Learn and Serve America's National Service-Learning Clearinghouse

Impacts, outcomes, and effects are the tangible results of a service-learning effort. They are important to service-learning because they provide a means of illustrating the efficacy of service-learning. Following are some of our most relevant resources for this topic.

NSLC-Produced Resources

• The Evidence Base for Service-Learning in Higher Education
• Impacts of Service-Learning on Participating K-12 Students
• Impacts and Outcomes of Service-Learning in Higher Education: Selected Resources
• Impacts and Outcomes of Service-Learning in K-12 Setting: Selected Resources

NSLC Library Items (How to Borrow)

• Does Participation in Quality Academic Service-Learning, Signature Service-Learning Positively Impact Students' State Achievement Test Scores? (2008) (PDF)
• Evaluation Report of Student Attitude and Behavior Changes to the Tennessee Department of Education and Volunteer Tennessee on the Learn and Serve America School-Based Program: Student Data Sets from 2007-2008, Year 2 of the Learn and Serve Project (2008) (PDF)
• A Preliminary Overview of the Literature Linking Service-Learning and Retention (2006) (PDF)
• Development of Student Service-Learning Course Survey (SSLCS) to Measure Service-Learning Course Outcomes (2005)
• Does the Service Matter? Comparative Benefits of Direct and Indirect Service Learning Experiences (2005)
• Growing to Greatness: 2005 State of Service-Learning Report (2005)
• The Condition of Education 2005 (2005)
• The Impact of Participation in Service-Learning on High School Students' Civic Engagement (2005)
• Transcending Disciplines, Reinforcing Curricula: Why Faculty Teach With Service Learning (2005)
• Cognitive Outcomes of Service-Learning: Reviewing the Past and Glimpsing the Future (2002)
• "The Impacts on Service-Learning Participants" in Service-Learning Through a Multidisciplinary Lens (2002)
• The Effects of Service-Learning (2000)
• How Service Learning Affects Students: Executive Summary (2000) (PDF)
• Meaningful Measurement of Theory-Based Service-Learning Outcomes: Making the Case with Quantitative Research (2000)
• Research on K-12 School-Based Service-Learning: The Evidence Builds (2000)
• Advances In Education Research [Special Issue] (1998)
• Achievement Test Score Shows Teachers are Making Changes in Their Classrooms Through Service-Learning (1997)
• "A quantitative study of the impact of service learning programs" in Service Learning: Applications from the Research (1997)
• What are the Impacts of Service Learning Courses on Our Community Partners? (1997)

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• At-Risk Youth
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