Recruiting and Retaining Older African American and Hispanic Boys in After-School Programs: What We Know and What We Still Need to Learn
Kauh, T. J.
This brief overviews promising strategies for recruiting and retaining middle- and high-school-aged African American and Hispanic males in after-school programs. Based on a literature review and interviews with program leaders, the study addresses accessibility, cultural relevance, and flexibility. The strategies identified mirror those deemed impo...
Date Published: 2010-06
Spotlight: 2010-07
Engaging Older Youth: Program and City-Level Strategies to Support Sustained Participation in Out-of-School Time
Deschenes, S. N., et al. (research synopsis also available)
This study looks at almost 200 programs serving mostly disadvantaged young people in 6 cities. Delving into how cities and programs might boost middle- and high-school attendance, the researchers find that high retention programs have 5 key characteristics. Among them: providing leadership opportunities to the students and having staff members who ...
Date Published: 2010-04
Spotlight: 2010-06
Partnerships for Learning: Promising Practices in Integrating School and Out-of-School Time Program Supports
Harvard Family Research Project
"This new report from HFRP is aimed to help school and OST program leaders, decision-makers, and funders, to understand and implement effective OST-school partnerships for learning. Specifically, it describes the benefits of OST-school partnerships…presents five research-derived principles of promising OST-school partnerships…profiles three 'on-the...
Date Published: 2010-03
Spotlight: 2010-04
Strengthening Partnerships and Building Public Will for Out-of-School Time Programs (pdf)
Padgette, H. C., Deich, S., & Russell, L.
"This example-filled guide by the National League of Cities…describes three strategies municipal leaders have used successfully to advance after-school programming: involving many organizations and agencies in the OST effort; keeping after-school on the public agenda; and heading the development of shared vision for after-school and other out-of-sc...
Date Published: 2010-03
Spotlight: 2010-05
Head Start Impact Study Final Report
U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services, Administration for Children & Families
"The study measured the cognitive and social/emotional development, health status and behavior of approximately five thousand 3 and 4 year olds….The study showed that at the end of one program year, access to Head Start positively influenced children's school readiness. When measured again at the end of kindergarten and first grade, however, the He...
Date Published: 2010-01
Spotlight: 2010-02
Adolescent Literacy Development in Out-of-School Time: A Practitioner’s Guide (pdf)
Moje, E. B., & Tysvaer, N.
"This guidebook provides the best information to date on the various strategies for engaging youth in literate practices in structured afterschool, summer, and weekend youth development programs."
Date Published: 2010
Spotlight: 2009-11
An Examination of the Provision of Supplemental Educational Services in Nine Rural Schools (pdf)
Barley, Z. A., & Wegner, S.
“This study used interview data from nine rural public schools in order to identify underlying issues with eligible student participation. Implementing the SES program successfully has proven difficult for eight of the nine rural schools in this study with student participation 5% or less in seven of the nine schools.…We also sought to identify wha...
Date Published: 2010
Spotlight: 2010-08
It’s Time For Summer: An Analysis Of Recent Policy And Funding Opportunities (pdf)
Fairchild, R., Smink, J., & Stewart, A. B.
"After more than a decade of engaging in rigorous research and evaluation, developing policy…this paper reflects comprehensive and robust analysis of how to position summer learning in the center of education reform….The recommendations are designed to help key decision-makers navigate and influence policies and funding streams which are crucial to...
Date Published: 2009-09
Spotlight: 2009-10
The Evaluation of Enhanced Academic Instruction in After-School Programs: Final Report
Black, A. R., et al. (NCEE 2009-4077)
The primary purpose of this study is to determine whether providing structured academic instruction in reading or math to students in grades two to five during their after-school hours--instead of the less formal academic supports offered in regular after-school programs--improves their academic performance in the subject.
Date Published: 2009-09
Spotlight: 2010-01
Structuring Out-of-School Time to Improve Academic Achievement: IES Practice Guide (pdf)
Beckett, M. et al. (NCEE #2009-012)
“Out-of-school time programs can enhance academic achievement….The five recommendations in this guide are intended to help district and school administrators, out-of-school program providers, and educators design out-of-school time programs that will increase learning for students. The guide also describes the research supporting each recommendatio...
Date Published: 2009-07
Spotlight: 2009-08
Implementation and Outcomes of Supplemental Educational Services: The 2007-2008 Tennessee State-Wide Evaluation Study (pdf)
Ross, S. M., Neergaard, L. L., Harrison, L., Ford, J., Paek, J., Sanders, W., et al.
