Improving After-School Program Quality

Proponents of after-school programming in California are aggressively planning a collaborative policy agenda for the coming year.

Funds were given to help AIR disseminate information obtained from the Wisconsin After-School Continuous Improvement Process (WASCIP) quality advisor study through several publications.

Funds were given to the Forum for their support of California’s efforts to build quality improvement and accountability systems for after-school programs, and to better align school-day improvement initiatives and after-school improvement initiatives.

American Youth Policy Forum (AYPF) will provide information to national policymakers—including six Capitol Hill forums—about research on effective strategies to improve the quality of youth-serving programs.

Support was given for a new series of Mayors’ Institutes on Children and Families.

What is the impact of self-Assessment and quality advisor support on afterschool program quality?

Support was given to the Campaign for Educational Equity’s state-wide Task Force on Comprehensive Educational Opportunity.

Support was given to generate awareness of best practices, research, and successful models of after-school programs.

Support was given to chronicle the ten-year history of state funding for after-school programs in California, with particular emphasis on the events preceding the Proposition 49 campaign.

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