Measuring Youth Program Quality: A Guide to Assessment Tools (Second Edition)

Program quality assessment and improvement continue to be central themes in the after-school and youth development fields. This guide was designed to compare several youth program quality assessment tools. It is intended to provide useful guidance to practitioners, policy makers, researchers and evaluators in the field as to what options are available and what issues to consider when selecting and using a quality assessment tool. It focuses on the purpose and history, content, structure and methodology, technical properties and user considerations for each of the instruments included, as well as a brief description of how they are being used in the field.