Issues and Opportunities in Out-of-School Time Evaluation Briefs
After School Programs in the 21st Century: Their Potential and What It Takes
to Achieve It
Number 10, February 2008
Priscilla M. D. Little, Christopher Wimer, and Heather B. Weiss, Harvard
Family Research Project
Harvard Family Research Project’s (HFRP) Issues and Opportunities
in Out-of-School Time Evaluation briefs highlight current research and evaluation
work in the out-of-school time field. These documents draw on HFRP’s research
work in out-of-school time to provide practitioners, funders, evaluators, and
policymakers with information to help them in their work. This brief looks at
10 years of research on after school programs and finds implications for the
future of the after school field.
This research brief draws on seminal research and evaluation studies to address
two primary questions: (a) Does participation in after school programs make
a difference, and, if so (b) what conditions appear to be necessary to achieve
positive results? The brief concludes with a set of questions to spur conversation
about the evolving role of after school in efforts to expand time and opportunities
for children and youth in the 21st century.
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in easily digestible form.
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and evaluations cited in the full report.
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