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December 23, 2014
Charles Smith, Tom Akiva, Gina McGovern, and Stephen Peck

This research article discusses efforts to define and improve the quality of afterschool services, highlighting areas of agreement and identifying leading-edge issues. We conclude that the afterschool field is especially well positioned to deliver high-quality services and demonstrate effectiveness at scale because a strong foundation has been built for continuous improvement of service quality.

October 1, 2008
Charles Smith and Laurie Van Egeren

This paper, published in the Fall 2008 edition of Afterschool Matters: Occasional Paper Series, describes community partnerships in Michigan’s 21st CCLC programs.

April 1, 2010
Charles Smith, Stephen Peck, Anne-Sophie Denault, Juliane Blazevski, and Tom Akiva

This paper uses pattern centered methods to identify three different quality profiles (high, medium, and low) that characterize staff instruction in out-of-school time programs.

January 1, 2012
Elizabeth Devaney, Charles Smith, and Kenneth K. Y. Wong

Case study of scaled QIS implementation in Rhode Island with focus on manager skills and implementation at the organization level.