| A new set of questions have entered the world of after-school/expanded learning opportunities programming. Until now the question asked about the non-school programming that serves school age children and youth has been primarily "how many." But more and more school districts, funders, non-profit organizations, and the largest funder of them all, the federal government, have begun asking the question of "how" are these students being served by the programs of community organizations, institutions, and others who provide supplementary activities for students (Remer, 1996; Dryfoos, 1999; Little, Traub, & Horsch, 2002). This research is intended to address the issue of fit between these programs' internal missions and goals and the subsequent objectives of the various players that participate in these arts education programs. Thus, the purpose of this research is to create an assessment tool focused on the points of alignment of missions, goals, and objectives that relate to collaboration and arts education standards among the participants in arts Extended Learning Opportunities (ELOs). The name of this assessment tool is PAGE(c), which stands for Participants' Alignment of Goals AssEssment. PAGE(c) is designed to assist the various stakeholders and participants in discerning if their organizations are good matches for arts ELOs based on similarities in their organizations' missions, goals, and objective statements. |
