Mathematica is conducting this study to provide new information on preschool special education programs and inform policymakers and educators about promising practices to improve outcomes for preschool children with disabilities.
Measuring Up: Equity Lessons from Australia's Early Childhood Development Census
Join Mathematica on September 19 for a webinar and panel discussion.
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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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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 Preschool Special Education Practices
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Evaluation of the Roma Parenting Support Projects in Serbia
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.
Expert Spotlight
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Associate DirectorTiffany Waits is an expert in managing and overseeing large multimode data collection efforts, survey instrument design, interviewer training, and site observations.
Featured ProjectsFeatured Publications- Technical Report of the NAEP Mathematics Assessment in Puerto Rico: Focus on Statistical Issues
- The Nation's Report Card: Mathematics 2003 and 2005 Performance in Puerto Rico
Topics- Education
- Early Childhood
- College and Career Readiness
- Disability
- Transition to Adulthood
In the United States
26% of Head Start children
live in a household in which the primary language spoken to them is not English.