Evaluation

This section includes 20 resources on school accountability and afterschool program outcomes. information on methods of evaluation, data-collection procedures, standards, and testing is provided.

• Afterschool Initiative: Evaluation (New)

• Analyzing Qualitative Data

• Analyzing Quantitative Data

• Charting the Benefits of High-Quality After-School Program Experiences: Evidence From New Research on Improving After-School Opportunities for Disadvantaged Youth (New)

• Collecting Evaluation Data: An Overview of Sources and Methods

• Collecting Evaluation Data: Direct Observation

• Collecting Evaluation Data: Surveys

• Documenting Progress and Demonstrating Results: Evaluating Local Out-of-School Time Programs

• Field Guide to Nonprofit Program Design, Marketing, and Evaluation, Fourth Edition (Revised)

• Measuring Youth Program Quality: A Guide to Assessment Tools (New)

• Out-of-School Time Evaluation Snapshot: Measurement Tools for Evaluating Out-of-School Time Programs: An Evaluation Resource (New)

• Planning a Program Evaluation and Planning a Program Evaluation Worksheet

• Program Evaluation: Forms and Approaches, Third Edition (New)

• Questionnaire Design: Asking Questions With a Purpose

• Sampling

• Selected Evaluation Terms

• Successful Program Evaluation (New)

• The ABCs of Evaluation: Timeless Techniques for Program and Project Managers, Second Edition (Revised)

• The Costs of Out-of-School-Time Programs: A Review of the Available Evidence (New)

• Using Research and Reason in Education: How Teachers Can Use Scientifically Based Research to Make Curricular and Instructional Decisions