National Head Start Association

Research and Evaluation


NHSA maintains close relationships with leading independent researchers in the field of early childhood education and helps disseminate their findings. In addition to resources found on this site, NHSA shares findings with the Head Start community through articles in NHSA Dialog, NHSA's magazine Children and Families, sessions at NHSA conferences, and other speaking engagements.  Please refer to the links to the left for more information on NHSA's research activities. To request research information not found on this site, please contact NHSA's Research and Evaluation department at (703) 739-0875.


Research Announcements




Head Start, Early Head Start, and Migrant and Seasonal Head Start Congressional District Data Released: On January 3, 2008, NHSA released data from the Head Start Program Information Report for the 2006-2007 Program Year showing the number of programs, enrollment, and staffing by congressional district.