This report describes the group of children who first entered Head Start in fall 2006 either as a 3- or 4- year old, completed one or two years in the program, and attended kindergarten the year after completing Head Start. Head Start children make progress in important school readiness skills...

This report describes the group of children who first entered Head Start in fall 2006 either as a 3- or 4- year old, completed one or two years in the program, and attended kindergarten the year after completing Head Start. Head Start children make progress in important school readiness skills...

These tables provide statistics for all analyses in the research report.

This set of tables is designed to accompany a research brief profiling the nationally representative sample of Head Start children and families newly enrolled in the program in fall 2006, their home environments, and the Head Start classroom environments they entered. Following an introduction...

Using data from FACES 2006, this report profiles the 3- and 4-year-old Head Start children and families newly enrolled in fall 2006 and still attending in spring 2007. Although they enter Head Start below national norms on most measures of language, literacy, and math skills, these children make...

The Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (FACES), a tool for measuring Head Start program performance at the national level, collects data on successive nationally representative cohorts of the children, their families, classrooms, and programs. It also examines developmental progress...

This set of tables is designed to accompany a research brief profiling the nationally representative sample of Head Start children and families newly enrolled in the program in fall 2006, their home environments, and the Head Start classroom environments they entered. Following an introduction...