Program Evaluation

Resources

• Outcomes Linked to High-Quality Afterschool Programs: Longitudinal Findings from the Study of Promising Afterschool Programs [PDF 79,846kb]
  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 [PDF 246,484kb]
  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 [PDF 78,936kb]
  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 [DOC 127,488kb]
  The Afterschool Alliance summarizes several formal evaluations of after-school programs.
  
• After-School Elementary Program Shows Students Improve Basic Results [PDF 597,977kb]
  An evaluation of a Foundations, Inc. after-school enrichment program showing academic improvement in reading and math.
  
• After-School Initiative Evaluation Report [PDF 1,488,357kb]
  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 [PDF 2,327,448kb]
  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 [PDF 169,103kb]
  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 [PDF 246,466kb]
  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 [PDF 139,358kb]
  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 [PDF 85,999kb]
  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 [PDF 379,317kb]
  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 [PDF 104,296kb]
  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 [PDF 332,003kb]
  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? [PDF 37,060kb]
  Policy Studies Associates, Inc. evaluates the first three years of The After School Corporation's program in New York City.