American Indian and Alaska Native Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey, 2015

The Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (FACES) is a major source of information on Head Start programs and the children and families they serve. Since 1997, FACES has conducted studies in a nationally representative sample of Head Start programs, but has historically not included Region XI (programs operated by federally-recognized tribes), whose programs are designed to serve predominantly American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) children and families. The American Indian and Alaska Native Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey 2015 (AI/AN FACES 2015), the first national study of Region XI AI/AN Head Start children and families, is designed to fill this information gap. The design of AI/AN FACES 2015 has been informed by members of the AI/AN FACES 2015 Workgroup which includes tribal Head Start directors, researchers with expertise working with tribal communities, Mathematica Policy Research study staff, and federal officials from the Office of Head Start, Region XI, and the Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation. Building on FACES as the foundation, members of the AI/AN FACES 2015 Workgroup have shared insights and information on the kinds of information needed about children and families served by Region XI AI/AN Head Start programs (including children's development and school readiness, parent and family demographics, health, and program engagement, and teacher, classroom, and program characteristics). Members also provided input on recruitment practices and study methods that are responsive to the unique cultural and self-governing contexts of tribal Head Start programs. Data collection with Region XI children, families, classrooms, and programs took place in the Fall of 2015 and the Spring of 2016. Twenty-one Region XI Head Start programs participated. Procedures for tribal review and approval in each of those 21 communities were followed. Information about this study has been shared broadly with tribal Head Start programs and tribal leaders via OHS tribal consultations, nationally-broadcast webinars, National Indian Head Start Directors' Association Board of Directors (NIHSDA) annual conferences, the 2016 ACF National Research Conference on Early Childhood, and the Secretary's Tribal Advisory Council (STAC) December 2014 and 2016 meetings.

《早期儿童教育家庭与儿童经验调查》（Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey，简称FACES）是关于Head Start项目及其服务儿童与家庭的宝贵信息来源。自1997年以来，FACES对全国范围内的Head Start项目进行了代表性样本的研究，但历史上并未涵盖第XI区（由联邦认可部落运营的项目），其项目旨在主要服务于美洲印第安人和阿拉斯加原住民（AI/AN）的儿童与家庭。2015年，首次针对第XI区AI/AN Head Start儿童与家庭的全国性研究——即《2015年美洲印第安人和阿拉斯加原住民家庭与儿童经验调查》（AI/AN FACES 2015）——旨在填补这一信息空白。AI/AN FACES 2015的设计受到了AI/AN FACES 2015工作组成员的指导，该工作组包括部落Head Start项目负责人、擅长与部落社区合作的学者、Mathematica政策研究团队的工作人员以及来自Head Start办公室、第XI区以及规划、研究和评估办公室的联邦官员。在FACES的基础上，AI/AN FACES 2015工作组成员分享了关于第XI区AI/AN Head Start项目所服务儿童与家庭所需信息（包括儿童发展及入学准备、家长与家庭人口统计学、健康状况、项目参与度以及教师、教室和项目特征）的见解和信息。成员们还就针对部落Head Start项目的独特文化及自治背景的招募实践和研究方法提供了反馈。2015年秋季至2016年春季，对第XI区的儿童、家庭、教室和项目进行了数据收集，共有21个Head Start项目参与。遵循了这21个社区中的部落审查和批准程序。通过OHS部落协商、全国广播网络研讨会、国家印第安人Head Start项目负责人协会董事局（NIHSDA）年度会议、2016年ACF全国早期儿童研究会议以及部长级部落咨询委员会（STAC）2014年12月和2016年12月的会议，广泛分享了关于本研究的资讯。》