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050	0	0	_aHQ778.6 _b.B43 2001
100	1		_aBeckett, Megan K. _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aAccountability for after-school care : _bdevising standards and measuring adherence to them / _cMegan Beckett, Angela Hawken, Alison Jacknowitz.
264		1	_aSanta Monica, CA : _bRAND, _c2001.
300			_axix, 105 pages : _billustrations ; _c23 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
500			_a"Labor and Population."
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 101-105).
505	0		_aIntroduction -- 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 .
520			_aIn 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.
530			_aAlso available on the internet via WWW in PDF format.
650		0	_aSchool-age child care _zCalifornia _xEvaluation.
650		0	_aSchool-age child care _zUnited States _xEvaluation.
700	1		_aHawken, Angela, _d1971- _eauthor.
700	1		_aJacknowitz, Alison, _d1972- _eauthor.
710	2		_aLabor and Population Program.
710	2		_aRand Corporation.
710	2		_aStone Soup Child Care Programs.
856	4	1	_yOnline Access _uhttp://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR1411/
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