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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 |
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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 QuEST Model: Out-of-School Time Contexts and Individual-level Change |
This brief describes a model for a generic theory of change that highlights the relationship between the qualities of youth experience in out-of-school time (OST) programs. |
9/1/2014 |
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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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Summer Learning Program Quality Intervention- Phase III Interim Report |
This Phase III Interim Report describes implementation of the SLPQI in 31 summer learning programs in Denver, Colorado and St Paul, Minnesota during the summer of 2015. This report also provides recommendations for intervention design and implementation in year two. |
11/13/2015 |
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Summer Learning Program Quality Intervention (SLPQI) Phase Two Feasibility Study |
This report provides findings for an evaluation of the implementation of the SLPQI in 32 summer learning programs in Grand Rapids, Mich., Northern California, and Seattle, Wash. |
3/25/2015 |
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Summer Learning Program Quality Assessment - 2013 Phase I Pilot Report |
Summer Learning Program Quality Assessment 2013 Phase I Pilot Report |
2/28/2014 |
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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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Quality-Outcomes Study for Seattle Public Schools Summer Programs, 2016 Program Cycle |
In the summer of 2016, Seattle Public Schools (SPS), the Raikes Foundation, School’s Out Washington (SOWA), and the David P. Weikart Center for Youth Program Quality (Weikart Center) collaborated on a quality-outcomes study. |
1/11/2018 |
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Quality-Outcomes Study for Seattle Public Schools Summer Programs Summer 2015 Program Cycle |
In the summer of 2015 the Seattle Public Schools (SPS), the Raikes Foundation, School’s Out Washington (SOWA), and David P. Weikart Center for Youth Program Quality (Weikart Center), collaborated on a quality-outcomes study. |
12/22/2015 |
