Getting Ready for Kindergarten: Children's Progress During Head Start, FACES 2009 Report
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Getting Ready for Kindergarten: Children's Progress During Head Start, FACES 2009 Report

Published: Jun 30, 2013
Publisher: Washington, DC: Mathematica Policy Research
Human Services Early Childhood Child Development
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Key Findings
  • Children improve their cognitive skills during Head Start.
  • Children show growth in social-emotional development during Head Start.
  • Head Start children are generally healthy but at risk for obesity.
This report describes the cognitive, social-emotional, and physical development of children who take part in the Head Start program. Focusing on children who first entered Head Start in fall 2009 and completed one or two years of the program before starting kindergarten, the authors examined progress in children’s outcomes between Head Start entry and exit. Data for the report come from the Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (FACES), a periodic longitudinal study of Head Start funded by the Office of Planning, Research & Evaluation in the Administration for Children & Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

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