What are some key outcomes and indicators of Head Start program quality and effectiveness?
” F.A.C.E.S. is a national research study of a representative sample of 40 Head Start programs to examine the quality and effects of Head Start on 3,200 preschool children and families. F.A.C.E.S. examines the relationship between program quality and child and family outcomes grounded in the Head Start Program Performance Standards. Research includes direct assessment of children in Head Start, kindergarten, and first grade as well as teacher, other staff, and parent interviews and observation of classroom quality. Initial F.A.C.E.S. findings show that classroom quality is good-children are gaining important cognitive and social skills, program quality is linked to child outcomes, and families are involved and highly satisfied with Head Start. F.A.C.E.S. findings suggest that parental reading to children is key to their vocabulary knowledge, and is an area where Head Start programs could do more to encourage regular parent-child reading. F.A.C.E.S. does not report outcomes by individua
