ED365476 PS022070
Title: National Evaluation of the Even Start Family Literacy Program.
Report on Effectiveness.
Author(s): St. Pierre, Robert; And Others
Author Affiliation: RMC Research Corp., Portsmouth, NH.(BBB30227);
Abt Associates, Inc., Cambridge, MA.(MGG00100)
Pages: 193
Publication Date: October 19, 1993
Notes: For the first year report with appendices and executive summary,
see ED 356 044. For the second interim report, see ED 357 888.
Sponsoring Agency: Office of Policy and Planning (ED), Washington,
DC. (EDD00083)
Contract No: LC90062001
Report No: ED/OUS-93-47
Available from: EDRS Price MF01/PC08 Plus Postage.
Language: English
Document Type: Reports--Evaluative (142)
Geographic Source: U.S.; Massachusetts
Journal Announcement: RIEMAY1994
Government Level: Federal
This evaluation
report is the third in a series of reports that are part of a 4-year
national effort designed to describe the types of Even Start projects
that have been funded, the services provided, the collaboration
efforts undertaken, and the obstacles to program implementation
that have been encountered. The current report provides information
about the first 2 cohorts of Even Start projects, 76 that began
in 1989 and 47 that began in 1990. The first six sections of the
report describe the background, design, and characteristics of the
Even Start program, its participants, and its core services. Section
seven examines approaches to assessing the short-term effects of
the Even Start program on the participants. Sections 8 through 11
discuss in detail the effects of the program on children, parent
literacy, parenting skills, and families. Section 12 reviews the
cost of the program, while section 13 summarizes the entire report.
(Contains 69 references.) (MDM)
Descriptors: *Adult Literacy; *At Risk Persons; Early Childhood
Education; *Family Programs; Federal Programs; *Literacy; *Literacy
Education; Parent Education; Poverty Programs; Program Descriptions;
*Program Effectiveness; Program Evaluation
Identifiers: *Even Start; Family Literacy
