After-School Tool Kit

Tools, models and expertise to improve afterschool learning across the nation.

Committed to Quality Recognition Certificate

Is your program committed to quality? MASP would like to annually recognize programs that have made a commitment to ensuring quality experiences to children and youth in Michigan.

Program Quality

After-School Survey

This survey asks about goals and priorities of after-school programs. It is voluntary and anonymous, so your name will not be connected with your answers. While the questions are focused on practitioners – those involved with programs – responses from others can also be helpful, even if not all questions are directly relevant. The questions ask for your opinions and your best estimates.

 

If you have any questions or comments on the survey, contact information is on the consent form. You give your consent to participate in the survey by completing and submitting it online.

 

This is the beginning of a larger after-school study, and the last page asks for your contact information if you would be willing to consider participating in further surveys or interviews.

Download the survey.

Research

The Michigan After-School Partnership strives to be a statewide resource for critical issues affecting after-school. We can share research, fact sheets and reports to improve the field of out-of-school time and youth development.

The Michigan After-School Initiative (MASI) Report – Download Michigan’s first statewide report on after-school.

Afterschool Alliance :
Issue Briefs: Learn more about the need for after-school, outcomes of after-school, the 21st CCLC program model, and related topics such as literacy, rural communities, youth with special needs, university partnerships and more.

America After 3PM Data (2009)

Year in Review : Reflect on the successes and challenges that the after-school community faced in 2007. This new publication from the Afterschool Alliance presents a sampling of the year's research, funding news, efforts to enhance quality and more.

Polling Data : View four years of public opinion polling data conducted by the Afterschool Alliance, including information from an audio conference on polling and policy data.

The Michigan After-School Partnership Fact Sheet provides relevant data on after-school including information regarding how high-quality after-school programs:

  • Improve student achievement
  • Keep kids healthy and safe
  • Reduce the cost of child care, welfare, and crime

A study by researchers at the University of California, Irvine, the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Policy Studies Associates, Inc. finds that regular participation in high-quality after-school programs is linked to significant gains in standardized test scores and work habits as well as reductions in behavior problems among disadvantaged students. These gains help offset the negative impact of a lack of supervision after school. The two-year study followed almost 3,000 low-income, ethnically diverse elementary and middle school students from eight states in six major metropolitan centers and six smaller urban and rural locations. About half of the young people attended high-quality after-school programs at their schools or in their communities.  Download the study, Outcomes Linked to High-Quality Afterschool Programs: Longitudinal Findings from the Study of Promising Afterschool Programs.

Other research resources:

New! America After 3PM Special Report on Summer: Missed Opportunities, Unmet Demand

The Afterschool Alliance recently released America After 3PM Special Report on Summer: Missed Opportunities, Unmet Demand. This research suggests that only 25% of America's children attend summer learning programs, but thousands of children would benefit from access to programs and increased community involvement. And fifty-six percent of kids (an estimated 24 million) who are not participating in summer learning programs, would likely enroll in a program, based on parent interest.

View their website for more information including the report and a PowerPoint presentation on the data.