Exhibit 2: Child Care Settings Used by Head Start and Non-Head Start Children, Spring 2003
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Percent of Children by Type of Child Care Setting |
| 3-Year-Old Group |
4-Year-Old Group |
| Head Start Group |
Non-Head Start Group |
Head Start Group |
Non-Head Start Group |
| Head Start and Other Center-Based Programs |
91.0% |
42.5% |
88.3% |
48.1% |
| Parent Care |
6.8% |
39.2% |
8.7% |
41.6% |
| Other Care Setting |
2.3% |
18.3% |
3.0% |
10.4% |
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Exhibit 4: Impact of Head Start on Reducing the Achievement Gap in Children’s Pre-Reading Skills (Woodcock-Johnson III Letter-Word Identification): Comparing Spring 2003 Means to National Norms by Age Group
| Difference between spring 2003 mean and national norm (standard scores) |
| Woodcock-Johnson III Letter-Word Identification |
Head Start |
Non-Head Start |
Gap Reduction |
| 3 year olds |
-4.0 |
-7.6 |
Gap reduced 47% |
| 4 year olds |
-4.8 |
-8.7 |
Gap reduced 45% |
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Exhibit 5: Impact of Head Start on Reducing the Achievement Gap in Children's Pre-Writing Skills (Woodcock-Johnson III Spelling): Comparing Spring 2003 Means to National Norms by Age Group
| Difference between spring 2003 mean and national norm (standard scores) |
| Woodcock-Johnson III Spelling |
Head Start |
Non-Head Start |
Gap Reduction |
| 4 year olds |
-7.5 |
-10.4 |
Gap reduced 28% |
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Exhibit 6: Impact of Head Start on Reducing the Achievement Gap in Children's Vocabulary Skills (PPVT-III (adapted)): Comparing Spring 2003 Means to National Norms by Age Group
| Difference between spring 2003 mean and national norm (standard scores) |
| PPVT-III |
Head Start |
Non-Head Start |
Gap Reduction |
| 3 yr olds |
-17.1 |
-18.6 |
Gap reduced 8% |
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Exhibit 8: Impact of Head Start on Behavior Problems and Hyperactive Behavior, 3-Year-Old Group
| Subscale Scores |
| |
Total Problem Behavior |
Hyperactive Behavior |
| Head Start |
5.8 |
1.7 |
| Non-Head Start |
6.3 |
2.0 |
| Impact |
0.5 |
0.3 |
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Exhibit 10: Impact of Head Start on Parent-Reported Receipt of Dental Care, 3- and 4-Year-Old Groups
| Percent of children receiving dental care |
| |
3-Year-Olds |
4-Year-Olds |
| Head Start |
68.90% |
73.20% |
| Non-Head Start |
51.80% |
56.90% |
| Impact |
17.10% |
16.30% |
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Exhibit 12: Impact of Head Start on the Number of Times Parent Reads to Child in a Week, 3- and 4-Year-Old Groups
| Number of times child read to in a week |
| |
3-Year-Olds |
4-Year-Olds |
| Head Start |
2.9 |
3.0 |
| Non-Head Start |
2.8 |
2.8 |
| Impact |
0.2 |
0.2 |
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