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Parent Involvement
FACES Findings: New Research on Head Start Outcomes and Program Quality
  
Abstract

The Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (FACES) collects data on a nationally representative sample of Head Start programs to examine the quality and effects of Head Start on classrooms, teachers, parents, and children. Head Start staff and parents will see from this FACES 2000 graphic how children with involved parents demonstrate more positive behavior and score higher on emergent literacy and math assessments. In addition, these data suggest that parental involvement is Head Start plays a role in decreasing the negative outcomes that result from family risk factors.

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PARENT INVOLVEMENT IS RELATED TO IMPROVED CHILDREN’S OUTCOMES

Parent involvement in Head Start is related to children’s cognitive and social outcomes. Children with more involved parents scored higher on emergent literacy and math tasks, and also had more positive social behavior than children whose parents were less involved.

This figure has two panels connected by a ring. Each panel contains a list. The left panel list reads - PARENT INVOLVEMENT - Attend parent-teacher conferences, Observe in their children’s classrooms for at least 30 minutes, Meet with a HS staff member in their homes, Volunteer in child’s classroom, Prepare food for HS events, Participate in fundraising, Attend parent education meeting, The right panel list reads as follows: IMPROVED OUTCOMES - Vocabulary, Book knowledge, Early writing, Early math, Letter identification, Parent reports of positive social behavior, Less aggressive behavior, Fewer overall behavior problems.

HEAD START’S PROTECTIVE ROLE FOR CHILDREN

Head Start may play a role in protecting children from the negative outcomes associated with family risk factors. When parents were involved and/or satisfied with Head Start, their children’s outcomes were improved compared to parents who were not involved or satisfied—even if the family experienced multiple risk factors.

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See also:
       FACES Findings: New Research on Head Start Outcomes and Program Quality
       FACES Findings: New Research on Head Start Outcomes and Program Quality [PDF, 2.14 MB]

Parent Involvement. FACES Findings: New Research on Head Start Outcomes and Program Quality. DHHS/ACF/OPRE. 2006. English.
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