Afterschool Resources >> Best Practices Afterschool Resources For Best Practices Afterschool Counts! A Guide to Issues and Strategies for Monitoring Attendance in Afterschool and Other Youth Programs Program attendance systems that produce high-quality data for tracking youth activities. A Framework for Successful Afterschool Programs “A Framework for Successful Afterschool Programs” is a guide for improving and measuring the quality and effectiveness of after-school programs. National Governor's Association - Center for Best Practices Comprehensive database of 160 quality programs for school-age children from 44 states, territories and commonwealths. When School Is Out: Analysis and Recommendations Objective information on afterschool policies and programs from best available research. Curriculum Afterschool.Gov - Activities Page Links to sites with children’s activities. Bringing Education to Afterschool Programs U.S. Department of Education activities in math, reading, arts, science. National Afterschool Association Professional association of 7,000 practitioners, policy makers, and administrators. Reading in After-School Programs U.S. Department of Education resources for integrating reading into afterschool.