Tag: quality improvement

Impact Evaluation for the Palm Beach County Quality Improvement System 

Client Report
Impact Evaluation for the Palm Beach County Quality Improvement System 
July 1, 2019
Charles Smith and Stephen Peck

We sought to answer two specific questions about implementation and children’s SEL skill growth: What is the impact of QIS exposure on program quality (i.e., best practices, low staff turnover, great content), particularly for programs that have lower program quality at baseline? What is the impact of exposure to high program quality on student SEL skills?

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Findings from the Self-Assessment Pilot in Michigan 21st Century Learning Centers

Technical Report
Findings from the Self-Assessment Pilot in Michigan 21st Century Learning Centers
January 1, 2005
Charles Smith

Overall 24 sites within 17 grantees participated in the self-assessment pilot study by assembling staff teams to collect data and score the Youth Program Quality Assessment (PQA). Youth PQA data collected using the self-assessment method demonstrated promising patterns of both internal consistency and concurrent validity with aligned youth survey responses.

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