Document Type
Thesis
Date of Degree Completion
Summer 1973
Degree Name
Master of Education (MEd)
Department
Education
Committee Chair
Daryl D. Basler
Second Committee Member
Wells A. McInelly
Third Committee Member
Alan Ray Bergstrom
Abstract
This study investigated the impact of a Head Start program upon its participants and compared the performance of these children to their disadvantaged peers and children above poverty-level guidelines. The results of the study indicated there were no significant differences in the school readiness skills attained by the Head Start and disadvantaged peers groups. Both groups evidenced significantly weaker school readiness skills than did their more advantaged counterparts.
Recommendations include more activities for developing readiness skills and suggestions for additional research.
Recommended Citation
Debritz, Rodger William, "A Comparative Analysis of Head Start Graduates Their Disadvantaged Peers, and Children Above-Poverty Guidelines" (1973). All Master's Theses. 2072.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/etd/2072