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42nd Annual Head Start Conference and Expo
Mar. 29 - Apr. 2, 2015
About this Conference
NHSA’s Annual Head Start Conference and Expo is the largest national event devoted to the Head Start and Early Head Start community.
This year more than 5,000 executive directors, directors, administrators, managers, teachers, policy council members, and parents from every state will gather in Washington, D.C. March 29 - April 2, 2015.
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Data Sets and Sources
Data Sets
The following data sets have been used repeatedly in research studies to examine program outcomes and impacts on children and families who participated in Head Start and Early Head Start. Many are publicly available for research purposes.
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Research
Research
For fifty years, research and evaluation have documented Head Start's impact on school readiness, academic achievement, health, family stability, and long-term success.
As a nonprofit membership and advocacy organization, NHSA sees its role in research as:
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Research by Topic
Research by Topic
Below are links to compilations of research on some of the most important topics for Head Start practitioners. While these aim to gather useful resources and research, they are by no means exhaustive. For additional research sources and strategies for navigating them, visit Accessing and Reading Research.
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Commonly Used Terms
Glossary
Average: Also known as the mean. Found by adding the numbers in a group and dividing by the number of numbers in the group.
Blind Study: A study in which the participants are unaware as to whether they are in the control group or the experimental group or the experimental group
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