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Connecting Research to Practice:
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July 8–9, 2009
Improving Student Achievement Through Expanded Learning Opportunities
Nashville, Tennessee
This research strand was developed especially for the 21st Century Community Learning Centers 2009 Summer Institute to feature the work of Robert Granger, Ed.D., and Fred Doolittle, Ph.D. The event was designed to provide a national audience of practitioners with an overview of the existing and emerging research on expanded learning opportunities.
View the presentations and meeting materials from the July 8 plenary session and the July 9 breakout session.
- Read more about the Impact Evaluation of Academic Instruction for After-School Programs.
- Robert Granger's presentation: Research to Improve Practice in After-School.
- Fred Doolittle's presentation: The Evaluation of Enhanced Academic Instruction in After-School Programs: Findings After the First Year of Implementation.
- Elizabeth Warner's presentation: Improving Afterschool Programming—Lessons Suggested from Research.
- Charles Smith's presentation: Evidence to Practice: Findings from the Youth Program Quality Intervention Study.
- Steve Fernan's presentation: CIPAS: A Model for After School Program Self-Assessment and Program Improvement. In addition, Fernan discussed the following:
- Expanded Learning Opportunities Bibliography.
- Learn more about Afterschool Services at Learning Point Associates.
