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Author Beckett, Megan K.

Title Accountability for after-school care : devising standards and measuring adherence to them / Megan Beckett, Angela Hawken, Alison Jacknowitz.

Imprint Santa Monica, Calif. : Rand, Labor & Population, 2001.

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 105 pages)
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Note "MR-1411-SSCCP"--Page 4 of cover."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 101-105).
Contents Introduction -- Identifying After-School Care Practices -- Measuring Adherence to After-School Care Practices -- Adherence to After-School Care Practices by Stone Soup Programs: Results -- Summary -- Appendix A: List of Publications Reviewed -- Appendix B: Summary of Studies/Reports Reviewed -- Appendix C: Survey Instruments.
Summary In recent years, a host of long-term trends -- including an increase in the number of working parents, a rise in violent incidents involving children, and a move toward academic accountability -- have led the American public to pay increasing heed to how and where their children spend their time after school. In response to these growing concerns, the past decade has seen a steady increase in the number of programs devoted to after-school care. Yet this proliferation of after-school programs has brought with it a concomitant need for sound program evaluation. Accordingly, this report summarizes RAND's effort to gauge the effectiveness of Stone Soup Child Care Programs, a nonprofit organization that administers school-based after-school care to children throughout California. In pursuit of its goal, RAND undertook three tasks: a thorough review of the literature, carried out to identify relevant "best practices"; the development and implementation of a data collection tool designed to measure Stone Soup's adherence to such practices; and a thoroughgoing analysis of the data compiled. After collecting extensive data from Stone Soup's central office and site supervisors, RAND concluded that, on average, Stone Soup does a competent job of adhering to good practices. At the same time, however, RAND's synthesis of the literature revealed a paucity of reliable studies on what practices constitute the provision of quality care. More research must therefore be conducted to better identify sound management practices in the critical arena of after-school care. The tool is included in the report to be useful for practitioners or funding organizations interested in evaluating how well after-school care programs are adhering to currently recognized practices
Note Print version record.
Language English.
Subject School-age child care -- Research -- United States.
Garde des enfants d'âge scolaire -- Recherche -- États-Unis.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security.
EDUCATION -- Educational Policy & Reform -- General.
United States https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq
Added Author Hawken, Angela, 1971-
Jacknowitz, Alison, 1972-
Other Form: Print version: Beckett, Megan. Accountability for after-school care. Santa Monica, Calif. : Rand, Labor & Population, 2001 0833030728 (DLC) 2001048557 (OCoLC)48033118
ISBN 0833033824 (electronic bk.)
9780833033826 (electronic bk.)
9780833030726
0833030728
Report No. RAND/MR-1411-SSCCP
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DEBBG BV044078855
DEBSZ 422432539
DKDLA 820120-katalog:999943880705765
GBVCP 1008648043
GBVCP 801045754
NZ1 14234691
AU@ 000075798950

 
    
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