Gains in Language and Cognitive Scores among Children in Their First and Second Years of Head Start. Research Brief. OPRE Report 2021-42

Autor/inn/en	Harding, Jessica F.; Gleason, Philip; Aikens, Nikki; Malone, Lizabeth; Tarullo, Louisa; Cannon, Judy; Cronquist, Kathryn
Institution	Administration for Children and Families (DHHS), Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation (OPRE); Mathematica
Titel	Gains in Language and Cognitive Scores among Children in Their First and Second Years of Head Start. Research Brief. OPRE Report 2021-42
Quelle	(2021), (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Preschool Children; Federal Programs; Achievement Gains; Language Skills; Expressive Language; Writing (Composition); Mathematics; Receptive Language; Preschool Education; Individual Characteristics; Family Characteristics; Age Differences; Enrollment; Educational Quality; Teacher Characteristics; Preschool Teachers; Mixed Age Grouping; Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Achievement gain; Leistungssteigerung; Language skill; Sprachkompetenz; Schreibübung; Mathematik; Rezeptive Kommunikationsfähigkeit; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Einschulung; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Erzieher; Erzieherin; Kindergärtnerin; Jahrgangsübergreifende Gruppe
Abstract	Research has found that children who attend Head Start for more than one year tend to score higher on cognitive skills at the end of pre-K or at kindergarten entry than children who attend for one year or less (Lee 2011; Wen et al. 2012b; Xue et al. 2016). Although attending Head Start for more years is linked with higher cognitive scores, children's gains across the years may not be comparable (Yoshikawa et al. 2013). In nationally representative data from the Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey 2014-2018 (FACES 2014), the authors found that, on average, first-year children showed larger gains in language and cognitive scores from fall to spring of the program year than second-year children (Kopack Klein et al. 2018). In this brief, the authors use data across one year of Head Start (from fall 2014 to spring 2015) from FACES 2014 to expand this finding and explore possible explanations for why second-year children made smaller gains in language and cognitive scores than first-year children during the Head Start program year (see methods in the box at the end of the brief). They explore whether differences between first- and second-year children's gains across the program year can be explained by differences in child and family characteristics, including age; fall language and cognitive scores; part-day enrollment; classroom quality; or teacher experience and education. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation. Administration for Children & Families, US Department of Health and Human Services, 330 C Street SW, Washington, DC 20201. Web site: https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01