Head Start Impact Paperback / softback
by Michael Puma, Stephen Bell, Ronna Cook, Camilla Heid, Michael Lopez
Paperback / softback
Description
Since its beginning in 1965 as a part of the War on Poverty, Head Start's goal has been to boost the school readiness of low-income children.
Based on a 'whole child' model, the program provides comprehensive services that include pre-school education; medical, dental, and mental health care; nutrition services; and efforts to help parents foster their child's development.
Head Start services are designed to be responsive to each child's and family's ethnic, cultural, and linguistic heritage.
The Congressionally-mandated Head Start Impact Study was conducted across 84 nationally representative grantee/delegate agencies.
Approximately 5,000 newly entering 3- and 4-year-old children applying for Head Start were randomly assigned to either a Head Start group that had access to Head Start program services or to a non- Head Start group that could enrol in available community non-Head Start services, selected by their parents.
Data collection began in fall 2002 and is scheduled to continue through 2006, following children through the spring of their 1st-grade year.
The study quantifies the impact of Head Start separately for 3- and 4-year-old children across child cognitive, social-emotional, and health domains as well as ii on parenting practices.
This book is essential reading for those in the education field.
Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:278 pages, Illustrations, unspecified
- Publisher:Nova Science Publishers Inc
- Publication Date:04/09/2006
- Category:
- ISBN:9781594548918
Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:278 pages, Illustrations, unspecified
- Publisher:Nova Science Publishers Inc
- Publication Date:04/09/2006
- Category:
- ISBN:9781594548918
