddlers with disabilities.
This report was prepared for the Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), under contract HHS-105-95-1936 to Mathematica Policy Research, Princeton, NJ. The contents of this report do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of DHHS, nor does mention of trade names, commercial products, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.
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