Hours of opportunity: Vol. 2: The power of data to improve after-school programs citywide

Medientyp: E-Book

Titel: Hours of opportunity : Vol. 2: The power of data to improve after-school programs citywide

Beteiligte: Gershwin, Daniel [Sonstige Person, Familie und Körperschaft]; Scherer, Ethan [Sonstige Person, Familie und Körperschaft]; McCombs, Jennifer Sloan [Sonstige Person, Familie und Körperschaft]; Constant, Louay [Sonstige Person, Familie und Körperschaft]; Orr, Nate [Sonstige Person, Familie und Körperschaft]; Bodilly, Susan J. [Sonstige Person, Familie und Körperschaft]; Naftel, Scott [Sonstige Person, Familie und Körperschaft]

Körperschaft: Rand Education (Institute) ; Rand Corporation ; Wallace Foundation

Erschienen: Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 2010

Umfang: 1 Online-Ressource (xxii, 90 pages)

Sprache: Englisch

ISBN: 9780833050496; 0833051024; 0833050494; 9780833051028

Schlagwörter: After-school programs United States Case studies ; School improvement programs United States Case studies ; After-school programs ; School improvement programs ; Case studies ; United States ; EDUCATION ; Students & Student Life ; EDUCATION ; General ; Electronic books

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Anmerkungen: Includes bibliographical references (pages 87-90)

Beschreibung: High-quality out-of-school-time (OST) programs have a positive effect on youth development, but many cities have found it difficult to address the challenges of expanding and improving the quality of programs offered to underserved and high-need students. In response, The Wallace Foundation sponsored an initiative to help five cities increase collaboration, access, quality, information sharing, and sustainability in their OST systems. In many cities that provide financial support for OST, funding is funneled through a variety of youth-serving agencies that lack basic information about the programs they fund. The second in this three-volume series describes how the grantees and three other cities used management information systems to collect and use data on OST programs, including enrollment, attendance, and student outcomes. Cities' use of management information systems to collect and report data on OST programs is relatively new, so the experiences of the case-study cities offer valuable lessons for the field. For example, management information systems are capable of supporting OST system improvement but require careful planning, the use of data from these systems can lead to additional funding and support, the customization of web-based systems encourages their use, providing high-quality training to providers increases the use of the systems, and many providers are overburdened by requirements to use multiple management information systems, so eliminating redundancies and coordinating data requirements can ensure more efficient program provision and reporting

High-quality out-of-school-time (OST) programs have a positive effect on youth development, but many cities have found it difficult to address the challenges of expanding and improving the quality of programs offered to underserved and high-need students. In response, The Wallace Foundation sponsored an initiative to help five cities increase collaboration, access, quality, information sharing, and sustainability in their OST systems. In many cities that provide financial support for OST, funding is funneled through a variety of youth-serving agencies that lack basic information about the programs they fund. The second in this three-volume series describes how the grantees and three other cities used management information systems to collect and use data on OST programs, including enrollment, attendance, and student outcomes. Cities' use of management information systems to collect and report data on OST programs is relatively new, so the experiences of the case-study cities offer valuable lessons for the field. For example, management information systems are capable of supporting OST system improvement but require careful planning, the use of data from these systems can lead to additional funding and support, the customization of web-based systems encourages their use, providing high-quality training to providers increases the use of the systems, and many providers are overburdened by requirements to use multiple management information systems, so eliminating redundancies and coordinating data requirements can ensure more efficient program provision and reporting

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