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Table 2

Illustrative Example of a Promising Practice Analysis:
Head Start Oral Health Initiative Evaluation

Approach: Parent Education	Implementation Strategy
	School-Day Class	Evening Class	Home Visit	Material Sent Home
Number of Grantees Using Approach	6	5	2	5
Number of High-Performing Grantees Using Approach	4	2	2	2
Number of Low-Performing Grantees Using Approach	2	3	0	3
Other Relevant Information About Strategy Learned During Site Visit		Attendance is real issue at classes held during evening		In 2 high-performing grantees, strategy used in combination with class
Percentage of Parents Receiving Education Among Grantees Using Strategy	75	30	65	100
Promising Practice Assessment	Promising	Not promising	Promising	Promising, when used in combination with another strategy as done in high-performing grantees
Rationale	Even though 75 percent not met, a large percentage of grantees using strategy are high-performing and quantitative data agrees	Attendance concerns; quantitative data not supporting	No low-performing use strategy and quantitative data ok	Data suggests combination works well but alone not sufficient.

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