This paper evaluated SES in Tennessee to determine the "impacts on student achievement" and "perceptions of SES implementation and outcomes by district coordinators, principals/site coordinators, teachers, and parents. Using value-added methodology, statistical analyses of achievement data controlled for both student ability and teacher effects in ...
Date Published: 2009-05
Spotlight: 2009-07
The Federal Role in Out-of-School Learning: After-School, Summer Learning, and Family Involvement as Critical Learning Supports
Weiss, H. B., Little, P. M. D., Bouffard, S. M., Deschenes, S. N., & Janc Malone, H.
“This report from Harvard Family Research Project makes a research-based case for federal provision of out-of-school complementary learning supports from birth through high school, particularly for poor children, so that all students gain the skills that economists, educators, and employers agree are necessary for success in the 21st century.”
Date Published: 2009-05
Spotlight: 2009-07
Financial Strategies to Support Citywide Systems of Out-of-School Time Programs: Strategy Guide (pdf)
National League of Cities’ Institute for Youth, Education, and Families
"This guide describes four strategies cities have used successfully to support OST system-building. It offers examples of how cities have put these strategies into effect and describes funding sources tapped, including special local tax levies and programs in federal agencies including the U.S. Departments of Education and Agriculture."
Date Published: 2009-03
Spotlight: 2009-05
Improving SES Quality: State Approval, Monitoring, and Evaluation of SES Providers
Steven Ross, Jennifer Harmon, & Kenneth Wong
“The purpose of this [free downloadable] practice guide is to provide state SES [Supplemental educational services] directors and other stakeholders with useful information to help improve their practices in the areas of approving, monitoring, and evaluating providers. At the same time, the guide documents the collective accomplishments, successes,...
Date Published: 2009-03
Spotlight: 2009-03
The Quality Imperative: A State Guide to Achieving the Promise of Extended Learning Opportunities
Princiotta, D., & Fortune, A.
This report defines high-quality Extended Learning Opportunities (ELOs) and urges state leaders to act to support the development, sustainability, and availability of high quality ELOs, based on research. It also profiles a state for each action area: establishing a team of stakeholders; identifying federal and state funds; establishing program sta...
Date Published: 2009-03
Spotlight: 2009-06
After-School Programs in Public Elementary Schools (pdf)
Parsad, B., & Lewis, L. (NCES 2009–043).
"This study provides a national profile of various types of formal after-school programs physically
located at public elementary schools in 2008," including SES programs, and the barriers to enrolling eligible children.
Date Published: 2009-02
Spotlight: 2009-02
The Positive Impact of Social and Emotional Learning for Kindergarten to Eighth-Grade Students: Findings from Three Scientific Reviews (pdf)
Payton, J., Weissberg, R.P., Durlak, J.A., Dymnicki, A.B., Taylor, R.D., Schellinger, K.B., & Pachan, M.
This report summarizes results from three large-scale reviews of research on the impact of social and emotional learning programs. “SEL programs yielded multiple benefits [academic, behavior & attitudes] in each review and were effective in both school and after-school settings and for students with and without behavioral and emotional problems. Th...
Date Published: 2008-12
Spotlight: 2009-04
Final Regulations for Title I
U.S. Dept. of Education
Final regulations to strengthen, clarify, and institutionalize the processes and policies associated with No Child Left Behind (NCLB). The new regulations are focused on “improved accountability and transparency, uniform and disaggregated graduation rates and improved parental notification for Supplemental Education Services and public school choic...
Date Published: 2008-10
Spotlight: 2008-12
The Evaluation of Enhanced Academic Instruction in After-School Programs: Findings After the First Year of Implementation
Black, A. R., Doolittle, F., Zhu, P., Unterman, R., & Grossman, J. B. (NCEE 2008-4021)
“This study tests whether interventions of structured approaches to academic instruction in after-school programs (one for reading and one for math) produce better academic outcomes than regular after-school services. . . .The evaluation found a statistically significant difference in student achievement between students in the math after-school pr...
Date Published: 2008-06
Spotlight: 2008-07
Strategies for Improving Out-of-School Programs in Rural Communities, Child Trends Research-to- Results Brief, #2008-18 (pdf)
Collins, A., Bronte-Tinkew, J., & Logan, C.
This research brief describes the challenges that many rural out-of-school programs face in recruiting students and staff and sustaining membership in their programs. The report suggests strategies for programs to use to obtain resources, including collaborating with community organizations and parents.
