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Providing educational, emotional, and social support for children and families in every Tennessee county |
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About Head Start in Tennessee |
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Performance Standards Commitment to Quality The Head Start Performance Standards ensure that young children in all parts of the country receive the same high quality services. The effectiveness of these standards and their implementation by local programs was demonstrated conclusively by a federal study that showed Head Start: · Narrows the gap in vocabulary and writing skills between children from low-income families and all other children; · Improves the social skills of Head Start children; and · Leads to continued improvements in word knowledge, letter recognition, math skills, and writing skills relative to other children during the kindergarten year. The study also found that Head Start classrooms continue to be of high quality; that most Head Start teachers have good teaching qualifications; and that the observed quality of classrooms is positively related to child outcomes. That is, better classrooms produce children who do better. |
