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Weisberg, Herbert I; Haney, Walt – 1977
Both administratively and in terms of their evaluations, Head Start and Follow Through have been treated as separate programs. Follow Through was initially conceived, however, as an effort to preserve and augment Head Start gains. In this report, achievement test data on a set of children who participated in both Head Start and Follow Through are…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Compensatory Education, Data Analysis
Whitener, Leslie A. – 1983
One limitation of hired farm labor data from the Decennial Census is undercounting; the seasonal nature of farm work means that many farm laborers are not employed in March, when the Census is taken. The 1981 Hired Farm Working Force Survey provided data to evaluate the usefulness of Census data for farm labor research. Data were grouped into…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Census Figures, Comparative Analysis, Educational Background