The Early Head Start Research and Evaluation (EHSRE) Study was conducted by Mathematica Policy Research (MPR) and included five major components: (1) an implementation study; (2) an impact evaluation, using an experimental design; (3) local research studies to learn about pathways to desired outcomes; (4) policy studies to respond to information needs in areas of emerging policy-relevant issues; and (5) continuous program improvement. The study involved 3,001 children and families in 17 sites representing diverse program models, racial/ethnic makeup, urban-rural location, program auspice, and program experience in serving infants and toddlers. Three phases comprise the collection: Birth to Three ("0-3"), Pre-Kindergarten ("PreK") Follow-up and the Elementary School ("G5") Follow-up.

The Early Head Start findings are based on a mixture of direct child assessments, observations of children's behavior by in-person interviewers, ratings of videotaped parent-child interactions in standardized ways, ratings of children's behaviors by their parents, and parents' self-reports of their own behaviors, attitudes, and circumstances. Data in this collection were constructed by the Mathematica Policy Research (MPR) researchers for use in their analyses. Very few of the original source variables are present in this public-use file.

Units of Response: Early Head Start children and families

Type of Data: Evaluation

Tribal Data: No

COVID-19 Data: No

Periodicity: Irregular

SORN: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/02/14/2018-03014/privacy-act-of-1974-system-of-records

Data Use Agreement: Unavailable

Data Use Agreement Location: https://www.icpsr.umich.edu/web/ICPSR/studies/3804/datadocumentation

Equity Indicators: Ethnicity;Gender Identity;Household Income;Household Size;Race

Granularity: Household;Individual

Spatial: United States

Geocoding: Unavailable