Date Published: 2008-05
Spotlight: 2008-08
Strengthening Out-of-School Time Nonprofits: The Role of Foundations in Building Organizational Capacity (pdf)
Weiss, H. B., & Little, P. M. D.
This study suggests seven possible approaches to strengthening OST organizations, including methods to ensure that OST providers become stronger partners with other groups and more adept advocates for their field. “There is [a] … need for OST nonprofits to look beyond their own programs, to work with each other, with schools, with health organizati...
Date Published: 2008-05
Spotlight: 2008-09
State and Local Implementation of the No Child Left Behind Act, Volume IV—Title I School Choice and Supplemental Educational Services: Interim Report
Gill, B., McCombs, J. S., Naftel, S., Ross, K., Song, M., Harmon, J., & Vernez, G.
This report draws on data from the 2004-05 data collection cycles of the National Longitudinal Study of NCLB and the Study of State Implementation of Accountability and Teacher Quality Under NCLB to describe patterns in the implementation and usage of SES/choice options that are offered to students in Title I schools that have been identified as i...
Date Published: 2008-04
Spotlight: 2008-05
A Place to Grow and Learn: A Citywide Approach to Building and Sustaining Out-of-School Time Learning Opportunities
The Wallace Foundation
"The Wallace Foundation has supported initiatives in five cities to develop and test new, coordinated approaches to making high-quality out-of-school time learning opportunities available to more children....In this paper, we describe the basis for our working hypothesis for expanding the quality and reach of out-of-school time learning opportunit...
Date Published: 2008-02
Spotlight: 2008-06
After School Programs in the 21st Century: Their Potential and What It Takes to Achieve It
Little, P. M. D., Wimer, C., & Weiss, H. B., Harvard Family Research Project
“This research brief draws on seminal research and evaluation studies to address two primary questions: (a) Does participation in after school programs make a difference, and, if so (b) what conditions appear to be necessary to achieve positive results? The brief concludes with a set of questions to spur conversation about the evolving role of afte...
Date Published: 2008-02
Spotlight: 2008-04
Beyond the Bell®: A Toolkit for Creating Effective Afterschool Programs: Literature Review (pdf)
Stephanidis, J. & Murphy, J.
“The purpose of this literature review is to provide a synthesis of relevant studies to support the content of the Beyond the Bell Toolkit for afterschool programs.” The review corresponds with the toolkit chapters: Management, Communication, Evaluation, Linkages with the Traditional School Day, Collaboration and Community Building, Parent and Fami...
Date Published: 2008-01
Spotlight: 2010-03
Code of Professional Conduct and Business Ethics for Supplemental Educational Services Providers
Education Industry Association
Developed as part of EIA's Campaign to Support Quality Tutoring for America's Students, this code of conduct and ethics is an excellent tool to help protect the civil rights of SES students and ensure fair play in program implementation.
Date Published: 2008-01
Spotlight: 2008-03
Examples of State Monitoring and Evaluation of Supplemental Educational Service Providers (pdf)
Colasanti, M.
This 4-page brief outlines the state policies and procedures for evaluating supplemental educational service providers in Georgia, New Mexico, and Tennessee, states for which evaluation processes "resemble the guidance from the U.S. Department of Education."
Date Published: 2007-11
Spotlight: 2007-12
Outcomes Linked to High-Quality Afterschool Programs: Longitudinal Findings from the Study of Promising Afterschool Programs (pdf)
Vandell, D. L., Reisner, E. R., & Pierce, K. M.
This study reports that "regular participation in high-quality afterschool programs is linked to significant gains in standardized test scores and work habits as well as reductions in behavior problems among disadvantaged students....The two-year study followed almost 3,000 low-income, ethnically diverse elementary and middle school students from e...
Date Published: 2007-10
Spotlight: 2007-12
Supplemental Educational Services Under NCLB: State Implementation for Students with Disabilities (pdf)
Eileen Ahearn
“Project Forum surveyed state directors of special education about the inclusion of students with disabilities in SES in their state. This document, prepared by Project Forum at the National Association of State Directors of Special Education (NASDSE), includes background on the SES program, a report of the results of the state survey and observati...
Date Published: 2007-10
Spotlight: 2008-10
Giving Parents Options: Strategies for Informing Parents and Implementing Public School Choice And Supplemental Educational Services Under No Child Left Behind
U.S. Department of Education
"This publication provides school districts and States with ideas and strategies for reaching parents and implementing the public school choice and SES provisions of No Child Left Behind."
