A quality program has a systems for measuring outcomes and using that information for ongoing program planning, assessment, improvement and evaluation.
Resources:
- Defining Quality
- Afterschool Evaluation 101: How to Evaluate an Expanded Learning Program
- Documenting Progress and Demonstrating Results: Evaluating Local Out-of-School Time Programs
- Holstead Formal Report
- Holstead Program Quality Assessment Tool
- Meaningful Assessment
- Measuring Youth Program Quality: A Guide to Assessment Tools, Second Edition
- Measuring Youth Program Quality: A Guide to Self Assessment Tools
- Social Policy Report
- Student Recruitment and Retention in Middle School Programs
- Characteristics of High Quality Afterschool Programming
- Self-Assessment of High Quality After School Practices
- Raising the Bar for After School Programs: Available Resources
- Summary of IES Recommendations for Structuring Out of School Time to Improve Academic Outcomes
- System-Level Readiness Assessment Tool
- Using Quality Assessment Tools to Evaluate OST Linkages
- Quality in Afterschool Programming
- Continuous Quality Improvement in Afterschool Settings: Impact findings from the Youth Program Quality Intervention study