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Early Head Start 5th Grade Follow-Up
Core Function: Research and Evaluation
The Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project has studied a sample of 3,000 low-income children and families who were randomly assigned to receive Early Head Start services or to a control group. The children and families have participated in several intense rounds of data collection. The last data collection was completed when the children were about to enter kindergarten. In August 2006, MPR was awarded a contract to collect data from the children, their families and teachers. Most of the children will be fifth graders or completing their sixth year of school. The data will be used to estimate the effects of Early Head Start and to describe the elementary school experiences of children who received Early Head Start services compared to other low-income children. This contract is for data collection by the team that has been involved in research involving 119 local families since 1996.
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