Date Published: 2007-09
Spotlight: 2007-11
Self-Assessment Checklist for Supplemental Educational Services (Word doc)
Florida Department of Education, Bureau of Public School Options
Identified by district coordinators and providers in Florida, "the indicators included in this [21-page] document are comprised of a list of strategies, tools, and practices that have been implemented by different districts or providers and appear to be effective practices."
Date Published: 2007-09
Spotlight: 2007-10
Access to Supplemental Educational Services in the Central Region States (pdf)
Barley, Z, & Wegner, S. K.
"The Central Region states lag behind the nation in participation in the supplemental educational services that schools failing to make adequate progress for three consecutive years must offer to eligible students under the NCLB Act. Information from databases and from interviews with SEA contacts is used to examine five topics about the program."
Date Published: 2007-07
Spotlight: 2007-10
NCLB Supplemental Educational Services Procedures and Guidelines (Hawaii; pdf)
Hawaii Department of Education
The Hawai’i Department of Education specifies procedures and guidelines to Title I schools for SES in an annually revised memorandum with attachments. This document includes: 1) the SES process chronology; 2) program responsibilities and procedures for all involved; and 3) sample forms and letters, including instructions for report cards and agreem...
Date Published: 2007-07
Spotlight: 2007-06
State and Local Implementation of the No Child Left Behind Act (pdf)
U.S. Department of Education
"This report presents findings about the relationship between participation in the Title I school choice
and supplemental educational services options and student achievement from the National Longitudinal
Study of No Child Left Behind (NLS-NCLB)."
Date Published: 2007-06
Spotlight: 2007-07
State Implementation of Supplemental Educational Services under the No Child Left Behind Act (pdf)
Minnici, Angela, & Bartley, Alice P.
Based on the results of surveys of officials from 50 state educational agencies and a national sample of school districts, as well as case study research, this report describes state efforts to carry out the supplemental educational services requirements.
Date Published: 2007-03
Spotlight: 2007-06
Supplemental Educational Services in the State of Tennessee 2005-2006 (pdf)
Potter, A., Ross, S., Paek, J., & McKay, D., of the Center for Research in Education Policy & Sanders, W. L. of SAS Institute
This report presents the findings of a study conducted by the Center for Research in Educational Policy on the implementation progress of SES in Tennessee. The major goal of this research was to evaluate perceived progress and outcomes of the SES implementation in six school districts in Tenn. During the 2005-06 school year.
Date Published: 2007-02
Spotlight: 2007-03
Supplemental educational services and implementation challenges in the Northwest Region states (Issues & Answers Report, REL 2007 - No. 006) (pdf)
Saifer, S., & Speth, T.
"This report describes the initial efforts and current status of implementing supplemental educational services (SES) in the Northwest Region states, identifies information gaps and areas of further inquiry, and delineates concerns and challenges for the state education agencies."
Date Published: 2007
Spotlight: 2007-09
Harvard Family Research Project's Out-of-School Time Program Research and Evaluation Database (updated December 2006)
Harvard Family Research Project
This Harvard Family Research Project compilation of research studies and evaluations of out of school time programs provides accessible information about each study to strengthen out of school time program implementation and evaluation.
Date Published: 2006-12
Spotlight: 2007-02
2006-2007 Steps to Free Tutoring Parent Handbook, Chicago Public Schools, Afterschool and Community School Programs (pdf)
Chicago Public Schools Department of After School and Community School Programs
The Chicago Public Schools’ Office of After School and Community School Programs recommends use of this handbook for parents to learn about various tutoring programs available and make the best possible choice for children.
Date Published: 2006-01
Spotlight: 2007-01
A Review of Implementation of Supplemental Educational Services in Virginia and Recommendations for Future Implementation: 2003–2004 and 2004–2005
Allison Potter & Steven M. Ross
"This report presents the findings of a review…on the implementation progress of Supplemental Educational Services (SES) in Virginia. The major goals of this review were to (1) summarize the division survey data collected by the Virginia Department of Education for the 2004-2005 school year; (2) review the 2003-2004 school year findings of an evalu...
Date Published: 2005-12
Spotlight: 2007-01
When Schools Stay Open Late: The National Evaluation of the 21st Century Community Learning Centers Program: Final Report (pdf)
James-Burdumy, Susanne, Mark Dynarski, Mary Moore, John Deke, Wendy Mansfield, and Carol Pistorino
This evaluation was conducted "to examine the implementation of the 21st Century Community Learning Centers after-school program and assess its impacts on students."
