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American Indian and Alaska
Native Head Start Family and
Child Experiences Survey
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Overview
• Why is there a need for data on the children and families
served by Region XI Head Start?

• What are the benefits of participation?
• What will a study of Region XI Head Start look like?
• Why is the participation of [TRIBE] Head Start Program
important?

• What will the study look like to the children, families, and
Head Start staff in your community?

• How will the data be used?
• Answer any questions you may have about the study and

how it will be conducted in your program and community
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What data is available on Head Start?
• Available data has depended on the Head Start region

Regions I-X are
geographically defined

Region XI is defined by
the population it serves

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Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (FACES)

• Since 1997, FACES has collected data from nationally

representative samples of Head Start programs, centers,
classrooms, children, and their families

• Rich source of national-level descriptive data on
– Children’s school readiness outcomes (health and physical
development, cognitive and social emotional development)
– Families of the children who are served by Head Start, and the
programs that serve them

• Information to help improve services (identifying needs and

areas where improvement in services and outcomes are needed)

• Information for examining changes over time (HS population,
services, quality, outcomes)

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National data on children and families served by tribal
Head Start programs are limited
• FACES collects data on Head Start programs in Regions I-X
• Region XI programs or tribal Head Start programs have not
been included in FACES

• Descriptions of the national Head Start program and of the
children and families it serves do not include tribal
programs, children and families

• Limited information about the more than 21,000 children

served by tribal Head Start programs, their families, and the
programs that serve them
– In 2015-2016 AI/AN FACES 2015 was launched, and was the first
nationally representative study of Region XI tribal Head Start
children, families, and programs.
– AI/AN FACES 2019 is the next round of the study
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Why is it important that AI/AN Head Start programs be
included in FACES?
• What Region XI stakeholders have said…
– Tribal Head Start programs have been “invisible” when it comes to
national studies on Head Start; children and families in Region XI
are not a part of the picture of Head Start that is painted using
FACES data
– Region XI is lacking nationally-representative data to inform
decisions by congress, Office of Head Start, and tribal programs
themselves
– Participating in FACES will give Region XI the same kinds of rich
descriptive information available to Regions I-X
– These data will be an additional important source of information
about the tribal programs – their successes, their needs, and their
challenges

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What will a study of
Region XI Head Start look like?

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Source: 2015-2016 Head Start Program Information Report

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AI/AN children served in Regions I-X will not be in
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Source: 2015-2016 Head Start Program Information Report

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What will we learn from this study?

• The focus of AI/AN FACES 2019 is

description of children and families, and
their experiences

• These data will help us to learn more
about:

– Children’s cognitive and social-emotional growth in tribal Head Start
programs from the beginning to the end of the program year
– The kinds of things that are related to Region XI children’s growth,
including what’s going on in Head Start and what’s going on at home
– The needs of children and families in Region XI
– How children and families in Region XI are similar to or different from
children and families in Regions I-X; their unique needs and strengths

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Data will come from multiple sources
• Direct assessments of children’s school readiness
skills

– Language
– Literacy
– Math
– Executive function – Inhibitory control and working memory

• Teacher reports
– Social skills
– Problem behaviors
– Approaches to learning

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Data will come from multiple sources (continued)
• Parent Survey
• Head Start Staff Surveys
– Classroom teachers
– Program directors
– Center directors

• Classroom Observations

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How can the data be used?
• To support findings about children in Region XI
• Region XI as a whole
– Can argue for resources to address identified needs
– Can argue for changes to policy and practice to better meet the
needs

• Individual programs in Region XI
– Individual programs will not see their data but…
– Programs can use study findings to think about how their
program might be similar to or different from all of Region XI
– Use data on Region XI as a whole and their individual tribal data
to support the need for additional resources and services

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Program Participation Considerations
• Participation is voluntary
• Participation of each selected program helps to make sure

that the picture that emerges reflects the depth and breadth
of experiences and activities in Region XI programs

• Being a part of something that is important to tribal

programs in Region XI and to research on Native children’s
early development in general

• Additional considerations
– Data will not be representative at the program or tribal
community level
– Findings will be reported only for Region XI as a whole, not by
tribal community

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What information from the study will be shared in reports?

