After-School Initiative's Toolkit for Evaluating

[Cultural Competency – For ASI grantees choosing this domain, all questions are required. FOR
ADVANCED ONLY.]
6) Being involved in [this program] has helped me to…
Yes Kind of Not Really
a) Know more about people of other cultures, races
or ethnic groups
b) Care more about young people of other cultures,
races or ethnic groups
c) Have more respect for young people of other
cultures, races or ethnic groups
d) Feel more comfortable with young people of
other cultures, races or ethnic groups
e) Talk more to young people who speak languages
other than English at home
f) Try harder not to judge people based on skin color
g) Be more aware that I sometimes have ideas about
people that are not true (incorrect or mistaken)
[Cultural Competency – For ASI grantees choosing this domain, all questions are required. FOR
ADVANCED ONLY.]
6a) Because I came to [this program] …
Yes Kind of Not Really
a) I know more about my own culture, race or ethnic
group
b) I am more interested in my own culture, race or
ethnic group
c) I feel more connected to my family’s cultural traditions
d) I feel more connected to my own culture, race or
ethnic group
e) I feel more pride in my own culture, race or ethnic group
f) I have more respect for members of my own community
[Cultural Competency – For ASI grantees choosing this domain, all questions are required. FOR
BASIC ONLY.]
7) Because I came to [this program] …
Yes Kind of Not Really
a) I know more about the good things that people who
look or sound different than me have done (like African
Americans, Mexican Americans, Native Americans,
Asian Americans and others)
b) I talk more with young people who look or sound
different than me
c) I feel more comfortable being around young people who
look or sound different than me
d) I understand that someone who looks or sounds
different than me may not be that different after all
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