Beyond the Blueprint Directions for Research on Head Start's Families -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Beyond the Blueprint Directions for Research on Head Start's Families -- 1 Introduction -- ESTABLISHMENT OF THE ROUNDTABLE ON HEAD START RESEARCH -- THE ROUNDTABLE'S DELIBERATIONS ON FAMILY-LEVEL RESEARCH -- SCOPE OF THE REPORT -- 2 Studying Head Start's Families: General Themes -- 3 Recognizing the Diversity of Children and Families in Head Start -- ISSUES FOR RESEARCH -- Instruction in Bilingual and Multilingual Classrooms -- The Social Implications of Children's Language Environments -- The Significance of Parents' Background -- Migrant Families -- NEXT STEPS FOR RESEARCH -- Descriptive, Quality, and Outcome Agendas -- Quality and Outcome Agendas -- Descriptive and Quality Agendas -- 4 Examining Community-Head Start Collaborations -- ISSUES FOR RESEARCH -- Community Resources, Head Start Quality, and Community Impacts -- Families in Violent Homes and Communities -- NEXT STEPS FOR RESEARCH -- Community Resources and Effects -- Descriptive, Quality, and Outcome Agendas -- Descriptive and Outcome Agendas -- Violence -- Descriptive Agenda -- Descriptive and Outcome Agendas -- 5 Head Start Families in a Changing Economic Landscape -- ISSUES FOR RESEARCH -- Head Start as a Catalyst for Employment -- Parent Involvement in the New Economic Context -- Full-Time Needs and Part-Day Programs -- NEXT STEPS FOR RESEARCH -- Descriptive Agenda -- Descriptive, Quality, and Outcome Agendas -- 6 Extending the Benefits of Local Innovation -- References -- APPENDIX A Excerpts from Two Advisory Committee Reports -- OVERALL STRATEGY AND GENERAL PRINCIPLES -- Implementation of an Integrated and Coordinated Set of Research and Evaluation Studies Collectively Designed to Address… -- Use of Diverse Methodologies.

Identification of Marker Variables -- Budgetary Considerations -- Executive Summary -- APPENDIX B Workshop Agendas and Speakers -- WORKSHOP SPEAKERS -- APPENDIX C Other Reports from the Board on Children, Youth, and Families.