This brief offers a preliminary framework for understanding and implementing evaluations of out-of-school time (OST) programs professional development initiatives. In so doing, it draws on research from early childhood and elementary education and highlights the evaluation methods and results of recent OST professional development initiatives at…

This paper documents the type of functions performed by interns and the relative quantity of time devoted to each function. It also evaluates the program from the point of view of the teaching staff of the school and assesses the effects of the program on the teachers' conceptions of the optimal functions of mental health professionals. (Author)

Describes the circumstances under which the Wilmington, Delaware, community school program was born, its developmental plans, program objectives, and the procedure by which program performance could be evaluated. Specific objectives are evaluated and recommendations for program development are made. (DN)

After reviewing the strengths and shortcomings of current programs, the authors conclude that the key to a humane and reasonable system lies in the recognition and exploitation of the interdependence of work and welfare. (Editor)

Reviews basic issues confronting current training programs and offers an analysis of their strengths, weaknesses, and limitations. (JM)

Recommends a training program of very modest investment which deals with five specific ways to obtain positive results. (EK)

The attainment of curricular goals, rather than improved IQ scores, was the basis for evaluation of the effectiveness of a program for disadvantaged preschoolers. Featured is the development of an Inventory of Cognitive Skills and Visual-Motor Functioning to evaluate the child's level of functioning in curriculum-related areas. (KW)

This article is based on a M.S. thesis by Robert J. Ford entitled: Relation of Summer Programs to Total Programs of Vocational Agriculture in Iowa." (Editor)