Structuring Out-of-School Time to Improve Academic Achievement (What Works Clearinghouse Practice Guide)

Product Description	The What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) practice guide, Structuring Out-of-School Time to Improve Academic Achievement, provides recommendations to help district and school administrators, out-of-school program providers, and educators design out-of-school time (OST) programs that will increase learning for students. The guide also describes the research supporting each recommendation, how to carry out each recommendation, and how to address roadblocks that might arise in implementing them.
Authors	Megan Beckett (RAND), Geoffrey Borman (University of Wisconsin–Madison), Jeffrey Capizzano (Teaching Strategies, Inc.), Danette Parsley (McREL), Steven Ross (The Johns Hopkins University), Allen Schirm (Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.), & Jessica Taylor (Florida Department of Education)
Target Audience	Educators, OST program providers, and school and district administrators
How to Get this Product	View/Download the PDF from the What Works Clearinghouse
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