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IMPACT OF SUMMER 1965 HEAD START ON CHILDREN'S CONCEPT ATTAINMENT DURING KINDERGARTEN. FINAL REPORT.
Download full textALLERHAND, MELVIN E. – 1965
THIS STUDY EXAMINES THE PROGRESS OF 125 CHILDREN IN THE CLEVELAND PUBLIC SCHOOL KINDERGARTENS WHO ATTENDED HEADSTART DURING THE SUMMER AND 125 CHILDREN IN THE SAME SCHOOLS WHO DID NOT ATTEND THE HEADSTART PROGRAM. SOME INDICATIONS IN THIS STUDY SUGGEST THAT A HEADSTART CHILD SHOWS MUCH GREATER VARIABILITY IN HIS CONCEPTUAL DEVELOPMENT THAN A…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Comparative Analysis, Concept Formation, Economically Disadvantaged
Datta, Lois-ellin; And Others – 1971
Data from a stratified random sample of full-year 1967-1968 and summer 1968 Head Start programs were re-analyzed to compare centers operated by local educational agencies (LEA) and community action agencies (CAA). The analyses indicated that CAA-operated programs were more likely to report parent participation in decision making and as paid staff,…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Child Development, Community Programs, Comparative Analysis
Quay, Lorene C. – 1993
This research review focuses on the effects of early intervention on the preschool children of low-income families, examining studies of intervention programs begun in the 1960s through the present. It then relates this analysis to the new Georgia Prekindergarten Program. The interventions reviewed are grouped into four hierarchical categories…
Descriptors: Cultural Context, Disadvantaged Environment, Environmental Influences, Family Programs
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. Office of Research, Evaluation, and Assessment. – 1993
This report describes the development, introduction, and evaluation of the SuperStart comprehensive prekindergarten program adopted by the New York City Public Schools in 1990. By 1991, SuperStart offered 299 classes in 188 schools, providing a developmentally appropriate learning environment to foster cognitive, social, emotional, and physical…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Curriculum Evaluation, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Disadvantaged Youth
Collins, Raymond C. – 1991
In this document, a "two-generation program" is defined as a program "that addresses the developmental needs of children within a family support context." The rationale for Head Start as a two-generation program that includes, but goes beyond, the boundaries of the welfare reform strategy, is explored. Major program goals…
Descriptors: Child Development, Childhood Needs, Delivery Systems, Family Involvement
Halpern, Robert; Spielberger, Julie; Robb, Sylvan; Stevens, Rachel – 1998
The University of Chicago's Chapin Hall Center for Children evaluated the progress of the Making the Most of Out-of-School Time (MOST) Initiative in Boston, Chicago, and Seattle. MOST's goals are to improve the supply, accessibility, affordability and quality of school-age care, especially for low-income children; and to strengthen the overall…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Child Welfare, Economically Disadvantaged, Elementary Education
