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Head Start FACES:
Longitudinal Findings on Program Performance
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The Study
The Children and Families Studied
Study Findings
Does Head Start Enhance Children's Development and
School Readiness?
Does Head Start Strengthen Families as the Primary Nurturers
of Their Children?
Does Head Start Provide Children With High Quality
Educational, Health and Nutritional Services?
How Is Classroom Quality Related to Child Outcomes?
Chapter I: Introduction and Overview
A. Introduction
Conceptual Framework
Program Performance Measures
B. The Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey
The FACES Embedded Case Study
FACES Response Rates
C. Overview of the Report
Chapter II: Objective 1: Does Head Start Enhance Children's Growth and Development?
A. What Head Start Children Know and Can Do As They Approach Kindergarten
B. How the Cognitive Development of Head Start Children Compares With That of the General Population of Preschoolers
C. Change in Knowledge, Skills and Behavior Over the Head Start Year
Gains in Vocabulary Knowledge and Early Writing Skills
Little Progress in Letter Recognition, Book Knowledge
and Early Math
Greater Gains for Those Who Enter With Lower Skills
Gains of Spanish-Speaking Children
Gains in Social Skills
Little Change in Problem Behavior
D. Relationship of Program Quality and Center Characteristics to Children's Emergent Literacy
Analysis Method
Variation in Children's Emergent Literacy Across
Head Start Programs
Summary of Variation in Children's Emergent
Literacy
E. Observing Children's Social Play in Head Start Classrooms
Procedure for Administering the Howes Peer Play Scales
Descriptions of Head Start Children's Play With
Peers
Changes in Play From Fall to Spring
Children's Social Play Is Correlated With Classroom
Quality
Ratings of Children's Play Are Related to Other
Measures of Children's Skills
Summary of the Howes Peer Play Data
F. Head Start Graduates Show Substantial Progress in Kindergarten
G. Conclusions
Chapter III: Objective II: Does Head Start Strengthen Families as the Primary Nurturers of Their Children?
A. Introduction to the Parent Interview
B. Family and Household Description Family Descriptors
Family Financial Resources
Family Emotional Resources
C. Family Environmental Description
Community Context of Head Start Families (Embedded
Case Study)
Context as Assessed by the Parent Interview
D. Families' Involvement With Their Children
Primary Caregivers' Hopes and Goals for Their Children (Embedded Case Study)
E. Families' Experiences With the Local Head Start Program
Implications of Parent Involvement
F. Conclusions
Chapter IV: Objective III: Does Head Start Provide Children With High Quality Educational, Health and Nutritional Services?
A. Defining and Measuring Classroom Quality
Measures of Quality
Classroom Observation Procedures
Results of Classroom Data Collection Efforts
B. Summary of Findings From the Second Progress Report: Head Start Classrooms as Child Development Environments
The Quality of Most Head Start Classrooms Is Good
C. Classroom Quality in Fall 1997 and Spring 1998 Continues to be Good
Structural Factors Support Good Quality in Head Start
Classrooms
Head Start Teachers Are Well Qualified
Teacher Backgrounds Are Correlated With Classroom
Quality Measures
Classroom Quality Is Consistent Over Two Years
D. Classroom Quality Improves in the Same Head Start Year
E. Highlight on Head Start's Services to Children With Disabilities and Health Problems: A Special Case of Head Start Quality
Types of Disabilities Reported by Parents
Individual Education Plans
Parent Satisfaction With Services for Children
With Disabilities
F. Conclusions
Chapter V: Summary and Implications
A. Summary of Findings
Head Start Enhances Children's Growth and Development
Head Start Graduates Show Substantial Progress
in Kindergarten
Head Start Families Make Progress During the
Program Year
Classroom Quality in Head Start Continues to
be Good
Classroom Quality Is Linked to Child Outcomes
B. The Head Start Program- Accomplishments and Areas Needing Improvement
C. Conclusion
Chapter VI: Head Start Program Performance Measures Matrix
References
Appendix A: FACES Instruments
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