NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 4 results Save | Export
How Is the Afterschool Field Defining Program Quality? A Review of Effective Program Practices and Definitions of Program Quality
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Palmer, Kristi L.; Anderson, Stephen A.; Sabatelli, Ronald M. – Afterschool Matters, 2009
While research on program effectiveness offers ample evidence that afterschool programs can benefit young people in a variety of ways, this same body of research demonstrates that not all programs are equally effective (Granger, 2008). Some programs show positive results in many or all major outcome categories. Other programs are associated with…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Program Effectiveness, Educational Quality, Youth Programs
A Review of Activity Implementation in Out-of-School Time Programs. Out-of-School Time Evaluation Snapshot.
Bouffard, Suzanne; Little, Priscilla M. D. – 2003
Noting that most evaluations of out-of-school (OST) programs have examined the programs as a whole without taking into account the specific activities offered, this issue of "Out-of-School Time Evaluation Snapshots" surveys the range of activities being implemented in OST settings across the country to better understand and promote…
Descriptors: Activities, Adolescents, After School Education, After School Programs
Exploring Quality Standards for Middle School After School Programs: What We Know and What We Need to Know. A Summit Report
Direct linkDirect link
Westmoreland, Helen; Little, Priscilla M. D. – Harvard Family Research Project, Harvard University, 2006
A growing body of evidence confirms what makes sense intuitively--quality matters for participation in after school programs. Nationwide, a chief concern among after school stakeholders is programming for middle schoolers--too "old" to be told what to do after school and too "young" to be left home alone. A national dialogue about the state of…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Program Improvement, Persistence, Study Skills
Afterschool Education: Approaches to an Emerging Field.
Noam, Gil G.; Biancarosa, Gina; Dechausay, Nadine – 2003
Noting that there exists little systematic and conclusive research on after-school education to guide the development of practices in this emerging field, this book contributes to the definition of after-school education by focusing on three essential aspects of such programming: (1) bridging school to after-school (2) homework, or extended…
Descriptors: Adult Child Relationship, After School Education, After School Programs, Curriculum Development