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The Influence of Small Class Size, Duration, Intensity, and Heterogeneity on Head Start Fade
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Huss, Christopher D. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The researcher conducted a nonexperimental study to investigate and analyze the influence of reduced class sizes, intensity (all day and every day), duration (five years), and heterogeneity (random class assignment) on the Head Start Fade effect. The researcher employed retrospective data analysis using a longitudinal explanatory design on data…
Descriptors: Class Size, Early Intervention, Disadvantaged Youth, Child Development Centers
Child Development Centers 1976 Evaluation Report. Report No. 77-4.
Cimler, Edward R. – 1977
This is a summary of the results of the third year (1975-76) of a projected eight year longitudinal study of the Child Development Centers Program (CDCP) in Seattle, Washington. The purpose is stated as the provision of social services to students aged four through twelve, and the program is currently in place in thirteen elementary schools.…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Attendance, Child Development Centers, Disadvantaged Youth
More than Teacher Directed or Child Initiated: Preschool Curriculum Type, Parent Involvement, and Children's Outcomes in the Child-Parent Centers
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Graue, Elizabeth; Clements, Melissa A.; Reynolds, Arthur J.; Niles, Michael D. – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2004
This study investigated the contributions of curriculum approach and parent involvement to the short- and long-term effects of preschool participation in the Title I Chicago Child-Parent Centers. Data came from the complete cohort of 989 low-income children (93% African American) in the Chicago Longitudinal Study, who attended preschool in the 20…
Descriptors: Preschool Curriculum, Parent Participation, Academic Achievement, Parent School Relationship
Child Development Centers 1977 Evaluation Report. Volume II: A Follow-Up Study. Report No. 78-2.
Crockett, Geraldine T. – 1979
This report summarizes the results of a study of the Child Development Centers (CDC), a program operated by the Seattle, Washington public schools to provide social services to students from four to eight years old. Preliminary results from a long-term follow-up study of students successfully terminated from the CDC program between 1973 and 1977…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Average Daily Attendance, Child Development Centers, Early Childhood Education
The Early Childhood Development Program, 1991-1992. Summative Evaluation.
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Newbill, Sharon L. – 1992
This sixth-year (1986 through 1992) summative evaluation examines in depth the participant attributes, services provided, and longitudinal benefits of the Early Childhood Development programs in the Kansas City, Missouri, school district. The report contains the following: (1) profile of participants in the Parents as Teachers (PAT) and Early…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Child Development Centers, Comparative Analysis, Early Childhood Education
Age 21 Cost-Benefit Analysis of the Title I Chicago Child-Parent Centers. Discussion Paper No. 1245-02
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Arthur J. Reynolds; Judy A. Temple; Dylan L. Robertson; Emily A. Mann – Institute for Research on Poverty, 2002
We conducted the first cost-benefit analysis of a federally financed, comprehensive early childhood program. The Title I Chicago Child-Parent Centers are located in public schools and provide educational and family support services to low-income children from ages 3 to 9. Using data from a cohort of children born in 1980 who participate in the…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Early Childhood Education, Longitudinal Studies, Low Income Groups