National Head Start Association

Cognitive Benefits

1. Barnett, W. S. (2002, September 13). The Battle over Head Start: What the Research Shows. Presentation at a Science and Public Policy Briefing Sponsored by the Federation of Behavioral, Psychological, and Cognitive Sciences.

2. Meier, J. (2003, June 20). Kindergarten Readiness Study: Head Start Success. Interim Report. Preschool Services Department of San Bernardino County.

3. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (2001, January). Head Start FACES: Longitudinal Findings on Program Performance. Third Progress Report, iii.

4. FACES data.

5. Garces, E., D. Thomas, and J. Currie. (2002, September). Longer-Term Effects of Head Start. The American Economic Review. 92, 4: 999-1012.

6. Zill, N. and Sorongon, A. (2004). Children’s Cognitive Gains during Head Start and Kindergarten. Presentation at the National Head Start Research Conference, Washington, DC. June 28-30, 2004.

7. Ibid.

8. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (2005, June.) Executive Summary, Head Start Impact Study First Year Findings, ii.

9. Ibid., xvi.

Comparison of Head Start to State-Funded Preschool Programs

1. Ripple, C., W. Gilliam, N. Chanana, and E. Zigler. (1999, May). Will Fifty Cooks Spoil the Broth? American Psychologist. 54, 5: 327-343; Gilliam, W. and C. Ripple. (in press). What Can Be Learned from State-Funded Prekindergarten Initiatives? A Data-based Approach to the Head Start Devolution Debate. In E. Zigler and S. Styfco (Eds.), The Head Start Debates (Friendly and Otherwise). New Haven, CT: Yale University Press.

2. National Conference of State Legislatures. (2003). State Budget & Tax Actions 2003 – Preliminary Report. Accessed at http://www.ncsl.org/programs/fiscal/presbta03.pdf on August 27, 2003.

3. Gilliam, W. and E. Zigler. (2000). A Critical Meta-analysis of All Evaluations of State-Funded Preschool from 1977 to 1998: Implications for Policy, Service Delivery and Program Evaluation. Early Childhood Research Quarterly. 15, 4: 441-442 and 465. These state-funded preschools serve children aged three to five, are accessible to children from low-income families, provide classroom-based educational services, serve children with and without disabilities, are mostly state-administered, and are primarily state-funded.

4. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (2005, June.) Head Start Impact Study First Year Findings, 3-13.

Economic Benefits

1. Meier, J. (2003, June 20). Kindergarten Readiness Study: Head Start Success. Interim Report. Preschool Services Department of San Bernardino County.

2. Oyemade, U., V. Washington, and D. Gullo. (1989). The Relationship between Head Start Parental Involvement and the Economic and Social Self-Sufficiency of Head Start Families. Journal of Negro Education. 58, 1, 13.

3. Schweinhart, L. and D. Weikart. (1993, July 2). Success by Empowerment: The High/Scope Perry Preschool Study through Age 27. Testimony before the Advisory Committee on Head Start Quality and Expansion, 14; High/Scope Educational Research Foundation. Significant Benefits: The High/Scope Perry Preschool Project. Accessed at http://www.highscope.org/Research/PerryProject/perrymain.htm on September 3, 2003.

Health Benefits

1. Hale, B., V. Seitz, and E. Zigler. (1990). Health Services and Head Start: A Forgotten Formula. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology. 11, 453-455.

2. Parker, F., C. Piotrkowski, and L. Peay. (1987). Head Start as a Social Support for Mothers: The Psychological Benefits of Imvolvement. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry. 57, 2: 220-233.

3. Currie, J. and D. Thomas. (1995, June). Does Head Start Make a Difference. The American Economic Review. 85, 3: 360.

4. Ibid., xv.

5. Ibid.

Social Benefits

1. Garces, E., D. Thomas, and J. Currie. (2002, September). Longer-Term Effects of Head Start. The American Economic Review. 92, 4: 999-1012.

2. High/Scope Educational Research Foundation. Significant Benefits: The High/Scope Perry Preschool Project. Accessed at http://www.highscope.org/Research/PerryProject/perrymain.htm on September 3, 2003.

3. Ibid.

Socio-emotional Benefits

1. Zill, N., G. Resnick, A. Sorongon, K. Kim, K. O’Donnell, R. McKey, S. Pai-Samant, R. O’Brien, M. D’Elio, M. Vaden-Kiernan, and L. Tarullo. (2003, April 24). A Whole-Child Perspective on Head Start Reform: Findings on Children’s Cognitive and Socio-Emotional Development from FACES 2000. Presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, 17-19.

2. McKey, R., L. Condelli, H. Ganson, B. Barrett, C. McConkey, and M. Plantz. (1985, June). The Impact of Head Start on Children, Families and Communities: Final Report of the Head Start Evaluation, Synthesis and Utilization Project. Contract Number 105-81-C-026. DHHS Publication Number (OHDS) 90-31193, IV-11.

3. Copple, C.E., Cline, M.G., and Smith, A.N. (1987). Path to the Future: Long-Term Effects of Head Start in the Philadelphia School District. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: Washington, DC, 3.

4. Malakoff, M. and Zigler, E. (1995, April 1). The Effect of Inner-City Environment and Head Start Experience on Effective Motivation. Presented at the Society for Research in Child Development conference, Indianapolis.

5. Ibid., 6-3.

Taxpayer Satisfaction

1. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (2001, January). Head Start FACES: Longitudinal Findings on Program Performance. Third Progress Report, 68.

2. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (1999, December 13). HHS News. Head Start Bests Mercedes and BMW in Customer Satisfaction. Accessed at http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/news/press/1999/hssatisfies.htm on January 3, 2003.

Early Head Start Research Citations

1. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (2002, June). Making a Difference in the Lives of Infants and Toddlers and Their Families: The Impacts of Early Head Start, Executive Summary. 3.

2. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (2003). Research Practice, Talking Points: Overall Findings Presentation “Long Version.” Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project. Slide 12.

3. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (2002, June). Making a Difference in the Lives of Infants and Toddlers and Their Families: The Impacts of Early Head Start, Executive Summary. 9.

4. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (2003). Research Practice, Talking Points: Overall Findings Presentation “Long Version.” Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project. Slide 11.

5. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (2003). Research Practice, Talking Points: Overall Findings Presentation “Long Version.” Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project. Slide 12.

6. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (2002, June). Making a Difference in the Lives of Infants and Toddlers and Their Families: The Impacts of Early Head Start, Executive Summary, 4.

7. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (2002). Early Head Start Benefits Children and Families. Accessed on January 5, 2003 at http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/core/ongoing_research/ehs/4pg_pamphlet.html.

8. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (2002, June). Making a Difference in the Lives of Infants and Toddlers and Their Families: The Impacts of Early Head Start, Executive Summary, 4.

9. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (2003). Research Practice, Talking Points: Overall Findings Presentation “Long Version.” Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project. Slide 14.

10. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (2003). Research Practice, Talking Points: Overall Findings Presentation “Long Version.” Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project. Slide 17.

11. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (2003). Research Practice, Talking Points: Overall Findings Presentation “Long Version.” Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project. Slide 17.