Quality Assurance and Head Start Craig T' Ramey Distinguished Professor and Director Georgetown Univ

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QA as a concept maintaining acceptable
standards by systematic examination and
judgement. A means to promote excellence of
goods or services.
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Quality can be measured and quantified.
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Head Start is Americas commitment to Equality
for young children and their families. They
deserve our best efforts.
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The National Reporting System is a key process
in establishing a practical quality assurance
system for Head Start.
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The advisory group to the National Reporting
System is supportive of a commitment to a fair
and practical system that will help teachers,
directors, and senior officials continue to
improve their programs.
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Key consensus points

• recognize and plan for language diversity
• clearly specify the data analysis and reporting
  format
• keep child assessment battery to a useful minimum

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Key consensus points (continued)

• provide adequate training and technical
  assistance for quality assurance implementation.
• develop a plain English guide to the National
  Reporting System
• improve measurement instruments as needed

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NATIONAL REPORTING SYSTEM TIMELINE

• April 2002
• May 2002
• June 2002

• President Bush announces Good Start, Grow Smart
• Focus Group of Program Managers Experts
• ACF/NICHD Workshop on School Readiness Measures

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NATIONAL REPORTING SYSTEM TIMELINE

• July 2002
• Sept. 2002
• Dec. 2002

• Discussion Session on National Reporting System
  (NRS)
• Award Contract for NRS Development and Field Test
• NRS Technical Work Group Meeting I

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NATIONAL REPORTING SYSTEM TIMELINE

• Jan. 2003
• Feb. 2003

• Associate Commissioners National Meeting of
  Directors
• Focus Groups of Head Start Directors
• Technical Work Group Meeting II

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NATIONAL REPORTING SYSTEM TIMELINE

• Language Diversity Group Consultation
• Field Test in 36 Programs
• Public Comment on Data Collection

• March 2003
• April 2003

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NATIONAL REPORTING SYSTEM TIMELINE

• May 2003
• June 2003

• Technical Work Group Meeting III
• Review Field Test Outcomes
• National Satellite Broadcast

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• Good Start, Grow Smart
• an opportunity to strengthen Head Start

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• Head Start National Reporting System Technical
  Work Group Directory
• Jason L. Anthony, Ph.D., Ed.S. University of
  Houston
• Clancy Blair, Ph.D. Pennsylvania State
  University
• Margaret (Peg) Burchinal, Ph.D. The University
  of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• Richard Clifford, Ph.D. The University of North
  Carolina at Chapel Hill
• Linda Espinosa, Ph.D. National Institute for
  Early Education Research
• Nicholas Ialongo, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins
  University
• Graciela Italiano-Thomas, Ed.D. Centro de la
  Familia de Utah
• Jacqueline Jones, Ph.D. Educational Testing
  Service
• Ann P. Kaiser, Ph.D. Vanderbilt University
• Samuel J. Meisels, Ed.D. Erikson Institute
• Fred Morrison, Ph.D. University of Michigan
• Robert C. Pianta, Ph.D. University of Virginia
• Craig Ramey, Ph.D. Georgetown University
• W. Douglas Tynan, Ph.D. ABPP Wilmington,
  Delaware
• Jane Wiechel Ohio Department of Education

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• Head Start National Reporting System Technical
  Work Group Directory
• FEDERAL STAFF
• Wade Horn, Ph.D. Assistant Secretary, US
  Department of Health and Human Services
• Windy Hill Head Start Bureau, US Department of
  Health and Human Services
• Doug Klafehn Head Start Bureau, US Department
  of Health and Human Services
• Tom Schultz Head Start Bureau, US Department of
  Health and Human Services
• Michelle Plutro Head Start Bureau, US
  Department of Health and Human Services
• Howard Rolston, Ph.D. ACF, US Department of
  Health and Human Services
• Kyle Snow, Ph.D. NIH, US Department of Health
  and Human Services
• Head Start National Reporting System Language
  Diversity Group
• Linda Espinosa, Ph.D. National Institute for
  Early Education Research
• Victoria R. Fu, Ph.D. Virginia Polytechnic
  Institute State University
• Vera F. Gutierrez-Clellen, Ph.D. San Diego
  State University
• Graciela Italiano-Thomas, Ed.D. Centro de la
  Familia de Utah
• Mary Lou de Leon Siantz, Ph.D., RN, FAAN
  Georgetown University