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This week, Senators Coburn, Enzi, McCain, Alexander, and Burr sent this letter to Health & Human Services Secretary Sebelius requesting HHS release the results of a study on the Head Start program. The results of the Head Start "Third Grade Follow-Up Study", scheduled to be completed in September 2011, has been delayed until September 2012 without explanation. Dr. Coburn and others request an explanation.
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"Congress and the American people deserve the opportunity to review the evidence about whether the Head Start program is benefiting the children that it serves."
"Four years seems to be a sufficient period of time for the Department and the researchers that conducted the data collection to analyze the results."
"The American people-including the families of the estimated 904,000 children currently enrolled-deserve to understand how this program is affecting the children it serves."
