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APPENDIX A
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
This report is the culmination of more than six years’ work by a very large number of people. Overall, the Early Head Start Research and Evaluation project could not have been undertaken without the contributions and collaboration of many, many individuals and organizations. In this appendix we acknowledge the diverse contributions of so many. We have attempted to include those who have played a key role from the beginning of the project, whether or not they were still involved at the time this report was being prepared; without their contributions, this work would not have been possible. We list the contributors that we so gratefully acknowledge in the following groups1:
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Early Head Start program directors at the 17 programs participating in the research
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Early Head Start local research teams
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Federal agency staff, including those at the Administration on Children, Youth and Families; the Administration for Children and Families; Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation; and the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
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Site Coordinators
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Xtria (formerly Ellsworth Associates)
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Early Head Start National Resource Center
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Center for Children and Families, Columbia University Teachers College
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Mathematica Policy Research
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Early Head Start evaluation Technical Work Group
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Others
A. EARLY HEAD START RESEARCH PROGRAMS2
Jana Gifford and JoAnn Williams
Child Development, Inc. (University Affiliated Program of Arkansas) Russellville, ArkansasManuel Castellanos, Jr., Ana Friendly, and JoEllen Tullis
The Children First Early Head Start (University of California, Los Angeles) Venice, CaliforniaLereen Castellano and Terry Hudgens
Family Star Early Head Start (University of Colorado Health Sciences Center) Denver, ColoradoMitzi Kennedy, Charmaine Lewis, Meera Mani, and Adele Phelan
Clayton/Mile High Family Futures, Inc. Early Head Start (University of Colorado Sciences Center) Denver, ColoradoSusan Fessler, Mary Pepper, Kathie Readout, and Kate Smith
Mid-Iowa Community Action, Inc. Early Head Start (Iowa State University) Marshalltown, IowaMartha Staker
Project EAGLE Early Head Start (University of Kansas) Kansas City, KansasMary Cunningham DeLuca, Shelly Hawver, Marsha Kreucher, and Martha York Community Action Agency Early Head Start (Michigan State University) Jackson, Michigan
Evelyn Givens, Mary K. Ross-Harper, and Shirley Stubbs-Gillette KCMC Early Head Start (University of Missouri at Columbia) Kansas City, Missouri
Rosa Agosto, Iris Fuentes, Barbara Greenstein, Wanda Marquez, and Audrey Neuhaus The Educational Alliance, Inc. (New York University) New York, New York
Vivian Herman, Laurie Mulvey, and Flora Woratshek
University of Pittsburgh Early Head Start (University of Pittsburgh) Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaAnita E. Kieslich
School District 17 Early Head Start (Medical University of South Carolina) Sumter, South CarolinaWesley Beal, Naomi Bridges, Pamela Castleman, and Eric DuPree Northwest Tennessee Early Head Start (Mathematica Policy Research) McKenzie, Tennessee
Valdi Lofthouse, Glenna Markey, and Sarah Thurgood Bear River Early Head Start (Utah State University) Logan, Utah
Lynn Milgram Mayer, Denise Mitchell, Stanley Pryor, and Cynthia Roberts Samples United Cerebral Palsy Early Head Start (The Catholic University of America) Fairfax County, Virginia
Kathleen Emerson, Susan James, Judith Jerald, and Mary Moran Early Education Services Early Head Start (Harvard University) Brattleboro, Vermont
Jose De Leon, Enrique J. Garza, Frances Love, and Carlos Trevino
Washington State Migrant Council Early Head Start (University of Washington College of Education) Sunnyside, WashingtonPakhi Chaudhuri, Leslie Keller, Sharon Osborn, Peg Mazen, and Margaret McKenna The Children’s Home Society of Washington Families First Early Head Start (University of Washington School of Nursing) South King County, Washington
B. LOCAL EARLY HEAD START RESEARCH TEAMS3
Robert Bradley, Richard Clubb, Mark Swanson, and Leanne Whiteside-Mansell University Affiliated Program of Arkansas (Child Development, Inc.) Little Rock, Arkansas
