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The tables in this report describe the children enrolled in the FACES 2021—2022 Study, their family backgrounds and home environments, as well as study methodology, sample, and analytic methods.

This OPRE brief uses data from the Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (FACES 2019) to explore Head Start programs’ interaction with other systems such as licensing, QRISs, as well as with non-Head Start sources of funding like state and local pre-K.

Explore this OPRE-sponsored report that provides a national picture of Head Start classrooms and programs in spring 2020.

Explore this OPRE-sponsored brief that uses nationally representative data from the Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey to understand whether teacher reports of children’s early learning skills can be used when in-person assessment is not feasible, such as in spring 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Explore this OPRE-sponsored brief that uses nationally representative data from the Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey to understand why Head Start families choose their child’s Head Start program, what their experiences are like in their program, and if they plan to return next year.

This report provides information about the FACES study, including the background, design, methodology, assessments, and analytic methods; detailed descriptive statistics (averages, response ranges, and percentages) and standard errors (the estimate of the standard deviation of each statistic); and information about the changes in planned data collection in spring 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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 this OPRE funded research brief that uses nationally representative data from the Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (FACES 2019) to understand the prevalence of material hardships, financial strain, and social supports among parents with children in Head Start.

This report includes key information on the FACES 2019 study design and the tables in this report describe the children enrolled in Head Start programs in fall 2019 and their family backgrounds and home environments.

This research brief describes the gains children made across a year of Head Start for children returning for their second year of Head Start (second-year children) and children entering their first year (first-year children), using nationally representative data from the Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey 2014-2018 (FACES 2014).