Industry Information

Find important nationally-published reports and studies related to out-of-school time and youth outcomes here.

After School Resources

Growing Together, Learning Together: July 2015
This report details the four elements that current evidence and experience suggest are essential to a successful afterschool system.

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General OST Research

The Value of Out-of-School Time Programs: A RAND analysis finds that out-of-school-time programs are generally effective at producing the outcomes that would be expected by their content and design.

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Hours of Opportunity: Lessons from Five Cities on Building Systems to Improve After-School, Summer, and Other Out-of-School-Time Programs (Volumes I, II and III): A major RAND report finds both promise and challenges in a citywide approach to improving the quality and availability of afterschool programs.

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A Summary of Three Studies Exploring the Relationship between Afterschool Program Quality and Youth  Outcomes Conference Paper Presented at the 2014 Ready by 21 National Meeting – Northern Kentucky

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Effective afterschool programs bring a wide range of benefits to youth, families and communities.

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