Debra Castelan, Claire Hamilton (University of Georgia), Carollee Howes, Shira Rosenblatt, and Jane Wellenkamp, University of California (Children First Early Head Start) Los Angeles, California
Robert N. Emde, Jon Korfmacher (Erikson Institute), Norman F. Watt (University of Denver), Jeffrey K Shears, JoAnn Robinson, and Paul Spicer University of Colorado Health Sciences Center (Family Star and Clayton/Mile High Family Futures) Denver, Colorado
Diane Draper, Sarah French Howard, Gayle Luze, Susan McBride, and Carla Peterson Iowa State University (Mid-Iowa Community Action, Inc.) Ames, Iowa
Jane Atwater, Judith J. Carta, and Jean Ann Summers University of Kansas (Project EAGLE) Kansas City, Kansas
Holly Brophy-Herb, Hiram Fitzgerald, Cynthia Gibbons, Sharon Hoierr, Dennis Keefe, Mildred Omar, Tom Reischl (University of Michigan), and Rachel F. Schiffman Michigan State University (Community Action Agency Early Head Start) East Lansing, Michigan
Mark Fine, Jean Ispa, Gary Stangler, and Kathy Thornburg University of Missouri at Columbia (KCMC Early Head Start) Columbia, Missouri
Poonam Ahuja, Lisa Baumwell, Tonia Cristofaro, Zenobia Cummings, Tracy Poon, Gladys Gonzales-Ramos, Joanne Roberts, Eileen Rodriguez, Jacqueline Shannon, Elizabeth Spier, Mark Spellmann, Catherine Tamis-LeMonda, and Maria Yarolin New York University (Educational Alliance, Inc.) New York, New York
Beth Green, Chris Keane, Carol McAllister, and Robert McCall University of Pittsburgh (University of Pittsburgh Early Head Start) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Michael Brondino, Richard Faldowski, Gui-Young Hong, and Susan G. Pickrel Medical University of South Carolina (School District 17) Charleston, South Carolina
Lisa Boyce, Catherine Elwell, and Lori Roggman Utah State University (Bear River Early Head Start) Logan, Utah
Harriet Liebow, Lawrence Rudner, Christine Sabatino, Nancy Smith, Nancy Taylor, Elizabeth Timberlake, Shavaun Wall, and Michaela L. Zajicek-Farber The Catholic University of America (United Cerebral Palsy Early Head Start) Washington, DC
Catherine Ayoub, Barbara Alexander Pan, and Catherine Snow
Harvard Graduate School of Education (Early Education Services Early Head Start) Cambridge, MassachusettsEduardo Armijo and Joseph Stowitschek
University of Washington, College of Education (Washington State Migrant Council) Seattle, WashingtonKathryn E. Barnard, Michelle Deklyen, Colleen Morisset-Huebner, Joanne Solchany, and Susan Spieker University of Washington, School of Nursing (Children’s Home Society of Washington) Seattle, Washington
C. SITE COORDINATORS
We gratefully acknowledge the following individuals who worked with the local research teams and MPR to coordinate data collection activities for the national study:
Arkansas: Dana Gonzales, Jennifer Monk
California: Farnaz Benyamini, Sophia Robles, Shira Rosenblatt
Denver: Joan Deming
Iowa: Sarah French Howard, Gayle Luze
Kansas: Deb Montagna
Michigan: Carolyn Koenigsknecht, Angela Smith
Missouri: Shannon Hancock, Michelle Matthews, Cynthia Wilson, Mimi Wolfenstein
New York: Lisa Baumwell, Joanne Roberts
Pennsylvania: Martha Terry South Carolina: Stephanie Burns, Rebecca Ferris Regan
Tennessee: Barbara Schiff
Utah: Kay Hansen
Vermont: Brenda Kennedy, Barbara Pan
Virginia: Nancy Smith
Washington, Sunnyside: Romie Guillen
Washington, Kent: Anthippy Petras
D. FEDERAL AGENCIES
Administration on Children, Youth and Families
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Douglas Klafehn Esther Kresh Ann Linehan James O’Brien Edgard Perez Michelle Plutro Madelyn Schultz Tom Schultz Willa Chopper Siegel Mary Shiffer Jean Simpson Helen Taylor Craig Turner Sarah Younglove |
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Commissioner’s Office |
Gina Barclay-McLaughlin |
Gail Collins James Harrell Patricia Montoya Joan Ohl Deborah Roderick Stark |
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Wade Horn |
Joan Lombardi |
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Naomi Goldstein |
Howard Rolston |
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Rachel Chazan Cohen |
Helen Raikes Louisa Banks Tarullo |
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Linda Mellgren |
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E. EARLY HEAD START NATIONAL RESOURCE CENTER
The national and local evaluation teams have been very fortunate to have had the participation of staff from the Early Head Start National Resource Center, who have provided training and technical assistance to all Early Head Start programs from the outset. In particular, we are grateful to the following for their input and review of evaluation plans and issues at various stages of the project:
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West Ed Center for Children and Family Studies |
Monique Amos |
Ronald Lally |
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Danielle Buente |
Kara King Walsh |
