PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Smith, Marshall
AU  - Bissell, Joan
TI  - Report Analysis: The Impact of Head Start
AID  - 10.17763/haer.40.1.f3h6164m816t2552
DP  - 1970 Apr 01
TA  - Harvard Educational Review
PG  - 51--104
VI  - 40
IP  - 1
4099  - http://harvardeducationalreview.org/content/40/1/51.short
4100  - http://harvardeducationalreview.org/content/40/1/51.full
SO  - herp1970 Apr 01; 40
AB  - The Westinghouse-Ohio national evaluation of Head Start evoked criticism from both social scientists and statisticians when it was issued last Spring. The authors present a history of Head Start and of the national evaluation. They raise serious questions about the sampling procedures used in the study, and they present the results of a re-analysis which suggest that some full-year Head Start centers were effective, particularly those with black children in urban areas. Policy implications discussed by the authors focus on the relationship between program evaluation and public policy.