Other Resources
Out-of-School Time Program Evaluation: Tools for Action
This resource manual by the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory provides programs with guidelines for conducting program evaluation. It offers research and recommendations related to evaluations, surveys and focus group questions for key program stakeholders, and suggestions for analyzing and using the data collected. Sample instruments are provided in the appendices.
Replicating Social Programs
This pamphlet by Public/Private Ventures provides a description of the need for replicating and expanding social programs and illustrates the process as a guide for organizations.
2005 KIDS COUNT
A national and state-by-state effort to track the status of children in the U.S. available online. The 16th annual KIDS COUNT Data Book, released July 27, 2005 by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, shows a half million more children living in poverty in 2003 than 2000, for a total of nearly 13 million. 2006.
Recommendations for Conducting Program Evaluation
In this document, the National Youth Development Information Center provides recommendations for conducting evaluations of out-of-school time programs to ensure high-quality programming.
Common Assessment Framework For Children and Young People: Guide for Service Managers and Practitioners
This document provides an overview for managers and practitioners on how to implement and use the Common Assessment Framework (CAF) for Children and Young People. The assessment is used to determine the service needs of children and their families. March 2005.
Frontline Youth Worker Observation Assessment Tool
The National Collaboration for Youth has released a new assessment tool to accompany the 10 competencies for front-line youth workers. The tool can be used in multiple ways, for example, as a training outline to assist trainers in describing an organization's expectations for youth worker behavior and attitudes.