Head Start Research

HighScope and Head Start: A Long History

HighScope and Head Start share a long history of providing high-quality services to at-risk children. The Perry Preschool work helped to support the creation of Head Start. Today, it is estimated that one fifth of Head Start programs use the HighScope Curriculum in their preschool classrooms. HighScope has for many years conducted research on the effectiveness of Head Start and on how to further enhance the program through professional development activities.

• Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (FACES) — Longitudinal study of four nationally representative cohorts of Head Start children
• HighScope Head Start Quality Research Center — Identifying, documenting, and verifying high-quality program practices in Head Start
• Long-Term Benefits of Head Start — Study fact sheet
• "Recent Evidence on Preschool Programs," by Lawrence J. Schweinhart, Ph.D., ERIC EECE Publications — Digests, EDO-PS-01-9, November 2001, ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education