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An extensive evaluation of the 21st Century Community Learning Centers, a federally funded after-school program, found that the program did not affect student outcomes. Those findings were met with much resistance from those who strongly advocated for the program. For example, then California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger used strong community support and “anecdotal evidence” to justify his support for the program, which continues to exist. Describing the response to the evaluation results, Ron Haskins pointed out “any sentence akin to saying ‘Everybody knows this program works’ is an enemy of evidence-based policy” ( J. White, 2017, p. 11).