Into Adulthood: A Study of the Effects of Head Start Book

	Tables	xi
	Preface	xiii
1	Introduction	3
	Head Start's Challenge--Then and Now	3
	Perspectives on Head Start Research	4
	About This Report	4
	A Review of the Head Start Knowledge Base	5
	The Study Methodology	5
	The Variable Selection and Data Analysis	6
	The Implications for Future Development and Research	7
2	Head Start Research--an Historical View	9
	The Aims of Head Start--Who Is Served	9
	Specific Major Head Start Research Efforts	10
	Head Start Planned Variation Research	11
	Findings about intelligence test scores	12
	Findings about model implementation	12
	Research Following Children Into School: The Follow Through Project	13
	Early findings and methodological limitations	13
	Studying long-term effects	14
	Summarizing the HSPV Study and the Follow Through Studies	14
	The Major Syntheses of Research on Head Start and Other Early Intervention Programs	15
	Two Examinations of Research on Head Start	15
	The Head Start Synthesis study	16
	The 1997 U.S. General Accounting Office report	17
	Three Examinations of Research on Demonstration Programs	19
	The Consortium for Longitudinal Studies	20
	The Center for the Future of Children report	20
	The literature review of the High/Scope Perry Preschool Project	21
	Summarizing the Major Syntheses	22
	The Head Start Synthesis study	22
	The 1997 GAO report	22
	The three examinations of research on demonstration programs	22
	Some Specific Long-Term Studies of Demonstration Early Childhood Programs	23
	The Abecedarian Project	23
	The Evaluation of the Chicago Child-Parent Center Programs	23
	The Syracuse University Family Development Research Program Longitudinal Follow-up Study	24
	The High/Scope Longitudinal Studies	24
	The High/Scope Perry Preschool study	24
	The High/Scope Preschool Curriculum Comparison study	25
	Summarizing the Specific Long-Term Studies of Demonstration Early Childhood Programs	25
	Building on the Knowledge Base--The Long-Term Benefits of Head Start Study	25
3	The Design and Methodology of the Long-Term Benefits of Head Start Study	27
	The LTBHS Study Groups	27
	The LTBHS Study Sites and Groups	28
	The Florida Site	28
	The Colorado Site	29
	The Study Design	30
	Potential Sources of Study Bias	31
	Potential Bias in the Head Start Recruitment Process	31
	Potential Bias in the Data Collection Procedures	32
	The Study Procedures	33
	Selecting Potential Members of the Study's No-Head Start Group	33
	Locating, Recruiting, and Interviewing Potential Study Participants	34
	Selecting Local Project Coordinators, Locators, and Interviewers	34
	Local project coordinators	34
	Locators and interviewers	35
	Locating and Contacting Potential Study Participants	35
	The approach used to locate participants	35
	The location obstacles encountered and overcome	36
	The procedures used to contact participants	36
	Interviewing Potential Study Participants	37
	Study participants who were difficult to schedule	37
	Study participants living outside the study site	38
	The last-interviewed study participants	38
	Interviewee compensation	39
	Response Rates of the Potential Study Participants	39
	The Final Study Sample	39
	Collection of Study Data	41
	The Interview and Adult APL Survey	41
	The interview instrument	41
	The Adult APL Survey	42
	Interviewer training	43
	Interview and Adult APL Survey data collection	43
	The Records Search	44
	Obtaining access to records data	44
	Educational records	44
	Public assistance records	45
	Criminal records	45
	U.S. Bureau of the Census records	46
	Data Coding and Entry	46
	Occupational data sources	46
	Occupational codes	47
	The Data Analysis Approach	47
	The Advisory Panel and the Independent Analysts	47
	The Analytic Approaches	48
	Variables and predictions from the High/Scope Perry Preschool study	48
	A common core of key variables	48
	Statistical adjustments for original group differences	48
	Summary of the Study Methodology	49
4	The Core Variables of the LTBHS Study	51
	Basis for Selecting the Core Variables	51
	Deriving the Core Variables From the Data Sources	52
	The Core Covariates	52
	Study Participant's Group Status	53
	Head Start group versus No-Head Start group	53
	Model Head Start group versus Regular Head Start group	53
	Study Participant's Individual Characteristics	54
	Gender	54
	Racial/ethnic membership	54
	Age at interview	54
	Kindergarten participation	54
	Study Participant's Family Background	54
	Number of Siblings	55
	Household size/structure	55
	Mother's and father's education	55
	Mother's and father's employment	55
	Family welfare assistance	56
	Site tract-level characteristics	56
	The Core Outcome Variables	56
	Study Participant's Education	57
	Educational attainment	57
	Grade point average (GPA)	57
	Years in educable mental impairment (EMI) classes	58
	Adult APL Survey Score	59
	Life Situation/Economic Status	60
	Employment/school-enrollment status	60
	Teen-parent status	62
	Public assistance	62
	Criminal Activity-Arrests and Convictions	64
