Report: How Out-of-School Time Program Quality is Related to Adolescent Outcomes

A new Child Trends research brief, How Out-of-School Time Program Quality is Related to Adolescent Outcomes, finds positive outcomes for adolescents in high-quality out-of-school time programs, but no significant differences between adolescents in low-quality programs and those not in a program at all.

They examine the hypothesis that adolescents in high-quality and safe programs tend to engage in fewer risky behaviors, to have greater social competency, and to have better school performance than adolescents not in a program.