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The afterschool experience in Salsa, Sabor y Salud: Evaluation 2007-2008
Huang, Denise, December 2008
(CRESST Report 747). Los Angeles: University of California, Los Angeles, Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing.

A process and outcomes evaluation of Salsa, Sabor y Salud (SSS), a child-centered adaptation of a healthy lifestyles program for Latino families, that examined the effect of program participation on elementary school students' and program instructors' knowledge and healthy behaviors, based on survey, interview, and observational data collected in after school programs implementing SSS and matched control programs in Los Angeles and on case studies of programs in Chicago

Reports & Papers

The afterschool hours: Examining the relationship between afterschool staff-based social capital and student's engagement in LA's BEST [Executive summary]
Huang, Denise, January, 2007
(CSE Technical Report 712). Los Angeles: University of California, Los Angeles, Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing.

A summary of a study of the association of strong staff-student relationships with students' academic engagement and future aspirations in LA's BEST, an after school program for urban elementary school children in Los Angeles County that aims to enhance children's intellectual, social, and emotional development, based on a survey of staff and participating students

Executive Summary

A circle of learning: Children and adults growing together in LA's BEST
Huang, Denise, May 2009
(CRESST Report 758). Los Angeles: University of California, Los Angeles, Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing.

A study of the impact of using additional private foundation funding to establish 2 demonstration sites of LA's BEST, an after school program for urban elementary school children in Los Angeles County that aims to enhance children's intellectual, social, and emotional development, based on survey, interview, and observational data collected in the 2 demonstration sites and 2 matched comparison sites

Reports & Papers

Examining practices of staff recruitment and retention in four high-functioning afterschool programs
Huang, Denise, March 2010
(CRESST Report 769). Los Angeles, CA: University of California, Los Angeles, Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing.

An examination of the influence of staffing practices and professional development opportunities on the ability of after school programs to recruit and retain high quality staff members, based on evidence from the recruitment practices of 4 after school programs, one each from California, Florida, Indiana, and Texas, that participated in the 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC) evaluation

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Exploring the intellectual, social and organizational capitals at LA's BEST
Huang, Denise, May, 2007
(CSE Technical Report 714). Los Angeles: University of California, Los Angeles, Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing.

A study of how LA's BEST, an after school program for urban elementary school children in Los Angeles County that aims to enhance children's intellectual, social, and emotional development, uses its organizational, social, and intellectual capital to promote student engagement, based on interviews and focus groups with personnel and participants at six sites

Reports & Papers

Identification of key indicators of quality in afterschool programs
Huang, Denise, December 2008
(CRESST Report 748). Los Angeles: University of California, Los Angeles, Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing.

A multimethod study that identified benchmarks and indicators of quality in after school programs, based on a review of literature on after school program quality and on survey and observational data on the presence of quality indicators in high-quality after school programs in Los Angeles

Reports & Papers

Independent statewide evaluation of ASES and 21st CCLC after school programs May 1, 2008-December 31, 2011
Huang, Denise, January, 2012
Sacramento: California, Department of Education.

Findings from a four-year longitudinal evaluation of two publicly-funded California after school programs, After School Education and Safety (ASES) and 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC), that examine program characteristics and implementation, local program partnerships, the relationship of program participation to student behavior and academic outcomes, and stakeholder satisfaction with the programs, based on analyses of four separate study samples that variously comprise longitudinal administrative data, program observations, student surveys and focus groups, and program staff surveys, interviews, and focus groups

Reports & Papers

Keeping kids in school: An LA’s BEST example: A study examining the long-term impact of LA’s BEST on students’ dropout rates
Huang, Denise, December 2005
Los Angeles: University of California, Los Angeles, Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing.

A comparison of the dropout rates of participants and non-participants in the LA’s BEST after school program in the Los Angeles Unified School District

Reports & Papers

The long-term effects of after-school programming on educational adjustment and juvenile crime: A study of the LA's BEST after-school program: Study brief
Goldschmidt, Peter Gordon, 2007
Los Angeles: LA's BEST.

A summary of a cost-benefit analysis and longitudinal study of the impacts on educational adjustment and juvenile crime of participating in LA's BEST, an after school program for urban elementary school children in Los Angeles County that aims to enhance children's intellectual, social, and emotional development, based on comparisons of program participants with matched control students who had not participated in the program

Fact Sheets & Briefs

Preparing students for the 21st century: Exploring the effects of afterschool participation on students' collaboration skills, oral communication skills, and self-efficacy
Huang, Denise, December 2010
(CRESST Report 777). Los Angeles: University of California, Los Angeles, Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing.

A study of the relationship of feelings of self-efficacy to the collaboration and communication skills of participants and nonparticipants in LA's BEST, an after school program for urban elementary school children in Los Angeles County that aims to enhance children's intellectual, social, and emotional development

Reports & Papers

What works?: Common practices in high functioning afterschool programs across the nation in math, reading, science, arts, technology, and homework: A study by the National Partnership: The afterschool program assessment guide
Huang, Denise, March, 2010
(CRESST Report 768). Los Angeles: University of California, Los Angeles, Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing.

An examination of 13 program components of high quality after school programs and their functionality, based on a sample of 53 21st Century Community Learning Center (21st CCLC) grantees

Reports & Papers