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Continuous Quality Improvement in Afterschool Settings: Impact findings from the Youth Program Quality Intervention study |
This study, funded by the W.T. Grant Foundation, evaluates the Youth Program Quality Intervention (YPQI), a data-driven continuous improvement model for afterschool systems. Using a rigorous, experimental design, the research finds that the YPQI produces a cascade of positive effects, resulting in improved program quality at the point of service. |
2/29/2012 |
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External Assessment Using the YPQA |
In this technical assistance brief we describe how external assessment, a key component of the YPQI, can provide OST program managers with detailed profiles of quality within their organizations. These profiles can help sustain higher stakes quality improvement efforts and bring more precision to interpretation of their program quality. |
9/20/2010 |
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Making AfterSchool Work for High School Youth |
In August 2008, the Lansing School District contracted with the Weikart Center to develop a one-year intervention that would dramatically improve management capacity, the quality of instruction at the point of service, and ultimately, attendance by high school aged youth. |
1/1/2010 |
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Making Quality a Full-Time Job |
How one of the country's largest YMCAs is expanding efforts to improve services to kids. |
7/31/2012 |
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Self-Assessment Using the YPQA |
In this technical assistance brief we describe how program self-assessment using the Youth Program Quality Assessment (Youth PQA), a key component of the YPQI model, can help OST program managers and frontline staff begin a conversation about program quality with shared language. |
9/21/2010 |
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The Michigan Technical Assistance and Coaching Support Services (TACSS) Initiative |
In 2009, MDE partnered with the Weikart Center to provide increased professional development offerings for all grantees and intensive training, coaching, and technical assistance (TA) for a subset of referred grantees. The TACSS initiative was developed as a scalable quality improvement intervention. |
1/1/2010 |
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The Youth Program Quality Intervention |
The Youth Program Quality Intervention, recently found effective in a randomized trial, is the basis for numerous improvement projects around the country. The YPQI follows an Assess-Plan-Improve sequence to help programs focus on and improve the quality of program offerings they provide for youth.In this technical assistance brief we describe the YPQI, focusing on how it can be implemented in a city, county, or state network. |
9/20/2010 |
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The Youth Program Quality Intervention (YPQI) Research Study: Implications for Policy and Practice |
Researchers found that the Youth Program Quality Intervention - a scalable, evidence-based continuous improvement model - increases quality among a wide range of afterschool systems, is sustainable and cost-effective, and might boost staff retention. |
2/29/2012 |
