Beyond Just the Average Effect: Variation in Head Start Treatment Effects on Parenting Behavior

Autor/in	Padilla, Christina M.
Titel	Beyond Just the Average Effect: Variation in Head Start Treatment Effects on Parenting Behavior
Quelle	In: AERA Open, 6 (2020) 4, (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Padilla, Christina M.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2332-8584
Schlagwörter	Parenting Styles; Disadvantaged Youth; Preschool Education; Parenting Skills; Parent Participation; Parent Child Relationship; Family Literacy; Learning Activities; Family Environment; Discipline; Mathematics; Program Effectiveness; Program Evaluation; Educational Policy; Policy Analysis; Parent Attitudes; Child Development; Cognitive Development + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Benachteiligter Jugendlicher; Pre-school education; Vorschulerziehung; Elternmitwirkung; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Lernaktivität; Familienmilieu; Disziplin; Mathematik; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Politikfeldanalyse; Elternverhalten; Kindesentwicklung; Kognitive Entwicklung
Abstract	Parent engagement has been a cornerstone of Head Start since its inception in 1965. Prior studies have found evidence for small to moderate impacts of Head Start on parenting behaviors but have not considered the possibility that individual Head Start programs might vary meaningfully in their effectiveness at improving parenting outcomes. The present study uses the Head Start Impact Study to examine the average effect of random assignment to and participation in Head Start on parenting outcomes as well as variation in that effect across Head Start programs. Findings reveal that Head Start is effective on average at promoting parents' daily reading and overall literacy and math activities with children but that effects vary significantly for parents' literacy and math activities, with some programs much more and some much less effective than their local alternatives. Findings also demonstrate that Head Start has consistent near-zero impacts across centers on parents' disciplinary interactions with children. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2022/1/01