Date Published: 2005-04
Spotlight: 2007-04
Afterschool Alliance
“The Afterschool Alliance is a nonprofit organization dedicated to raising awareness of the importance of afterschool programs and advocating for quality, affordable programs for all children.” Their website includes news, research, and publications, including an Afterschool Action Kit (available in English and Spanish), Afterschool Advocate newsle...
http://www.afterschoolalliance.org/
Spotlight: 2009-12
Alaska's Webpage on Supplemental Educational Services (SES) Providers/School Choice
Alaska Department of Education & Early Development
Alaska’s Webpage on Supplemental Educational Services (SES) Providers/School Choice includes many resources for this highly rural state and its unique context for implementation of SES. In 2003, Alaska issued a regulation that all schools in year one of improvement who have no available choice schools within 50 miles and/or no roads linking to thos...
http://www.eed.state.ak.us/nclb/SES.html
Spotlight: 2007-02
Federal Programs: Supplemental Educational Services (Tennessee Website)
Tennessee Department of Education
Tennessee’s SES website features many useful tools and planning documents. Note: the Tennessee Supplemental Educational Services Provider, Parent, and District Coordinator Questionnaires are featured as sample evaluation tools for states in CII’s Evaluating Supplemental Educational Services Providers: Suggested Strategies for States (2nd Ed.) avail...
http://www.tennessee.gov/education/fedprog/fpses.shtml
Spotlight: 2006-12
Maryland Supplemental Educational Services (SES) Website
Maryland State Department of Education
Maryland reported a 68% SES participation rate in December 2006, compared to the national average of 15-19% participation. Maryland’s SES website includes multiple resources for parents, providers, and local school systems.
http://www.marylandpublicschools.org/MSDE/programs/esea/Supplemental+Educational+Services
Spotlight: 2007-04
Montana Migrant Education Program Webpage
Montana Office of Public Instruction
This webpage describes Montana’s program of supplemental education and supportive services for migrant children including its rationale, goal, and mission. The page also has links to all required forms and documents.
http://opi.mt.gov/migrant/index.html
Spotlight: 2009-03
New Mexico Public Education Department Federal Programs Website
New Mexico Public Education Department
The New Mexico Public Education Department released the 2005 Title I SES Report in January 2006, evaluating services of providers who offer tutoring to low income students. Half of the 16 SES providers on the current state-approved list received satisfactory ratings, while eight of the providers received a warning to improve their services. The web...
http://www.ped.state.nm.us/fedpro/
Spotlight: 2006-10
North Carolina Supplemental Educational Services (SES) Presentations
Public Schools of North Carolina
Materials designed to help school and district personnel communicate with parents regarding supplemental educational services are available on this site, including movies and powerpoint presentations.
http://www.ncpublicschools.org/nclb/ses/presentations/
Spotlight: 2007-03
Out-of-School Time Program Research & Evaluation Bibliography (updated July 2009)
Harvard Family Research Project
This newly revised bibliography contains citations for all the out-of-school time (OST) program evaluations and research studies that the Harvard Family Research Project is currently tracking. Some of these evaluations and research studies have been profiled and added to the OST research and evaluation database. For those in this bibliography not y...
http://www.hfrp.org/out-of-school-time/ost-database-bibliography/bibliography
Spotlight: 2009-09
Supplemental Educational Services (website)
California Department of Education
This website provides lists of newly approved and terminated providers, an orientation webinar with a transcript, application procedures and documents for providers, FAQs, and links to external SES tools and information, including a collaborative effort with the California Comprehensive Center.
http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/ac/ti/supplemental.asp
Spotlight: 2010-03
Supplemental Educational Services (website)
New York City Department of Education
New York City's website for SES provides directions to parents about contacting providers, a list of providers, a list of SES eligible schools, explanations of how eligibility is determined, a calendar of key dates, as well as contact information for local program officers. For educators, the site provides information on key documents and resources...
http://schools.nyc.gov/RulesPolicies/NCLB/SES/default.htm
Spotlight: 2008-11
Supplemental Educational Services in Wisconsin
Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
Wisconsin provides numerous resources for SES providers, including comprehensive and rigorous evaluation benchmarks for the SES provider application, as well as resources for parents and school personnel.
http://dpi.wi.gov/esea/ses_index.html
Spotlight: 2006-11
Texas Supplemental Educational Services (SES)
Region XIII Education Service Center
The Texas Education Agency contracts with the School Improvement Resource Center of Region XIII Education Service Center to manage responsibilities for provider selection and implementation support of supplemental educational services in Texas.
http://www5.esc13.net/ses/index.html
Spotlight: 2007-05
