Building Citywide Systems for Quality: A Guide and Case Studies for Afterschool Leaders

October 1, 2012
Nicole Yohalem, Elizabeth Devaney, Charles Smith, and Alicia Wilson-Ahlstrom

This guide offers case studies that explain how cities and intermediaries can work with afterschool providers across a neighborhood, city, or region to build quality into the programs that are part of an afterschool system.

The STEM supplement to the Youth Program Quality Assessment

January 1, 2012
Charles Smith, Samantha Hallman, Barb Hillaker, Samantha Sugar, and Gina McGovern

This report describes the process of development of the STEM supplement to the Youth Program Quality Assessment and preliminary reliability and validity evidence based on data collected during The Afterzone Summer Scholars program sponsored by the Providence After School Alliance (PASA).

Continuous Quality Improvement in Afterschool Settings: Impact Findings from the Youth Program Quality Intervention Study

January 1, 2012
Charles Smith, Tom Akiva, Samantha Sugar, and Thomas Devaney

The David P. Weikart Center for Youth Program Quality conducted a three year intervention study to examine the Youth Program Quality Intervention (YPQI). The YPQI is a data-driven continuous improvement model for school and community-based sites serving youth during afterschool hours.