In recent years, after school education has emerged as a national issue.  But the rapid growth has outpaced efforts to define and measure quality:  what after school (or out of school time) programs can and should be doing for and with children.

It is critical that a national consensus be reached on appropriate outcomes for after school programs, that “quality” programs become more clearly defined and indicators of success for young people more apparent, and that the knowledge and resources of practitioners, researchers and funders come together to make sure this happens.

In 2005, the Partnership for After School Education (PASE) launched the Reframing Expectations of Afterschool initiative to involve youth providers and other stakeholders in the process of reviewing these goals, establishing appropriate outcomes for their work, and developing effective tools to measure those outcomes.  This website is dedicated to all those interested in realizing this potential.

Confronting the Big Lie: The Need to Reframe Expectations of After-School Programs Dr. Robert Halpern Holding California Afterschool Programs Accountable Sam Piha Coming Soon - Conceptualizing and Measuring After-School Program Effects: A Deductive and Inductive Process Dr. Robert Halpern, Currently in Draft
Critical Issues in After-School Programming Dr. Robert Halpern Improving After-School Program Quality Granger, Durlak, Yohalem and Reisner An Evaluation of After School by Beyond The Bell Richard Roberts	Dr. Robert Halpern, Erikson Institute, University of Chicago and Eric Schaps, President, Developmental Studies Center at the PASE National Conference.