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Kanefuji, Fuyuko – International Journal for Research on Extended Education, 2020
This study examines concepts surrounding the quality of afterschool programs in Japan and related challenges using qualitative and quantitative methods. A content analysis of government guidelines for afterschool programs provided by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) and the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Research Methodology
Allen, Tiffany; Bronte-Tinkew, Jacinta – Child Trends, 2008
Many out-of-school time programs want to learn more about how the children and youth they serve are faring. Outcome evaluations allow programs to do just that. This brief provides a basic review of outcome evaluations, discusses why they are important and when they are useful, and presents guidelines, strategies, and techniques for their use in…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Evaluation Methods, Data Collection, Program Effectiveness
Wallace, Michael B.; Thompson, Sheila D.; Hughes, Gerunda B. – 1998
As a preliminary step within a comprehensive evaluation plan, direct observation of a "safety-net" academic enrichment component of the College Board's Equity 2000 Program, in the form of the Saturday Academy, was conducted by researchers from the Center for Research on the Education of Students Placed at Risk/Howard University…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, After School Programs, Educational Environment, Educational Planning
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Medrich, Elliott A. – 1977
Issues of daily life experience from a child's perspective were examined in the Spring 1976 as the Children's Time Study interviewed 764 preadolescents (aged 11-12) from Oakland, California and their mothers. The interviewers explored children's use of time outside the school by focusing on five domains of time use: (1) parent-child interactions;…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Asian Americans, Blacks, Childhood Interests
Pittman, Karen; Wilson-Ahlstrom, Alicia; Yohalem, Nicole – Forum for Youth Investment, 2003
On February 3, 2003, the Bush Administration unveiled its request to cut funding for the 21st Century Community Learning Centers program by 40 percent in fiscal year 2004. This date also marked the administration's release of When Schools Stay Open Late: The National Evaluation of the 21st-Century Learning Centers Program, First Year Findings, the…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Public Policy, Educational Policy, Theory Practice Relationship