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This is a companion guide to the report,
Putting It All Together: Guiding
Principles for Quality After-School Programs Serving Preteens.
Other Resources
Articles/Books:
Practices to Foster and Avoid in Out-of-School Time Programs
http://www.childtrends.org/Files//Child_Trends-2010_01_28_RB_Practices2Foster.pdf http://www.childtrends.org/Files//Child_Trends-2010_01_28_RB_Practices2Avoid.pdf
To improve outcomes for youth in out-of-school time programs, two new Child Trends briefs highlight 10 practices to foster and 10 practices to avoid.
Author/Publisher: Moore, Kristin , Ashleigh Collins and Jacinta Bronte-Tinkew. Child Trends.
Outcome Evaluation: A Guide for Out-of-School Time Practitioners (January 2008)
http://www.childtrends.org/Files//Child_Trends-2008_01_07_OutcomeEvaluations.pdf
Many after-school programs may want to consider undertaking an outcome evaluation to learn whether changes occur for participants and if these changes are associated with a specific feature of the program. Programs may be required by funders to undertake outcome evaluations, but they may also consider such an approach as an indicator of program effectiveness. This document reviews what information might be gained from an outcome evaluation, when such an evaluation should be considered and what the basic steps include. This piece provides a useful introduction to the topic, which will necessarily be followed by extensive follow-up reading before a successful outcome evaluation can be attempted.
Author/Publisher: Allen, Tiffany and Jacinta Bronte-Tinkew. Child Trends.
After-School Program Toolkit: Building Sustainable High Quality After-School Programs
http://www.cisnet.org/working_together/after_content.asp?id=
2531
This toolkit was developed by the National Dropout Prevention Center (NDPC) in collaboration with Communities In Schools, with funding from the MetLife Foundation. Its contents are based on the following report: Hammond, C. and M. Reimer. 2006. Essential Elements of Quality After-School Programs. Clemson , SC : National Dropout Prevention Center/Network, College of Health , Education, and Human Development, Clemson University.
The Quality of School-Age Child Care in After-School Settings
(June 2007)
http://www.researchconnections.org/SendPdf?resourceId=12576
This research brief identifies the features of high-quality after-school
settings that have emerged from the research and are reflected in program
quality tools. It also: 1) examines key research that links program quality
to positive developmental outcomes, 2) reviews current practice in program
quality assessment and 3) offers considerations for policymakers regarding
future school-age care decisions in order to promote high-quality programs.
Author/Publisher: Little, Priscilla M. Child Care & Early Education
Research Connections. Research-to-Policy Connections No 7.
Community Programs to Promote Youth Development (2002)
www.nap.edu/catalog/10022.html
This book focuses on community programs for youth and examines what is
known about their design, implementation and evaluation. The book identifies
the set of personal and social assets (physical, intellectual, psychological,
emotional and social development) that increase the healthy development
and well-being of adolescents. It then discusses the settings that promote
healthy development of those assets.
Author/Publisher: Jacquelynne Eccles and Jennifer A. Gootman, eds. Board
on Children, Youth and Families, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences
and Education. National Research Council and Institute of Medicine. Committee
on Community-Level Programs for Youth. Washington, DC: National Academy
Press.
Getting It Right: Strategies for After-School Success (2005)
www.ppv.org/ppv/publications/assets/190_publication.pdf
Raley, Grossman and Walker synthesized the last 10 years of findings from
Public/Private Ventures and other research on after-school programs to
make recommendations on how to run an effective program funded to produce
specific policy-relevant outcomes. The report focuses on how to get the
right youth into the program, keep youth long enough, develop strong management
and manage budget issues. It provides a series of recommendations for
school-based programs that intend to produce measurable outcomes for young
people.
Author/Publisher: Raley, Rebecca, Jean Grossman and Karen E. Walker. Philadelphia:
Public/Private Ventures.
Helping Youth Succeed Through Out-of-School-Time Programs (January
2006) http://www.aypf.org/publications/HelpingYouthOST2006.pdf
The American Youth Policy Forum (AYPF) gathered information about out-of-school-time
programs around the United States by conducting a literature review, visiting
communities and talking to national experts and program leaders. AYPF
summarizes their findings in this report.
Author/Publisher: American Youth Policy Forum.
Beyond Safe Havens: A Synthesis of 20 Years of Research on the
Boys & Girls Clubs (2005)
www.ppv.org/ppv/publications/assets/187_publication.pdf
Arbreton et al reviews 20 years of research of Boys & Girls Clubs
of America programming. The report outlines the strategies that programs
have implemented to contribute toward success as well as the challenges
that have been encountered.
Author/Publisher: Arbreton, Amy J.A., Jessica Sheldon and Carla Herrera.
Philadelphia: Public Private Ventures.
Organizations/Websites:
These organizations provide consulting, training, research, evaluation
findings and/or information on funding.
Bridgespan
www.bridgespangroup.org/
California After School Resource Center
www.californiaafterschool.org/
CompassPoint
www.compasspoint.org/
Community Network for Youth Development
www.cnyd.org/home/index.php
The Forum for Youth Investment
http://forumforyouthinvestment.org/
Harvard Family Research Project
www.gse.harvard.edu/hfrp/
National Institute on Out-of-School Time (NIOST)
http://www.niost.org/
National Youth Development Information Center
www.nydic.org/nydic/programming/quality.htm
Public/Private Ventures
www.ppv.org
(publications are available at www.ppv.org/ppv/publications/publications.asp)
Search Institute
www.search-institute.org
Southwest Educational Development Laboratory
www.sedl.org
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