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Kristen Faucetta; Ximena A. Portilla – Administration for Children & Families, 2025
This document describes plans for the analysis of the Mother and Infant Home Visiting Program Evaluation (MIHOPE) follow-up data collected when participating children were in kindergarten or first grade. The overarching goal of MIHOPE is to provide information about whether families and children benefit from Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood…
Descriptors: Mothers, Infants, Home Programs, Program Evaluation
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Duncan, Greg J.; Jenkins, Jade M.; Watts, Tyler W.; Magnuson, Katherine; Clements, Douglas; Sarama, Julie; Wolfe, Christopher B.; Spitler, Mary Elaine – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2015
A substantial literature documents the benefits of early childhood education and formal preschool experiences on children's school readiness, with low-income and otherwise disadvantaged children benefitting the most from these programs. However, these academic benefits often fade out as children age, and most disappear by the end of kindergarten…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Early Childhood Education, Kindergarten, Grade 1
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McDermott, Paul A.; Rikoon, Samuel H.; Fantuzzo, John W. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2014
This article reports on the study of differential change trajectories for early childhood approaches to learning. A large sample (N = 2,152) of Head Start children was followed through prekindergarten, kindergarten, and first grade. Classroom learning behaviors were assessed by teachers through the Preschool Learning Behaviors Scale twice in Head…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Early Childhood Education, Preschool Children, Kindergarten
Child Trends, 2011
Since 1965, Head Start has provided comprehensive services to help prepare the nation's most disadvantaged three- to five-year-old children for school and to strengthen their families. In 1998 Congress instructed the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) to conduct an evaluation of Head Start to determine its impact on child development…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Preschool Education, Program Effectiveness, Program Improvement