Resource Library

Learn about the American Indian and Alaska Native Head Start Family Child and Experiences survey (AIAN FACES) through a series of videos featuring members of the AIAN FACES Workgroup.

Explore OPRE’s web page with resources to facilitate the “Cross-Cultural Understanding and Cultural Humility” training for early childhood researchers working with American Indian and Alaska Native communities.

A look at job satisfaction and turnover of teachers in Region XI Head Start programs

A look at cultural and language elders or specialists in Region XI Head Start programs

Learn about Native language use in Region XI Head Start classrooms.

Explore findings from the American Indian and Alaska Native Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey 2019 (AIAN FACES Fall 2019) describing children enrolled in Region XI Head Start programs in fall 2019, their family backgrounds and home environments.

Explore OPRE's Native Culture & Language in the Classroom Observation.

Explore this OPRE funded research brief that uses nationally representative data from the American Indian and Alaska Native Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (AIAN FACES 2019) to describe families’ economic conditions and the forms of social and community support they have.

Using nationally representative data from the Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (FACES 2019) and the American Indian and Alaska Native Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (AIAN FACES 2019), this research brief evaluates the performance of direct cognitive assessments of Head Start children, including the validity of the Minnesota Executive Function Scale App (MEFS AppTM) for Head Start children and whether there was any systematic item bias in the latest editions of cognitive assessments between AIAN children (in AIAN FACES) compared with White, non-Hispanic children (in FACES).

Explore OPRE's research brief on how Region XI Head Start children's centers responded early in the COVID-19 pandemic to support children and families.