On this project we provided support to the Results for Development Institute in developing an appropriate evaluation design for the Roma parenting program evaluation sponsored by the Open Society Foundations.
FACES 2014
Data from the 2014 survey show positive gains in child development for children in the Head Start program.
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24,000 Miles, 6 Weeks, and 3 Aha! Moments
New blog post about early childhood issues across the world.
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National Cross-Site Evaluation of Regional Partnership Grants
Third annual report to congress sheds light on enrollment patterns for children and families. Read more
Professional Development Tools to Improve the Quality of Infant and Toddler Care
A review of the literature
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Promoting Better Co-Parenting Relationships
PACT study offers insight into strengthening fathers’ parenting and relationship skills.
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Looking at Head Start Classrooms
New brief tracks trends in quality and teacher characteristics.
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Mathematica evaluates programs designed to improve the well-being of young children and their families, particularly those at greatest risk in our society. The projects reviewed here illustrate the diversity of themes we address, the range of clients we serve, and the breadth of our early childhood and family research. Read more about our work in the early childhood area.
Our Featured Work
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Evaluation of the Roma Parenting Support Projects in Serbia
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Soma Umenye, Literacy Enhanced Across Rwanda Now
The Soma Umenye program, formerly known as Literacy Enhanced Across Rwanda Now (LEARN), aims to improve local language reading skills of children in the first three years of primary school. It is being implemented in all public and public-assisted primary schools in Rwanda in three phases.
Expert Spotlight
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Associate Director and Senior StatisticianBarbara Lepidus Carlson has expertise in statistical sampling and weighting and survey research. She has used her strong statistical sampling skills on numerous projects, predominantly surveys in the fields of health care and early childhood education, including studies of Head Start.
Featured ProjectsFeatured Publications- Building Teacher Capacity to Support English Language Learners in Schools Receiving School Improvement Grants
- The National Children's Study 2014: Commentary on a Recent National Research Council/Institute of Medicine Report
Topics- Early Childhood
- Health
In the United States
26% of Head Start children
live in a household in which the primary language spoken to them is not English.