G. CENTER FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY TEACHERS COLLEGE
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Videotape Coding, Development, and Supervision |
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Christy Brady-Smith |
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Videotape Management and Coding |
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Wanda Garcia |
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Videotape Coding and Data Entry |
Mary Byrne |
Kimber Bogard |
H. MATHEMATICA POLICY RESEARCH
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Doreen Ambrose |
Cathy Harper |
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Laura Berenson |
Roy Grisham |
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Lorenzo Moreno |
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Jigar Bhatt |
Alyssa Nadeau |
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Anne Bloomenthal |
Barbara Koln |
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Alicia Meckstroth Charles Nagatoshi |
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Survey Operations Staff
Season Bedell-Boyle Kathleen Candelaria Marietta Corallo Sharon De Leon Chake Dereyan William Ebron David Eden Betty Friedman Linda Genzik Susan Golden Amy Levy Beverly McCarthy Jennifer McNeill Rosiland Page Rachel Reed Phyllis Schanck Cindy Steenstra Marianne Stevenson Susan Shillaber Andrea Sleeper Lucy Tindall |
I. EARLY HEAD START EVALUATION TECHNICAL WORK GROUP
The project’s Technical Work Group (TWG) met with MPR and the consortium four times during the early years of the evaluation to advise the national team on conceptual and methodological issues. As individuals, they have been generous with their time and advice throughout the study. Their wise counsel has been extremely useful, and is reflected throughout the research and evaluation in numerous ways.
J. Lawrence Aber, National Center for Children in Poverty,
Columbia University
Mark Appelbaum, University of California—San Diego
Gina Barclay-McLaughlin Hedy N. Chang, California Tomorrow
Tom Cook, Northwestern University
Eugene Garcia, University of California, Berkeley
Kathleen M. Hebbeler, SRI International
Judith Jerald, Early Education Services Early Head Start4
Judith Jones, Columbia University
Sharon Lynn Kagan, Yale University
Marie McCormick, Harvard School of Public Health
Suzanne Randolph, University of Maryland
J. OTHERS
A number of individuals have provided expertise on particular issues relating to child and family measures, data collection, design, and analysis. In particular, we thank:
Richard R. Abidin, University of Virginia
Don Bailey, University of North Carolina
Jay Belsky, University of London, Birkbeck College
Marc Bornstein, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Linda Brekken, Sonoma State University
Margaret Burchinal, University of North Carolina
Rosemary Chalk, National Research Council
Martha Cox, University of North Carolina
Debby Cryer, University of North Carolina
Donna Bryant, University of North Carolina
Philip Dale, University of Missouri-Columbia
Carl Dunst, Orelena Hawks Puckett Institute
Byron Egeland, University of Minnesota
Larry Fenson, San Diego State University
Nathan Fox, University of Maryland
Barbara Friesen, Portland State University
Frank Furstenberg, University of Pennsylvania
James Gyurke, The Psychological Corporation
Thelma Harms, University of North Carolina
Ronald Kessler, Harvard Medical School
John J. McArdle, University of Virginia
Samuel Meisels, University of Michigan
Ron Mincy, Columbia University
Robert Moffitt, Johns Hopkins University
David Olds, Colorado Health Science Center
Joy Osofsky, Louisiana State University School of Medicine
Margaret Owen, University of Texas at Dallas
Deborah Phillips, Georgetown University
Robert Pianta, University of Virginia
June Pimm, University of Miami School of Medicine
Aurelio Prifitera, The Psychological Corporation
John Richters, University of Maryland
Desmond Runyan, University of North Carolina
Lisbeth Schorr, Harvard University
David Scott, University of Washington
Daniel Shaw, University of Pittsburgh
Marion Sigman, University of California, Los Angeles Medical School
Donna Spiker, Stanford University
Brian Vaughn, Auburn University
Ina Wallace, Research Triangle Institute
Ellen Walters, Harvard Medical School
Everett Waters, State University of New York, Stony Brook
Amy Wetherby, Florida State University
Nicholas Zill, Westat
1Within each group, names are listed alphabetically.(back)
2The program’s local research partner is indicated in parentheses.(back)
3The local program partner is indicated in parentheses.(back)
4Ms. Jerald resigned from the TWG when she assumed the Early Head Start program leadership position at ACYF in fall 1999.(back)
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