Attempts to assess the effectiveness of basic skills programs have been difficult. There is disagreement on the factors which underlie the reported gains. The Urban Education Studies program, through on-site studies, is uncovering programs and procedures which appear to be working well. Efforts are being made to gain a better understanding of the…

This abstract bibliography cites approximately 100 ERIC documents and journal articles, all dating from 1977 or 1978, concerning day care for children. Seven broad topics are covered: program planning and management; staff characteristics, roles and training; parent values and involvement; special types of day care (including school age day care,…

This is a description of the Early Childhood Evaluation Unit (ECEU), which was established as a unified, comprehensive means of conducting evaluation and research activities regarding Early Childhood Programs in the School District of Philadelphia. Its responsibilities include fulfilling the evaluation requirements stipulated by federal, state, or…

This document is based on the theory that the ultimate success of the Head Start program in significantly correcting the educational disabilities of culturally deprived children depends on involving and educating the parents. This method would at least improve the immediate family environment of the deprived child. This document therefore sets out…

This primer is designed to provide an introduction to evaluation and its potential value in assisting staffs and parents to provide high quality child development programs for young children. A discussion of two types of evaluation (summative and formative) is followed by a step-by-step program for formative evaluation which includes (1) making a…

This report describes the second year activities and progress of California's plan for Early Childhood Education (ECE), which in 1974-1975 included more than 1,300 schools and 22 percent of the state's children in kindergarten through third grade. Topics covered are (1) An overview of ECE; (2) Why ECE works, including parent participation, parent…

A report is given of a conference which recommended changes in the manner in which new teachers are inducted into the schools in Massachusetts. The focus of the conference was on mentoring programs. The basic philosophy of the conferees was that an effective mentoring program must be a communal enterprise, drawing upon and fostering a collegiality…

Family centers were used to coordinate the delivery of services in the Child and Family Reosurce Program (CFRP) in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, one of 11 demonstration sites in this Head Start-affiliated program. Cooperation between county service agencies was fostered by implementation of a task force whose members were executive directors of the…

An exploratory, qualitative, and comparative research study concerning sociologically relevant aspects of project Head Start (HS) was conducted in two New York City HS centers. The study investigated (l) the internal organizational development of the HS centers, (2) teacher-parent relations in HS, (3) HS in relation to the family life of the…

This report describes and evaluates the Child and Family Resource Program (CERP) in Poughkeepsie, New York, one of 11 sites of this Head Start-affiliated program. Placing a professional in appropriate community agencies to help bring about changes in the social service delivery system (the Resource Agency Person (RAP) concept) is considered a…

Migrant farm workers were the primary target of the Child and Family Resource Program (CFRP) in Modesto, California, one of 11 sites in this Head Start affiliated program. The CFRP focused on an infant day care center operation providing day care service to families working in the agricultural fields. This report describes and evaluates: (1) the…

This paper presents some practical ideas for providing social services through local programs for young children. Identified and evaluated are educational, health, and social services, (viewed as essential components of a responsible child care system) and the efforts of the large national demonstration programs (Head Start, Parent-Child Centers,…

This resource training manual for family advocacy workers is designed to help these workers meet the needs of families who care for adolescents with emotional disabilities. It is intended for use with a companion manual which focuses on the needs of youth themselves, and stresses that effective case management must integrally involve both youths…

This report describes and evaluates the Child and Family Resource Program (CFRP) in St. Petersburg, Florida, one of 11 demonstration sites of this Head Start-affiliated program. The cooperation of community service agencies and the combination of the roles of homebased teacher and social worker into the role of home visitor were major strengths of…

This report provides some perspectives on existing school-age child care and proposes some alternative school-age care program models which maximize the use of community resources and, thus, reduce potentially high costs. Chapters One and Two examine the current school-age "child care" services both nationally and in Region X (Oregon, Washington…