Research and Reports: Quality
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Superintendent Carol Johnson and Chris Smith of Boston After School & Beyond co-authored “Achieving, Connecting, Thriving: Afterschool and Summer Learning in Collaboration with Schools....
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A research brief on the paper "Afterschool Programs That Follow Evidence-Based Practices to Promote Social and Emotional Development Are Effective," by Joseph A. Durlak (Loyola...
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September 2010; Center for American Progress This report features three schools whose overarching goal is to improve the lives of children by catering to their academic and nonacademic needs....
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July 2010; American Youth Policy Forum This webinar examined the creation, implementation, and results of the Massachusetts Expanded Learning Time (ELT) Initiative. Presenters highlighted the need...
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The Forum for Youth Investment This report highlights case studies of three networks involved in quality improvement efforts. Specifically, the authors examined current design and implementation of...
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April 2010; Public/Private Ventures - This study of almost 200 out-of-school-time (OST) programs in six cities attempts to better understand how they promote sustained participation among older...
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This brief, from the C.S. Mott Foundation and the Expanded Learning and After School Project, shows...
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This report outlines the necessary elements for success in after-school programs. It begins by describing the process of involving youth in after-school including recruitment, targeting populations,...
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August 2010; Child Trends This brief examines the association between out-of-school time (OST) program quality and adolescent outcomes. Research is sparse on what constitutes a quality program....
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The following excerpt is from the report "How Students Are Making It: Perspectives on Getting Through College from Recent Graduates of the Boston Public Schools," by The Boston Foundation and Boston...
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This working paper funded by the William T. Grant Foundation, provides a summary of findings from two reports on after-school program quality, The Impact of After-School Programs That Promote...
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by Cheryl Hayes, Christianne Lind, Jean Baldwin Grossman, Nichold Stewart, Sharon Deich, Andrew Gersick, Jennifer McMaken and Margo Campbell, The Finance Project, September 2009 A Guide to the...
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This report from Afterschool Investments discusses the need for quality afterschool programming. The authors look to the fields of early childcare and education to gain insight into building quality...
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Prepared for the Wallace Foundation by the RAND Corporation, the report takes a comprehensive look at OST evaluation and literature to frame and assess the relevant issues facing OST. Its goal is to...
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This guide from the Forum for Youth Investment offers an at-a-glance comparison of nine youth program assessment tools. It offers service providers, policy-makers, researchers and evaluators a guide...
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Available from Collaborative Communications Group, this Framework is a working document developed by a committee of preeminent researchers, evaluators, and program experts, including contributions...
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This executive summary of the report of the MA Special Commission on After School and Out of School Time covers findings and recommendations in five key areas: 1) Building public awareness; 2)...
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The purpose of the Massachusetts Afterschool Research Study (MARS) by INCRE and NIOST was to explain relationships between program goals and practices and youth outcomes in after-school programs. The...
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This report from Public/Private Ventures, defines some key characteristics of youth engagement and learning. It seeks to guide after-school instructors through the process of creating engaging...
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The Forum for Youth Investment examines out-of-school time system-building efforts in communities across the country. In particular, this brief focuses on the efforts of the Collaborative for...
