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SUBMITTER: Miller EB
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4563874 | biostudies-literature | 2016 1st Quarter
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Miller Elizabeth B EB Farkas George G Duncan Greg J GJ
Early childhood research quarterly 20160101
Data from the Head Start Impact Study (<i>N</i> = 3540) were used to test for differential benefits of Head Start after one program year and after kindergarten on pre-academic and behavior outcomes for children at risk in the domains targeted by the program's comprehensive services. Although random assignment to Head Start produced positive treatment main effects on children's pre-academic skills and behavior problems, residualized growth models showed that random assignment to Head Start did no ...[more]