Evaluation allows programs to learn what’s working well, identify what needs to be improved, and determine whether they are having the intended impact.    

• See outcomes measurement tools recommended by Parents as Teachers
• Check out the DOHVE Compendium of Measures for MIECHV Grantees (measurement resources relevant to home visiting programs)

Parents as Teachers endorses Visit Tracker Web, an easy and accurate way to collect, summarize, and report on your program and service numbers. Click here for more information.

Evidence-based research summary

• See why Parents as Teachers is an evidence-based home visiting program. [more]
• Logic model [download]

Parents as Teachers impact on school readiness summary

"This study says those states that wait to start early childhood education until age 4 are making a huge mistake...by starting at birth, Parents as Teachers starts at just the right time."
Dr. Edward Zigler

• Read the report

Cornell University research brief

• See how researchers at Cornell University, using a randomized control design, found our Supporting Care Providers Through Personal Visits curriculum/training for both formal and family, friend and neighbor caregivers to be effective. [more]

High 5 for Kids

• Obesity prevention curricula, developed with St. Louis University researchers, positively influences parents to change children's food intake patterns. [more]

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