Raising A Reader

 
Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (FACES):  Applied Survey Research (ASR), a nonprofit social research firm with over two decades of assessment and evaluation experience, was hired by Raising A Reader to conduct the assessment. ASR researched existing state and national-level instruments that assessed children’s pre-literacy skills, and chose the Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (FACES) developed for Head Start and the United States Department of Health and Human Services by WESTAT, a national evaluation firm. The FACES tool had also been used in Raising A Reader assessments in San Mateo and Santa Clara County studies. The FACES tool tests three key areas including print concepts, story comprehension, and book knowledge. A trained assessor administers the FACES tool by sitting with children individually and reading them a story while asking them questions about the story.