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In our research, we discovered a wide variety of reports, papers, articles, and other publications related to evaluation. Investigations into different issues, analyses of trends and developments, commentaries, and profiles all shed light on what is working in program evaluation. While such publications can inform practice, they are often less directly applicable to the day-to-day evaluation activities carried out by practitioners in the field.

Several organizations produce reports and other publications related to evaluation. Again, most of these pertain to evaluation more broadly, not just within the arena of youth media and technology programs, though they may be relevant to practitioners working in these programs.

Examples:

The Brookings Institution recently published a paper that they commissioned on The Growth in After-School Programs and Their Impact.
www.brookings.org/views/papers/sawhill/20030225.htm

Evaluation Forum seeks to build outcome-based planning and evaluation capacity in community agencies; information on their training, publications, and technical assistance is available online.
evaluationforum.com

George Lucas Educational Foundation (see also "Other Resources") has developed reports and tools for assessing students and offers resources for professional development.
www.glef.org

Harvard Family Research Project, through their Out-of-School Time Learning and Development Project, has an extensive body of research on the effectiveness of out-of-school time programming.
www.gse.harvard.edu/~hfrp/projects/afterschool/about.html

Independent Sector has collected information on measurement tools and publications and with The Urban Institute produced the 2001 report Outcome Measurement in Nonprofit Organizations.
www.independentsector.org/pathfinder/impact/public/index.html

The National Institute of Out-of-School Time (NIOST), part of the Wellesley Centers for Women at Wellesley College, has been analyzing the effectiveness of after school programs and the youth development field for twenty years.
www.niost.org/publications/index.html