Tools for Evaluating Afterschool Programs
(Resources for Evaluating Your After School Program)

After-School Initiative: Evaluation Brief (2004)
The Colorado Trust
(2004)
http://www.thecoloradotrust.org/repository/publications/pdfs/ASIBriefJul04.pdf

            “Provides preliminary evaluation findings about the initiative, including demographic information on the young people served, the different types of after-school programs, outcomes data, youth satisfaction with the programs and how the youth say they’re changing as a result of these programs. The preliminary mid-initiative findings of the five-year initiative are promising.”

Bibliography of Research on Youth-Adult Partnerships

          Compiled by Matt Calvert, Kyle Fogt, Ken Jones, Suzanne Le Menestrel, Carole MacNeil, and Allison Shean. Bibliography of Research on Youth-Adult Partnerships

Childcare Evaluation and Assessment Tools
National Network for Child Care
(2002)
http://www.nncc.org/Evaluation/evaltools.html

            “The non-standardized instruments provided in this section were contributed by Extension educators across the country as a way to share evaluation and assessment instruments related to child care and development. These files include examples of child care needs assessments, youth assessments, program evaluation, training, and workshop evaluation.”

Cost Study of Quality Out of School Time Programs
The Finance Project
Public/Private Ventures (P/PV)
http://www.financeproject.org/documents/Revisedexecutivesummary.pdf
http://www.financeproject.org/documents/project_description.pdf

          “The Finance Project and Public/Private Ventures are pleased to release The Costs of Out-of-School Time Programs: A Brief Review of the Literature, available online at:
http://www.financeproject.org/documents/Revisedexecutivesummary.pdf, which summarizes the existing knowledge on the costs of out-of-school-time learning.  This literature review is part of an on-going study of the costs of high-quality out-of-school-time learning programs supported by the Wallace Foundation.  For more information, see the study description online at
http://www.financeproject.org/documents/project_description.pdf.”

Evaluation of California's After School Learning and Safe Neighborhoods Partnerships Program: 1999-2001
California Department of Education
(February 2002)
http://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/ba/as/execsummary.asp

            “This report is a summary of the findings of statewide and local evaluations of the After School Learning and Safe Neighborhoods Partnerships Program (ASLSNPP).”

Evaluation Strategies Regarding After School Program Outcomes and Sustainability: Evaluator and Extension Educator Perspective
University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension
(2004)
http://www.ceinfo.unh.edu/4H/4HAfSchl.htm

            This page provides “a list of the instruments and consent forms that were developed to evaluate the after school programs which are a part of the State Strengthening Project. Evaluation efforts are focused toward program outcomes, aiming to measure program goals and objectives. Feel free to use or adapt them to your program evaluation efforts.”

It’s About Time: A Look at Out-of-School Time for Urban Teens
National Institute on Out-of-School Time
(February 2004)
http://www.niost.org/AOLTW.pdf

            “The authors discuss effective program characteristics and strategies for citywide collaboration, along with steps for cities and organizations to build their capacity to meet the needs of today’s teen youth during the out-of-school time hours.”

Massachusetts After School Research Study
Wellesley Center for Women
(2005)
http://www.wcwonline.org/mars/index.html

            “The Massachusetts After school Research Study (MARS) is a statewide study examining the links between after school program quality and student outcomes, and the efficacy of various models of after school for youth.” The link to the executive summary of the final report is provided on the site.

Moving Towards Success: Framework of After-School Programs
C.S. Mott Foundation
(May 2005)
http://www.publicengagement.com/Framework/

            The Framework is a working document developed by a committee of preeminent researchers, evaluators and program experts with funding from the C.S. Mott Foundation.

National Institute on Out-of-School Time (NIOST)
(Copyright 2003)
http://www.niost.org/index.html

            “Our Mission is to ensure that all children, youth, and families have access to high quality programs, activities, and opportunities during non-school hours. NIOST believes that these experiences are essential to the healthy development of children and youth, who then can become effective and capable members of society. Our work bridges the worlds of research and practice.”

National Institute on Out-of-School Time (NIOST)
Wellesley Center for Women
(2005)
http://www.wcwonline.org/niost/index.html

            “To disseminate the latest knowledge and build the leadership of the field, NIOST produces a wide array of research and technical papers, assessment and training tools, and publications. NIOST offers pertinent information and ideas on the listserv, SAC-L, and the NIOST web-site and contributes columns to national publications for practitioners and policy makers.”

Review of Extended-day and After-school Programs and their Effectiveness
Center for Research on the Education of Students Placed At Risk (CRESPAR)
(October 1998)
http://www.csos.jhu.edu/crespar/techreports/report24.pdf

            Reviews the effectiveness of 34 after-school programs and lists components for effective programs.