Evaluation

Research Design

Number of Classrooms/Students Participating Across 3 Project Years

	Head Start	Child Care	Total
Teacher Training Workshops Plus Classroom Consultation	25/162	30/181	55/343
Teacher Training Workshops Only	22/160	18/107	40/267
No Treatment Control	19/103	23/147	42/250
Total	66/425	71/435	137/860

Desired Child Outcomes

Readiness for kindergarten indicated through developmentally appropriate demonstration of:

• Social behavior
• Social problem-solving skills
• Classroom behavior (little or no disruptive or aggressive behavior; increased on-task & attentive behavior)
• Emotion knowledge and affect regulation
• Communication and preliteracy skills
• Numeracy/mathematics skills
• Interest in mathematics, reading, school and learning

Teacher Goals

• Teaching skills, style and philosophy
• Quality of interaction with children
• Evidence-based knowledge, beliefs, expectations & attitudes about early childhood development, developmentally appropriate practices, and behavior management practices