Research Report Early Implementation of the Head Start Designation Renewal System: Volume I & II
Teresa Derrick-Mills, Margaret R. Burchinal, H. Elizabeth Peters, Allison De Marco, Nina Forestieri, Saunji D. Fyffe, Devlin Hanson, Caroline Heller, Eleanor Pratt, Heather Sandstrom, Timothy Triplett, Tyler Woods
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The Head Start Designation Renewal System (DRS) is an accountability system to determine whether Head Start grantees are delivering high quality, comprehensive services and to implement a competitive grant making process in communities where they are not. This formative evaluation suggests that the DRS is meeting its goal of supporting quality improvement in by incentivizing grantees and applicants to engage in a range of quality improvement activities. But, DRS conditions differ in their ability to differentiate higher versus lower-quality Head Start programs. In particular, findings raise concerns about the precision of the CLASS as a measure of grantee-level quality.

Early Implementation of the Head Start Designation Renewal System: Volume I

Early Implementation of the Head Start Designation Renewal System: Volume II
Research and Evidence Family and Financial Well-Being Technology and Data Nonprofits and Philanthropy
Expertise Nonprofits and Philanthropy Research Methods and Data Analysis Early Childhood
Tags Children and youth Performance measurement and management