Temescal Publications
Temescal Associates and its founder, Sam Piha, has authored and worked with others to create a number of resources for practitioners and organizational leaders.
 Holding Afterschool Programs Accountable: This paper considers the expectations we hold for afterschool programs, and considers the consequences of limiting the view of success to the improvement of test scores, suggesting there may be other measures that could reliably provide accountability. By Sam Piha, in Partnership with the California Committee on Afterschool Accountability.
 Afterschool Programs: What Should We Expect and How Should We Measure Success?, by Sam Piha, Community Network for Youth Development, in Partnership with the California Committee on Afterschool Accountability. To ensure that the growing number of afterschool programs successfully contribute to the learning and healthy development of young people, we need to agree on what we can appropriately expect from these programs and on how best to measure their effectiveness. It is becoming increasingly clear that test scores are not a useful measurement to assess the effectiveness of afterschool programs.
 Getting the Most From Afterschool: The Role of Afterschool Programs in a High-Stakes Learning Environment, by Sam Piha and Beth Miller. A review of the unique opportunities offered by afterschool programs that includes but goes well beyond providing academic supports.
Temescal Presentations
Outcomes: Holding Afterschool Programs Accountable, NAA Conference, March, 2007.
High School: Serving the Needs of Older Youth, NAA Conference, March, 2007.
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