	Summary	65
5	Findings on the Original Comparability of the LTBHS Study Groups	67
	An Overview of the Analysis Process	68
	Selecting the LTBHS Study's Variables and Predicting Findings	68
	Examining the LTBHS Study Grous' Initial Comparability	69
	Adjusting for Initial Group Differences	69
	The Findings on the Covariates: Individual Characteristics and Family Background	69
	Study Participants' Individual Characteristics	70
	Comparing the Head Start group and the No-Head Start group at the two sites	70
	Summing up individual characteristics--Head Start versus No-Head Start	72
	Comparing the Model Head Start group and the Regular Head Start group at the Florida site	72
	Summing up individual characteristics--Model Head Start versus Regular Head Start	72
	Study Participants' Family Backgrounds	73
	Comparing the Head Start group and the No-Head Start group at the two sites	73
	Summing up family background--Head Start versus No-Head Start	76
	Comparing the Model Head Start group and the Regular Head Start group at the Florida site	76
	Summing up family background--Model Head Start versus Regular Head Start	78
	The Site Tract-Level Characteristics of Study Participants' Original Households	78
	Comparing the Head Start groups and the No-Head Start groups at the two sites	78
	Summing up site tract-level characteristics--Head Start versus No-Head Start	78
	Comparing the Model Head Start group and the Regular Head Start group at the Florida site	80
	Summing up site tract-level characteristics--Model Head Start versus Regular Head Start	80
	Based on Background Characteristics--The Expected Pattern of Findings on Long-Term Benefits	80
	Comparison of the LTBHS Study and Related Studies: Participants' Backgrounds	80
	The Head Start Planned Variation study	81
	The High/Scope Preschool Curriculum Comparison study	83
	The High/Scope Perry Preschool study	83
	Expected Findings for the LTBHS Study	84
	Predictions for the Head Start versus No-Head Start groups	84
	Predictions for the Model versus Regular Head Start groups	85
	A Summary of Expectations Based on Background Comparisons	85
6	Major Findings on Head Start's Long-Term Benefits	87
	The Study Participants as Young Adults	88
	Estimating Head Start Benefits: The Effectiveness of Adjusting for Background Differences	88
	Adjusting for Measured Background Differences	89
	Estimating Unmeasured Bias	90
	Summary of the Adjustment/Estimation Process	92
	The Findings on the Core Outcome Variables	92
	Analysis of Head Start Versus No-Head Start	93
	Educational outcomes	93
	Economic and other life-situation outcomes	96
	Summary of the Head Start Versus No-Head Start Analysis	96
	Analysis of Model Head Start Versus Regular Head Start	96
	Educational outcomes	98
	Other life-situation outcomes	100
	Summary of the Model Head Start Versus Regular Head Start Analysis	101
	Comparing Other Specific Subgroups--Analysis by Gender	101
	Educational outcomes	102
	Other life-situation outcomes	102
	Summary of the Analysis by Gender	104
	Comparing Other Specific Subgroups--Analysis by Racial/Ethnic Membership and Socioeconomic Level	104
	Educational outcomes	104
	Other life-situation outcomes	105
	Summary of the Analysis by Racial/Ethnic Membership and Socioeconomic Level	105
	Conclusion	105
7	Summary and Implications	107
	What Studies Have Thus Far Revealed About Head Start Effects	107
	An Overview of This Study	108
	The Methodology	108
	The Expected Findings	109
	A Summary of the LTBHS Study's Major Findings	110
	Estimates of Head Start's Long-Term Effects	111
	Findings for Specific Subgroups	111
	Assessing the Findings	112
	Implications and Recommendations	113
	What Do the LTBHS Study's Findings Mean for Head Start Programs?	113
	Today's Head Start: Serving a larger number and a greater diversity	113
	Today's Head Start: Focusing on enhancing quality	114
	Today's Head Start: Building communication/partnerships with schools and communities	115
	What Do the LTBHS Study's Findings Mean for Head Start Research?	115
	Continue to conduct studies of Head Start's contributions to children's development	115
	Study Head Start programs that attempt to achieve enduring as well as immediate benefits	116
	Conduct studies that focus on components of quality-oriented program development	116
	Employ a diversity of research designs and methodological approaches	116
	Summary of Lessons Learned	119
	Conclusion	119
Appendix A	Directories and Other Resources Used in Locating Study Participants	121
Appendix B	The Study's Core Variables	125
Appendix C	Original Comparability of Study Groups--Additional Tables and Map	135
Appendix D	Assessment of the Long-Term Benefits of Head Start	139
Appendix E	Endogenous Switching Regression Models	169
Appendix F	Estimating the Long-Term Effects of Head Start	179
	References	201
	Commentaries	209
	A Head Start--For Life?	211
	The Long-Term Benefits of Head Start Study--Valuable Guidance	217
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