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What Makes a Difference: Early Head Start Evaluation Findings in a Developmental Context (Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development (MONO))
What Makes a Difference Early Head Start Evaluation Findings in a Developmental Context - Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development MONO Author:John Love, Rachel Chazan-Cohen, Helen Raikes, Jeanne Brooks-Gunn A randomized trial evaluated the efficacy of 17 Early Head Start (EHS) programs. 3,001 low-income — families with a pregnant women or an infant under 12 months were — assigned to a treatment or control group. Data were collected when children were 1, 2, 3, and 5 years old. Analyses examined (1) impacts at ages 2 and 3 (while services were being o... more »ffered) and at age 5, and (2)
contributions of early education experiences across children?s first 5
years of life.Child outcomes included cognition, language, attention, behavior problems, and health; maternal outcomes included parenting, mental health, and employment« less