Program Evaluation

Additional Resources

Outcomes Linked to High-Quality Afterschool Programs: Longitudinal Findings from the Study of Promising Afterschool Programs
A new study finds that regular participation in high-quality afterschool programs is linked to significant gains in standardized test scores and work habits as well as reductions in behavior problems among disadvantages students.

Afterschool Innovations In Brief
A compilation of four briefs examines critical issues facing children, schools, and communities as well as the vital role that after-school programs can play in addressing these issues.

A review of Out-of-School Time Program Quasi-Experimental and Experimental Evaluation Results
This newletter provides an overview of what the quasi-experiemntal and experiemental evaluations in the database reveal about the impact of after-school programs on an array of academic, prevention, and youth development outcomes.

Afterschool Alliance Backgrounder: Formal Evaluations of Afterschool Programs
The Afterschool Alliance summarizes several formal evaluations of after-school programs.

After-School Elementary Program Shows Students Improve Basic Results
An evaluation of a Foundations, Inc. after-school enrichment program showing academic improvement in reading and math.

After-School Initiative Evaluation Report
This evaluation provides an overview of the initiative’s range of after-school programs, a summary of the findings and discussion of the outcomes.

After-School Initiative’s Toolkit for Evaluating Positive Youth Development
A compilation of evaluation question sets that can be administered in after-school programs to assess program quality and the following positive youth development outcomes: academic success, arts and recreation, community involvement, cultural competency, life skills, positive life choices, positive core values and sense of self.

Beyond The Head Count: Evaluating Family Involvement in Out-of-School Time
The fourth in this series of research briefs on evaluation in out-of-school time, this brief offers an overview of how out-of-school time programs can evaluate their family involvement strategies and practices.

Evaluating Out-of-School Time Program Quality
This issue of The Evaluation Exchange focus on assessing and improving the quality of out-of-school time and youth development programs.

Moving Beyond The Barriers: Attracting and Sustaining Youth Participation in Out-of-School Time Programs
This brief culls information from several implementation and impact evaluations of out-of-school time programs to develop a set of promising strategies to attract and sustain youth participation in the programs.

Quality Standards, Assessments and Supports
This task brief from the Forum for Youth Investment examines standards and evaluations for after-school programs focusing on organization/administration, program activity, staffing, health and safety and family involvement.

Shared Features of High-Performing After-school Programs: A Follow-up to the TASC Evaluation
This study examines high performing after-school projects to determine what charateristics, if any, these projects share.

Uncertain Times: Funding Insecurity Puts Afterschool Programs at Risk
A recent survey of after-school programs, finds that after-school programs are serving a high need population, serving more children than expected, and struggling to maintain their funding.

What Gets Measured, Get Done
A review of current efforts to develop and measure new indicators of quality after-school programs.

What Have We Learned From TASC's First Three Years?
Policy Studies Associates, Inc. evaluates the first three years of The After School Corporation's program in New York City.