Evaluation of New Jersey After 3: First-Year Report on Programs and Participants

Autor/inn/en	Kim, Jenny H.; Miller, Tiffany D.; Reisner, Elizabeth R.; Walking Eagle, Karen P.
Institution	Policy Studies Associates, Inc., Washington, DC.
Titel	Evaluation of New Jersey After 3: First-Year Report on Programs and Participants
Quelle	(2006), (90 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Quantitative Daten; Homework; Attendance Patterns; After School Programs; Educational Quality; Evaluation Methods; After School Education; Longitudinal Studies; State Programs; Program Evaluation; Educational Objectives; Parent Attitudes; Student Characteristics; Student Attitudes; Interviews; Surveys; New Jersey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hausaufgabe; After school education; After-school programs; Program; Programs; Programme; Außerschulische Jugendbildung; Programm; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; After school programs; Out of school education; Out-of-school education; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Regierungsprogramm; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Educational objective; Bildungsziel; Erziehungsziel; Elternverhalten; Schülerverhalten; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung
Abstract	To expand and improve after-school opportunities for children, New Jersey After 3 (NJ After 3) has sought to develop and implement a comprehensive system of high-quality after-school programs throughout the state. Specifically, NJ After 3 seeks to increase the number of after-school programs in New Jersey that provide a safe environment for children during after-school hours, offer enriching academic activities and homework assistance, and expose children to nurturing individuals and meaningful experiences that promote intellectual, physical, social, and artistic development. Under an agreement with NJ After 3, Policy Studies Associates, Inc., is conducting a three-year, longitudinal evaluation of the statewide initiative. This report describes what the evaluation has learned about the program goals, participants, staff, activities, operations, and short-term outcomes of this initiative based on data collected from August 2005 through July 2006. This first-year report is organized into seven main sections. The first section describes the evaluation design and processes in more detail. The second section discusses the program-level goals of the initiative and of individual programs. The third section describes student participants' characteristics and their program attendance patterns. Section four provides details about programs' activities, structural features, and resources. Sections five and six present baseline data on key program and participant outcomes emerging during the first phase of this three-year evaluation. The final section summarizes preliminary findings regarding structures and practices that are likely to affect the achievement of program goals. This discussion points out program challenges and weaknesses identified by staff, students, and parents. A technical appendix describes the method used in selecting the in-depth study sample. (Contains 28 exhibits and 4 footnotes.) [This report was submitted to New Jersey After 3 by Policy Studies Associates, Inc.] (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Policy Studies Associates, Inc. 1718 Connecticut Avenue NW Suite 400, Washington, DC 20009. Tel: 202-939-9780; Fax: 202-939-5732; Web site: http://www.policystudies.com
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10