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Office of Head Start skip to primary page contentActing Director Patricia Brown

Information Memorandums (IMs) - 2003

Attachment B - Description of the NRS Computer-Based Information System
[Attachment for Information Memorandum] ACYF-IM-HS-03-07

The NRS will collect program-, center-, classroom-, teacher-, and child-level descriptive data through a computer-based reporting system. The descriptive information will facilitate tracking of assessment completion by program, a variety of analyses of the child assessment data and a variety of reports on the progress of groups of children.

Program Information - Information captured at the program-level includes program name, director name and email, agency description, number of delegates, number of centers, and contact information for the NRS lead contact person. Much of this data will be automatically transferred from the Program Information Report (PIR) database to reduce burden of data entry on Head Start staff.

Center Information - Center-level data include similar fields, such as center name and address, phone and fax numbers, email address, enrollment start and end date, and the child outcomes contact person at the center. This information is needed for data tracking, analysis and to target training and technical assistance to specific programs.

Classroom Information - Data to be collected include description of class (e.g., morning, afternoon, full day); teacher stability/turnover during the year; total enrollment; and number of additional staff.

Teacher Information - Background information on Head Start teachers, such as educational attainment and years of teaching experience, will be collected, to allow analyses of relationships between teacher characteristics and child outcomes.

Child Information - Child-level data include age, child entry date into the classroom, number of years in Head Start, disability, other languages spoken at home, rating of English proficiency, child ethnicity, and child race. These data will be used in analysis and as a context for interpreting the NRS child assessment information.

See also:
     Implementation of the Head Start National Reporting System on Child Outcomes (ACYF-IM-HS-03-07)