ABSTRACT
The Head Start program, since its inception in 1965, has involved thousands of children and millions of dollars. As with any innovative program of this magnitude, there is a body of research dealing with the complex issues involved. The need of evaluators and researchers for ready access to this ever-growing body of Head Start research literature has led to the development of this document which addresses the impact of Project Head Start on three critical constituencies: the child, the family, and the community. The child as the primary recipient of Head Start services, is by far the most frequent focus of the majority of the research. Child-focused research on the cognitive, social, and physical aspects of development is predominant in the literature. The Social Research Group has over the last year been collecting reports on research on Head Start for the purpose of reviewing them for findings relevant to policy formulation.
