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Defining and measuring quality in youth programs and classrooms / Nicole Yohalem, Robert C. Granger, Karen J. Pittman, issue editors.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- New directions for youth development ; no. 121.
- New directions for youth development, 1533-8916 ; no. 121
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Youth--Services for--Evaluation.
- Youth.
- Education--Evaluation.
- Education.
- Educational evaluation.
- Youth--Services for.
- Physical Description:
- 146 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- San Francisco, Calif. : Wiley, [2009]
- Summary:
- Improving youth development and well-being requires improving the everyday settings where development occurs. In this volume, scholars who study three different settings-classrooms, youth programs, and mentoring dyads-reflect on what constitutes quality in their setting and how to think about measuring it. The authors focus specifically on quality "at the point of service," meaning the specific practices, processes, and interactions that occur among adults and youth in the setting. The articles also offer practical advice about effective and manageable ways that practitioners can incorporate assessment into their work in order to improve quality. Together these articles represent a wealth of knowledge about what is important to measure in youth-serving settings and the pros and cons of different approaches to measurement. This information can help practitioners and policymakers grapple with how to use scarce evaluation resources wisely, establish productive accountability systems, and link data and program improvement strategies in ways that make services more effective.
- Contents:
- Using instructional logs to identify quality in educational settings / Brian Rowan, Robin Jacob, Richard Correnti
- Classroom processes and positive youth development : conceptualizing, measuring, and improving the capacity of interactions between teachers and students / Robert C. Pianta, Bridget K. Hamre
- Capturing the magic : assessing the quality of youth mentoring relationships / Nancy L. Deutsch, Renée Spencer
- Practitioner expertise : creating quality within the daily tumble of events in youth settings / Reed W. Larson, Aimee N. Rickman, Colleen M. Gibbons, Kathrin C. Walker
- Assessing after-school settings / Jean Baldwin Grossman, Julie Goldmith, Jessica Sheldon, Amy J.A. Arbreton
- Quality and accountability in the out-of-school-time sector / Charles Smith, Thomas J. Devaney, Tom Akiva, Samantha A. Sugar
- The quest for quality : recent developments and future directions for the out-of-school-time field / Nicole Yohalem, Robert C. Granger, Karen J. Pittman.
- Notes:
- "Spring 2009."
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780470487518
- 0470487518
- OCLC:
- 298775995
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