Follow Through National Evaluation Data Files

The project was to follow through on the progress of children in Head Start programs. This series contains information about a sample of students who had been in Head Start programs and entered kindergarten in 1971.

Student data includes birth date, sex, ethnicity, languages, experiences in Head Start progr ams and in elementary education, type of Follow Through assistance, if any, and scores to a variety of achievement and aptitude tests. Parent interview data includes information about employment and education, household composition, services the student received at school, student attitude toward school, social and educational activities in the home, parent involvement in education, and attitude toward the school and the Follow Through program.