101405: When Schools Stay Open Late

About the Course:

This course provides results from the second year of data collection from the 21st Century Learning Centers Program in which more elementary school programs and students were added to the data collection, and middle schools students were followed for a second year, which enabled the evaluation to explore whether there were outcome differences after two years. This report summarizes the results from this second year of data collection.

Publication Date:

October 2004

Author

Dynarski, Mark (contributor)

About the Author:

National Center for Education and Regional Assistance. Other contributing authors listed in course material.

Recommended For:

This course is recommended for health care professionals, especially psychologists, counselors, social workers, and nurses who seek knowledge about the effectiveness of community center learning programs. It is appropriate for all levels of participants’ knowledge.

Course Objectives:

1. Identify key findings and features of both the first and second evaluation reports.

2. Describe how community learning center programs were implemented at the elementary school level and how they impacted children and families.

3. Evaluate how community learning center programs were implemented at the middle school level and how they impacted children and families.

4. Review and interpret data presented in the Appendices regarding study design, data quality, sensitivity tests, and subgroup tables.