Webliography

The following Web sites about Head Start are additional resources for teachers, parents, and administrators

1 www. headstartinfo.org/publications/im03/im03_ 07.htm
This Web site contains the ACYF-IM-HS-03-07-Head Start National Reporting System on Child Outcomes-issued on June 26, 2003. The IM includes information on training, implementation, and financial support for NRS activities.

2 www.step-net.org
The STEP-Net Portal is a Web-based tool intended to help users find resources, communicate with members of the Head Start early literacy community, and access tools developed for Mentor-Coach Specialists and Early Literacy Mentor-Coaches. Materials from the Head Start conference for STEP Early Literacy Mentor-Coaches (November 2002) and from the Head Start conference, Promoting Social-Emotional Competence through Mentor-Coaching (January 2003), are available. Some information and resources are in Spanish.

3 www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/sehub/inform0901.htm
This Web site features the Fall 2001 issue of The ACF Informer, the newsletter of the Administration for Children and Families, Southeast Regional Hub. It includes a lengthy discussion of Head Start's child outcomes initiative.

4 http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/opre/
The Administration for Children and Families, Child Outcomes Research and Evaluation (CORE) Web site contains many full-text reports and information on current research.

5 http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/opre/
The Ongoing Research site from the Administration for Children and Families, Child Outcomes Research and Evaluation (CORE) team makes available current research projects by topic, such as Head Start and child care. Projects include large research studies, research consortia (research partnerships), and working groups supported by CORE.

6 http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/opre/
This Web site features the Head Start Impact Study. This Congressionally mandated, longitudinal study of the impact of Head Start involves 5,000-6,000 3-and 4-year-old children from a stratified, national sample of grantees and delegate agencies. Children in the study will be randomly assigned prior to enrollment to either a treatment group (which receives Head Start services) or a comparison group (which does not receive Head Start services).

7 http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/opre/
The Head Start FACES (2000): A Whole-Child Perspective on Program Performance-Fourth Progress Report is available at this Web site. The Family and Child Experiences Survey (FACES) is a national, longitudinal study designed to examine child outcomes and program quality. In both 1997 and 2000, direct assessments were collected from nationally representative samples of approximately 3,000 children. Teachers, staff, and parents were interviewed; observations of classroom quality were made. Findings from both cohorts of FACES show that Head Start children's social skills improve and that they make more progress than the typical preschool-age child on vocabulary and early writing measures, but still fall short of national averages. Observed classroom quality continues to be good. Higher teacher salaries, use of an integrated curriculum, and parent involvement are linked to child outcomes. Another cohort is being launched in Fall 2003.

8 www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/hsb2/biblio/index.jsp
The Web site for the Annotated Bibliography of Head Start Research offers a searchable database of lengthy abstracts of excellent research-based articles and reports. This edition of the Annotated Bibliography has over 3,100 entries that span 38 years of Head Start research.