Nov 16 -- The Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), invites public comment to OMB by December 16, 2021 for a new wave of the Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (FACES) as well as a follow-up to a special data collection fielded in the fall of 2021.
The purpose of the FACES data collection is to support the 2007 reauthorization of the Head Start program (Pub. L. 110-134), which calls for periodic assessments of Head Start's quality and effectiveness.
FACES 2019 focuses on Head Start Regions I through X (which are geographically based); AIAN (American Indian and Alaska Native) FACES 2019 focuses on Region XI (which funds Head Start programs that serve federally recognized American Indian and Alaska Native tribes). Both studies will provide data on a set of key indicators for Head Start programs.
FACES spring 2022 data collection will take place in 180 Head Start programs nationwide. Of the 180 programs, 60 will have participated in fall data collection and 120 will be added to participate in classroom- and program-data collection only. AIAN FACES will continue in the same 22 programs that participated in 2019, 2020, and 2021 data collection. Data collection activities will include teacher sampling (for the 120 FACES programs not part of fall 2021), parent surveys, teacher child reports, staff surveys, and, for FACES, classroom observations.
In the additional 120 programs added to FACES in spring 2022, data collection will begin with sampling of FACES teachers in 240 Head Start centers. Study team members will request a list of all teachers working with Head Start-funded children.
As in fall 2021, for the spring 2022 follow-up data collection, FACES will survey the parents of 2,400 Head Start children in Regions I-X (FACES 2019) and 800 children in Region XI (AIAN FACES 2019) and ask their Head Start teachers to rate children's learning skills and social and emotional skills. Parents of sampled children (2,400 for FACES and 800 for AIAN FACES) will complete surveys on the web or by telephone about their children and family. In all 202 programs (180 for FACES and 22 for AIAN FACES), Head Start teachers will rate each sampled child (approximately 10 children per teacher) using the web or paper-and-pencil forms. Teachers, program directors, and center directors will also complete a survey, also using the web or paper-and-pencil forms, about themselves and the services and instruction at Head Start.
ACF FACES webpage:
https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/project/head-start-family-and-child-experiences-survey-faces-1997-2022
Mathematica FACES webpage:
https://www.mathematica.org/projects/head-start-faces
2022 FACES submission to OMB:
https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=202111-0970-003 Click IC List for data collection instruments, View Supporting Statement for technical documentation. Submit comments via this site.
FR notice inviting comment to OMB:
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/11/16/2021-24951/submission-for-omb-review-head-start-family-and-child-experiences-survey-faces-omb-0970-0151
Points of contact: Nina Philipsen, Ph.D., Senior Social Science Research Analyst, OPRE Nina.Hetzner@acf.hhs.gov and Meryl Barofsky, Ph.D., Senior Social Science Research Analyst, OPRE Meryl.Barofsky@acf.hhs.gov
For AEA members wishing to submit comments, "A Primer on How to Respond to Calls for Comment on Federal Data Collections" is available at
https://www.aeaweb.org/content/file?id=5806