After-School Initiative's Toolkit for Evaluating

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The Colorado Trust is a grantmaking foundation dedicated to advancing the health and well-being of the people of Colorado. To learn more about The Colorado Trust and its grantmaking initiatives, go to www.coloradotrust.org. “The Colorado Trust” is registered as a trademark in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. After-School Initiative’s Toolkit for Evaluating Positive Youth Development. Copyright © June 2004. The Colorado Trust. All rights reserved. The Colorado Trust is pleased to have organizations or individuals share its materials with others. To request permission to excerpt from this publication, in print or electronically, please contact Dr. Nancy B. Csuti, Senior Evaluation Officer, The Colorado Trust, 1600 Sherman Street, Denver, CO 80203-1604; fax 303-839-9034; e-mail nancy@coloradotrust.org. Please cite this summary as: The Colorado Trust. After-School Initiative’s Toolkit for Evaluating Positive Youth Development. Denver, CO: The Colorado Trust; 2004. The After-School Initiative’sToolkit for Evaluating Positive Youth Development was developed by The Colorado Trust and National Research Center, Inc. The Colorado Trust 1600 Sherman Street Denver, CO 80203-1604 303-837-1200 Fax: 303-839-9034 www.coloradotrust.org National Research Center, Inc. Measuring what matters 3005 30th Street Boulder, CO 80301 303-444-7863 Fax: 303-444-1145 www.n-r-c.com e-mail: info@n-r-c.com
Table of Contents INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................................................................................1 TOOLKIT BACKGROUND................................................................................................................................................................................1 PHILOSOPHY BEHIND THE TOOLKIT ..............................................................................................................................................................2 BENEFITS OF USING THE TOOLKIT ................................................................................................................................................................4 USING THIS TOOLKIT................................................................................................................................................................... 5 RECRUITMENT, INCENTIVES AND CONSENT ..................................................................................................................................................5 UNDERSTANDING THE RIGHTS OF THE SURVEY PARTICIPANTS.....................................................................................................................6 DEVELOPING THE SURVEY............................................................................................................................................................................6 DEVELOPING THE SURVEY ADMINISTRATION PROTOCOL .............................................................................................................................8 PILOT TESTING THE SURVEY.......................................................................................................................................................................12 THE SURVEY ADMINISTRATION ..................................................................................................................................................................13 AFTER THE SURVEY ADMINISTRATION.......................................................................................................................................................15 SECTION 1: POSITIVE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT DOMAINS................................................................................................16 ACADEMIC SUCCESS ...................................................................................................................................................................................19 ARTS AND RECREATION..............................................................................................................................................................................21 COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT.......................................................................................................................................................................22 CULTURAL COMPETENCY ...........................................................................................................................................................................23 LIFE SKILLS ................................................................................................................................................................................................25 POSITIVE CORE VALUES .............................................................................................................................................................................26 POSITIVE LIFE CHOICES ..............................................................................................................................................................................27 SENSE OF SELF............................................................................................................................................................................................28 SECTION 2: PROGRAM QUALITY...............................................................................................................................................29 SECTION 3: YOUTH BACKGROUND AND PROGRAM PARTICIPATION ...........................................................................33 SECTION 4: ALTERNATIVE TO POST-ONLY SURVEY ..........................................................................................................35 Toolkit for Evaluating Positive Youth Development i
Page 1: THE AFTER-SCHOOL INITIATIVE’S Too
Page 5 and 6: Introduction The After-School Initi
Page 7 and 8: Mitigation of burden on participant
Page 9 and 10: Using This Toolkit As part of their
Page 11 and 12: Guarantee anonymity or confidential
Page 13 and 14: • Who is responsible for gatherin
Page 15 and 16: The following is a checklist of tas
Page 17 and 18: The Survey Administration The surve
Page 19 and 20: Problem situations during survey ad
Page 21 and 22: Outcome Domain Outcome Indicators A
Page 23 and 24: Academic Success Many after-school
Page 25 and 26: Arts and Recreation Many youth prog
Page 27 and 28: Cultural Competency As communities
Page 29 and 30: Life Skills Life skills are profici
Page 31 and 32: Positive Life Choices Although the
Page 33 and 34: Section 2: Program Quality Toolkit
Page 35 and 36: ASI requirement: All program qualit
Page 37 and 38: Section 3: Youth Background and Pro
Page 39 and 40: Section 4: Alternative to Post-only
Page 41 and 42: Review of positive youth developmen
Page 43 and 44: Reliability of Toolkit Domains Doma
Page 45 and 46: Appendix III. The Use of Incentives
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Page 49 and 50: Child Assent to Participate in the
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Asentimiento de jovenes para partic
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Outcome Domain Community Involvemen
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Outcome Domain English Post-only Qu
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Outcome Domain Sense of Self Englis
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7) Who will assist the survey admin
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Toolkit Outcome Domains Toolkit Out
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Toolkit Outcome Domains Toolkit Out
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Toolkit Domains Toolkit Outcome Ind
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TABLE 3 - Toolkit Outcome Domains L
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Toolkit Domains Toolkit Outcome Ind
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Outcome Domain Advanced Question a
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Outcome Domain Advanced Question I
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Background Information Advanced Que
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CSAP Tracking Form Student ID Readi
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Attendance Tracking Form Student ID
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Appendix IX. Complete Post-only Too
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[Academic Success - For ASI grantee
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[Life Skills - For ASI grantees cho
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17) What grade are you in? ________
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[Life Skills - For ASI grantees cho
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17) ¿En qué grado estás? _______
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Flowchart for Selecting Post-only o
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Outcome Domain Post-Only Question P
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Outcome Domain Post-Only Question P
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Appendix XI. Complete Pre-Post Tool
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[Positive Core Values - All questio
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[NAME OF ASI PROGRAM/AGENCY] ENCUES
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[Cultural Competency - For ASI gran
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[Questions a and b are required if
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REFERENCES 1 The International Coun
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