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Extended Day Learning: Out-of-School Programs

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Afterschool Alliance

The Afterschool Alliance is a nonprofit organization dedicated to raising awareness of the importance of afterschool programs and advocating for quality, affordable programs for all children.

Afterschool Education: A New Ally for Education Reform

This 2002 article, from the Harvard Education Letter, describes the growing trend in after school programming, particularly those programs that combine school and community efforts to educate and enrich.

Afterschool.gov

Afterschool.gov is a federal website that offers one-stop access to government resources that support afterschool programs. Topics include Running a Program, Keeping Current (news updates), Planning Activities, Community Links, and Sites for Kids and Teens.

Critical Hours: Afterschool Programs and Educational Success

Critical Hours synthesizes information available from studies of afterschool programs and offers conclusions about the contributions of afterschool programs to children's overall success in school. The report pays special attention to the academic achievement and overall development of middle school students.

Detangling Data Collection: Methods for Gathering Data

This article, published in August 2004 as part of the Out-of-School Time Evaluation Snapshot series from the Harvard Family Research Project, describes the common data collection methods used by current out-of-school time programs to evaluate their implementation and outcomes. It provides detailed information about using surveys and questionnaires, interviews and focus groups, observations, tests and assessments, and secondary sources and data reviews.
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Evaluation Exchange: Evaluating Out-of-School Time Program Quality

The Evaluation Exchange, Harvard Family Research Project's evaluation periodical, addresses current issues facing program evaluators of all levels, with articles written by the most prominent evaluators in the field. This issue focuses on assessing and improving the quality of out-of-school time and youth development programs. Articles cover innovative methodologies and new technology systems for assessing quality, strategies for recruitment and retention, and understanding and measuring participation. Access other issues of the Evaluation Exchange focusing on out-of-school time.

National Institute on Out-of-School Time

The National Institute on Out-of-School Time (NIOST) brings national attention to the importance of children's out-of-school time. NIOST initiative include research, evaluation and consultation, policy development and public awareness, and training and curriculum development.

National Youth Development Information Center

The National Youth Development Information Center (NYDIC) website is a one-stop shop for youth workers with interest in funding, programming, research, policy, and job and training opportunities. NYDIC provides current news to the youth development field and has one of the largest online libraries, providing practice-related information at low-cost or no cost.

Promising Practices in Afterschool

Promising Practices in Afterschool (PPAS) provides practitioners with a forum to find and share things that are working in afterschool programs. Visit the PPAS website to share your own promising practices or browse promising practices from around the country.

Using Title I to Support Out-of-School Time and Community School Initiatives

This January 2002 strategy brief from The Finance Project presents an overview of the Title I program, including recent legislative changes, and highlights three strategies that community leaders, program developers, and school officials can employ to access these funds to support out-of-school time and community school initiatives.

The content of this publication does not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the U.S. Department of Education, the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, nor does mention of trade names, commercial products, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government. This website was produced with funding from the U.S. Department of Education, on contract no. ED-01-CO-0092/0001.