Evaluations Backgrounder: A Summary of Formal Evaluations of Afterschool Programs' Impact on Behavior, Safety and Family Life

Institution	Afterschool Alliance, Washington, DC.
Titel	Evaluations Backgrounder: A Summary of Formal Evaluations of Afterschool Programs' Impact on Behavior, Safety and Family Life
Quelle	(2007), (24 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Program Effectiveness; School Activities; Urban Schools; Parent Participation; Parent School Relationship; Obesity; Family Life; Discipline; After School Programs; Child Care; Accountability; Child Safety; Academic Achievement; California; Maryland; Massachusetts; New York; North Carolina; Ohio; Pennsylvania; Texas + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Elternmitwirkung; Parent-school relationship; Parent school relationships; Parent-school relationships; Parent-school relation; Parent school relation; Eltern-Schule-Beziehung; Adipositas; Disziplin; After school education; After-school programs; Program; Programs; Programme; Außerschulische Jugendbildung; Programm; Kinderfürsorge; Kinderbetreuung; Verantwortung; Schulleistung; Kalifornien; Master-Studiengang
Abstract	Although afterschool programs for children have been operating for many years in some communities, the afterschool movement--the great national awakening to the opportunity afterschool offers--is just a few years old. As public demand for afterschool has grown, so has the demand for accountability. That is particularly true in afterschool programs that spend public dollars. After all, where tax dollars flow, so must accountability to taxpayers. Fortunately for afterschool advocates, a number of afterschool evaluations are showing important gains for children, not only in terms of academic achievement but also in terms of safety, discipline, attendance, and avoidance of risky behaviors. In addition, researchers have found that afterschool programs encourage increased parental involvement, an important building block for student success. This updated Evaluations Backgrounder includes new or updated information from evaluations of Citizen Schools, the Boys & Girls Clubs' Project Learn, Texas 21st Century Community Learning Centers programs, The After-School Corporation, the Ohio Urban School Initiative School Age Child Care Project, the Fort Worth Afterschool Program, Generacion Diez, Woodcraft Rangers' Nvision After School Program, YMCA of Greater New York's Virtual Y Program, and the Mahoney and Lord Study of Program Participation and Obesity. In addition, highlights from previous evaluations of well known afterschool programs such as New York City Beacons, the Maryland After School Opportunity Fund Program, and more are included. A list of the studies and their key findings is provided at the end of this document on page 21. Moreover, this compilation focuses chiefly on the impact of afterschool programs on student safety, behavior and discipline, and on the closely related topic of afterschool's effect on parents' concerns about their children's safety. Also provided are 15 related Web sites for further exploration of this subject matter. An appendix provides: "Afterschool Evaluations at a Glance." (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10