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Burkhauser, Mary; Metz, Allison J. R. – Child Trends, 2009
As out-of-school time programs become larger and more complex, they are collaborating more and more with outside individuals, groups, and organizations--in other words, with systems-level partners. Partnerships among out-of-school time programs, schools, and the community have been recognized as a feature of high-performing programs. In addition,…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Evidence, Data, Decision Making
Metz, Allison; Burkhauser, Mary; Collins, Ashleigh; Bandy, Tawana – Child Trends, 2008
The implementation of programs and practices that reflect the best available research and evaluation is a new and very promising development in the out-of-school time field. However, successfully implementing a new, evidence-based program or practice is a major challenge for practitioners. This challenge is due, in large part, to a lack of…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Program Implementation, Evidence, Administrator Effectiveness
Collins, Ashleigh; Burkhauser, Mary – Child Trends, 2008
The implementation of high-quality evidence-based practices cannot occur without facilitative administration, systems-level partnerships, and decision-support data systems. The authors believe that understanding "what works" in program "implementation" is just as important as understanding "what works" in a program "model." Recently, researchers…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Program Implementation, Models, Partnerships in Education