Investing in Success: Key Strategies for Building Quality in After-School Programs
| Autor: | Jean Baldwin Grossman, Jessica Sheldon, Leigh Hopkins, Amy J. A. Arbreton |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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Quality Control Program evaluation Educational measurement Health (social science) media_common.quotation_subject Coaching Literacy Consistency (negotiation) Reading (process) ComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDEDUCATION Humans Operations management Quality (business) Program Development Child Applied Psychology media_common Medical education Schools Total quality management business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Reading Educational Status Female Educational Measurement business Psychology Program Evaluation Total Quality Management |
| Zdroj: | American Journal of Community Psychology. 45:394-404 |
| ISSN: | 0091-0562 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10464-010-9296-y |
| Popis: | This paper examines the relation between the implementation quality of after-school literacy activities and student reading gains. The data are from an evaluation of a multi-site after-school program in California in which continuous program quality improvement strategies were implemented to improve the delivery of a new balanced literacy program. Strategies included: (1) targeted staff training throughout the year, (2) regular observations and coaching of staff, and (3) the use of data to measure progress. Programs struggled to successfully implement these strategies early in the initiative, but gradually improved the quality and consistency of their use. Program quality, as measured through observations, also increased. Results suggested that the size of student reading gains were positively correlated with the quality of literacy programming provided by each instructor. |
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