Evaluation of Early Childhood Services

07/29/2004

Evaluation of Early Childhood Services

"The frog saw the horse being shod and presented his feet also." - Turkish Proverb

Evaluation of Early Childhood Services

The Harvard Family Research Project, led by Heather Weiss, has published a great resource on the history of evaluation of early childhood services. Contributing authors offer a range of views on how best to communicate the importance of investing in a child's early years and how to improve early childhood programs and policies. Articles in The Evaluation Exchange (Summer 2004) include:

* The Current State of Early Childhood Education by Lisa Klein

* Evaluating Early Childhood Services: What's Really Behind the Curtain by Jack Shonkoff

* North Carolina's Smart Start Initiative: A Decade of Evaluation Lessons by Donna Bryant and Karen Ponder

* Closing the Achievement Gap: Head Start and Beyond by Ed Zigler, Ron Haskins, and G. Reid Lyon

* Thoughts on Early Childhood Research: Improving Connections by Marilou Hyson and Heather Biggar

* Learning a New Language: Effectively Communicating Early Childhood Research to State Legislators
by Jack Tweedie

* Rethinking the Evaluation of Family Strengthening Strategies: Beyond Traditional Program Evaluation Models by Charles Bruner

To download a free copy of this issue, go to: http://www.gse.harvard.edu/hfrp/eval/issue26/

For more information about Exchange's magazine, books, and other products pertaining to ECE, go to www.ccie.com.