Initial Evaluations of the Head Start Program Seemed to Question

question 23

Multiple Choice

Initial evaluations of the Head Start program seemed to question program effectiveness. An alternative explanation of the failure to find improvement is that

• A)forced matching might have created an unfavorable regression to the mean
• B)a selection by history confound probably occurred
• C)fade-out effects occurred
• D)none of the above - there is general agreement that the program in fact does not work

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