Research Brief
Evaluating After-School Care
Jan 1, 2002
Devising Standards and Measuring Adherence to Them
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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.
Preface
Figures
Tables
Acknowledgements
Acknowledgments
Acronyms
Summary
Chapter One
Introduction
Chapter Two
Identifying After-School Care Practices
Chapter Three
Measuring Adherence to After-School Care Practices
Chapter Four
Adherence to After-School Care Practices by Stone Soup Programs: Results
Chapter Five
Summary
Appendix A
List of Publications Reviewed
Appendix B
Summary of Studies/Reports Reviewed
Appendix C
Survey Instruments
References
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