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Direct linkWimer, Christopher; Harris, Erin – Harvard Family Research Project, 2012
As the only federal funding stream that provides dedicated funds for afterschool programs across the country, the 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC) initiative plays an important role in supporting the innovation that takes place in afterschool programs. Social innovation has been defined as "a novel solution to a social problem…
Descriptors: Social Problems, After School Programs, Educational Innovation, Educational Finance
Harris, Erin – Harvard Family Research Project, 2008
Harvard Family Research Project's Out-of-School Time (OST) Program Research and Evaluation Database and Bibliography provide accessible and timely information about research and evaluations involving OST programs and initiatives. This Research Update explores key themes emerging from 13 recent reports added to the OST Research and Evaluation…
Descriptors: Program Improvement, After School Programs, Program Effectiveness, Databases
Harris, Erin – Harvard Family Research Project, 2008
This "Research Update" explores two major themes: (1) Using evaluation to shape program improvement and planning; and (2) Out-of-school time benefits to older youth and their families. Themes were culled from 13 research and evaluation reports added to the Out-of-School Time (OST) Program Research and Evaluation Bibliography in September 2008.…
Descriptors: Program Improvement, After School Programs, Program Effectiveness, Accountability
DeDeo, Carrie-Anne, Ed. – Harvard Family Research Project, 2007
This issue of "The Evaluation Exchange" describes new developments in evaluating advocacy and policy change efforts that attempt to inform or influence public policy at the local, state, or federal levels. Heather B. Weiss introduces the themes in this issue in "From the Director's Desk," examining how evaluation of advocacy differs from…
Descriptors: Social Change, Public Policy, Logical Thinking, Interaction
Little, Priscilla M. D., Ed. – Harvard Family Research Project, 2004
This issue of "The Evaluation Exchange" focuses on out-of-school time (OST). Several authors provide insights into how they, and others, are tackling measurement issues, from using technology and data systems to collect information and track progress, to applying lessons learned from developing early childhood quality measures. Other authors…
Descriptors: After School Education, After School Programs, Program Improvement, Early Childhood Education
Westmoreland, Helen; Little, Priscilla M. D. – Harvard Family Research Project, Harvard University, 2006
A growing body of evidence confirms what makes sense intuitively--quality matters for participation in after school programs. Nationwide, a chief concern among after school stakeholders is programming for middle schoolers--too "old" to be told what to do after school and too "young" to be left home alone. A national dialogue about the state of…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Program Improvement, Persistence, Study Skills