• Initially, all analyses of the AI/AN FACES data will be

conducted by professional researchers at Mathematica

• The AI/AN FACES Workgroup will play a key role by
– Helping to set the analysis and reporting priorities
• Identify the research questions and topics that are of most interest to
Region XI and tribal communities
• Identify the types of reporting formats what would be most accessible to
tribal governments, parents, and Head Start staff
– Reviewing all reports and presentations prepared by the study
team
• Provide feedback on how the findings are presented and whether the
conclusions are well supported by the data
• Offer suggestions for how the findings are interpreted and their
implications for Region XI programs, children, and families

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Who will have access to the data and where will it be stored?

• AI/AN FACES data will be available to qualified researchers
working in institutions of higher education or research
organizations.

• AI/AN FACES data and documentation will be housed at the

Child Care & Early Education Research Connections Data Arch
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(www.researchconnections.org)

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Who will have access to the data and how can we be sure that it is used accurately and
responsibly?

• Individuals requesting access to the data must:
– submit a plan for how they will analyze the data and who they will
engage in the interpretation of the findings from the analysis, to
be reviewed by a committee with tribal representation,
– show evidence demonstrating that they or a member of their
research team has prior experience conducting research with
tribal programs and communities,
– show evidence that their plan was reviewed by an Institutional
Review Board (IRB),
– review and acknowledge best practices for uses of the AI/AN
FACES data on tribal programs and peoples, and
– sign a confidentiality pledge agreeing to protect the privacy of the
study participants.

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Who will have access to the data and how can we be
sure that it is used accurately and responsibly?
• Researchers requesting access to the data must agree to:
– Submit drafts of manuscripts and presentations for review by
the committee prior to publication or presentation
– Strongly consider the feedback and recommendations
provided by the committee when finalizing publications and
presentations
– Research Connections sharing the names of the institutions
and research organizations that have been granted access to
the data with brief descriptions of the research
– Report all findings for Region XI programs as a whole

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How will identifying and sensitive information be
protected?
• Preparation of the data file entails removing any tribal
identities and the names or other direct identifiers of
any participating programs, staff, children, or parents

• In addition, researchers will have agreed to present
findings only for Region XI as a whole

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AI/AN FACES 2019 Timeline

Fall 2018
Region XI Program
Recruitment

Fall 2019 Child and Family
Data Collection

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Summer 2020
Analysis and Reporting
begin

What will the study look like
in your community?
• [TRIBE] Head Start sample
– 2 Centers chosen at random
– 4 Classrooms/Teachers (2 per center) chosen at random

• On average, 52 children and their parents (13 per classroom; 26
per center) chosen at random

• The study team will visit your program 3 times
– Early fall 2019 to select the sample of classrooms and children,
distribute parent consent forms, and speak with parents (2-3 days)
– Fall 2019 to administer the school readiness assessments (3-4 days)
– Spring 2020 to administer the school readiness assessments and
conduct classroom observations (3-4 days)

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What will the study look like
in your community?
• Your children’s parents will be asked to complete a 30-minute
survey in fall 2019 and spring 2020

• Head Start teachers in your program will be asked to

complete a Teacher Child Report for each study child in their
classroom in fall 2019 and spring 2020 (each takes about 10
minutes)

• Teachers will also be asked to complete a 30-minute survey in
spring 2020

• Each sampled classroom in your program will be observed for
4 hours in spring 2020

• Your program and center directors will each be asked to
complete a 30-minute survey in spring 2020

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Data Collection Staff
• We will use an experienced staff
• All staff will sign confidentiality agreements and will have
completed criminal background checks as a condition of
employment

• Staff will be trained by members of the Mathematica study
team and members of the AI/AN FACES Workgroup

• Training will include lessons on working with tribal
communities, families and children

– To underscore these lessons, some trainings will occur in tribal
communities

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Sharing findings with tribal
programs and communities
• A copy of each publication, report, and presentation that is
prepared by the study team will be provided to [TRIBE]

• Publications, reports and presentations prepared by others
will be archived at Research Connections and available to
[TRIBE]

• The study team, the AI/AN FACES Workgroup, and officials

from the Administration for Children and Families will work
together to identify the best ways to share findings with
tribal Head Start staff, parents, and tribal leaders

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QUESTIONS??

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