04947nam 2200637Ia 450 991045580640332120200520144314.01-280-24611-197866102461130-309-54060-70-585-15565-8(CKB)110986584750604(EBL)3376937(SSID)ssj0000190538(PQKBManifestationID)11171188(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000190538(PQKBWorkID)10166389(PQKB)11647392(MiAaPQ)EBC3376937(Au-PeEL)EBL3376937(CaPaEBR)ebr10062794(OCoLC)923267183(EXLCZ)9911098658475060419820916d1982 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrLearning from experience[electronic resource] evaluating early childhood demonstration programs /Jeffrey R. Travers and Richard J. Light, editors ; Panel on Outcome Measurement in Early Childhood Demonstration Programs, Committee on Child Development Research and Public Policy, Assembly of Behavioral and Social Sciences, National Research CouncilWashington, D.C. National Academy Press19821 online resource (286 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-309-03232-6 Includes bibliographies.""Learning from Experience:""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""PREFACE""; "" PART 1: REPORT OF THE PANEL ""; ""Evaluating Early Childhood Demonstration Programs""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""A Word on Definitions""; ""Plan of the Report""; ""PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, 1960-1975""; ""THE PROGRAM AND POLICY CONTEXT OF THE 1980'S""; ""IMPLICATIONS FOR OUTCOME MEASUREMENT AND EVALUATION DESIGN""; ""Challenges to the Evaluator""; ""Diversity of Target Groups""; ""Diversity of Services""; ""Emphasis on the Social Environment""; ""Support Versus Intervention""; ""Individualization of Services""""Decentralization and Site Variation""""Indefinite Time Boundaries""; ""Integration of Services""; ""Lessons for Future Evaluations""; ""Rethinking Developmental Measures""; ""Measuring Quality of Life""; ""Assessing Effects on the Child's Social Milieu""; ""Assessing Effects on the Service Delivery System""; ""Defining ""Treatments""""; ""Understanding Site Differences""; ""Measuring Costs and Cost Increments""; ""Generalizing From Successful Demonstrations""; ""Rethinking Evaluation Designs""; ""IMPLICATIONS FOR THE EVALUATION PROCESS""""Involving Multiple Constituencies in Selecting Outcome Measures""""Communicating with Multiple Audiences""; ""Building in Familiarity and Flexibility""; ""Drawing on and Contributing to Basic Social Science""; ""References""; "" PART 2: PAPERS ""; ""The Health Impact of Early Childhood Programs: Perspectives from the Brookline Early Education Project""; ""RELEVANT ISSUES FACING EVALUATORS""; ""Defining Health and Its Borders""; ""Describing Health Status""; ""Describing Health Change""; ""Dealing with Low Prevalence Rates in Pediatric Morbidity""; ""Absence of Data on Normalcy""""Selecting Outcome Measures""""Assessing the Cost-Effectiveness of a Health Program Evaluation""; ""Identifying the Evaluation Consumer""; ""Timing and Staging""; ""THE SCOPE OF CHILD HEALTH""; ""Background Variables""; ""Perinatal Influences""; ""Genetic Disorders""; ""Socioeconomic and Environmental Influences""; ""Health and Development Over Time""; """"Graduate"" Health Profile""; ""MEASUREMENT OF HEALTH OUTCOMES""; ""Standard Preventive Measures""; ""Assurance of Adequate Health Care""; ""Screening""; ""Immunizations""; ""Physical Examination""; ""Development Screening""""Beyond Screening: Detection""""Prevention""; ""Intervention""; ""PROTOTYPES OF EVALUATION""; ""Comparison Studies""; ""Outcome Studies Without Comparison Groups""; ""Longitudinal Study of Findings""; ""Case Argument Studies""; ""Process Studies of Health""; ""Tracer Studies""; ""Cost-Benefit Studies""; ""Choosing an Prototype""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""References""; ""Measuring the Outcomes of Day Care""; ""BACKGROUND""; ""Day Care in the United States: An Overview""; ""Who Cares About Day Care?and What Do They Care About?""; ""A TAXONOMY OF DAY CARE OUTCOMES""""Children's Experiences in Day Care""Child developmentUnited StatesEducation, PreschoolUnited StatesElectronic books.Child developmentEducation, Preschool370.152Travers Jeffrey R990152Light Richard J985659MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910455806403321Learning from experience2264811UNINA