The fourth phase occurred in Spring 1999 with data collection in the 40 Head Start programs, plus a kindergarten follow-up for former Head Start children. The fifth phase in Spring 2000 will complete the kindergarten follow-up for the children completing Head Start in Spring 1999 and first graders who completed Head Start in 1998. The goal of the case study is to provide a more complete profile of Head Start families and children, their neighborhoods, and the nature of their interactions with Head Start. There is considerable overlap in many of the instruments used in the sequential data collection periods, in order to measure change over time, but there are also some differences. Instruments are categorized in terms of those used to assess children, parents, staff, and classrooms as well as those used in the validation sub-study.
Some instruments have both English and Spanish versions.
Copyrighted instruments are not presented in full because of copyright protections but include citation and ordering information. Interviews and surveys are presented in full. Downloading PDF files requires an Adobe Acrobat Reader plug-in for your browser. If you do not have Adobe's free software to view PDF files and you wish to obtain it click here . Child Instruments Parent Instruments Classroom Instruments Staff Instruments Validation Sub-Study Instruments HSB Research and Statistics Please direct your questions or comments regarding this web site to the webmaster .