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Accountability for After-School Care
Devising Standards and Measuring Adherence to Them
Increasing numbers of children are participating in after-school programs, and with more federal and state funding the number of such programs is likely to grow. This growth has been occurring, however, with little guidance as to what program features or practices might be most helpful in nurturing the educational achievement, emotional development, and health of the children involved. This book helps fill that need for guidance by offering a set of 18 model practices against which after-school programs can be evaluated. The authors provide ways to score adherence to the criteria, from excellent to inadequate; survey forms for collecting the information to assign these grades; and an illustrative application of their approach to a set of real-world after-school programs.
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Contents
Preface PDF
Figures PDF
Tables PDF
Acknowledgments PDF
Acronyms PDF
Summary PDF
Chapter One:
Introduction PDF
Chapter Two:
Identifying After-School Care Practices PDF
Chapter Three:
Measuring Adherence to After-School Care Practices PDF
Chapter Four:
Adherence to After-School Care Practices by Stone Soup Programs: Results PDF
Chapter Five:
Summary PDF
Appendix A:
List of Publications Reviewed PDF
Appendix B:
Summary of Studies/Reports Reviewed PDF
Appendix C:
Survey Instruments PDF
References PDF
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