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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Social Determinants of Health: Out-of-School-Time Academic Programs – General

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Systematic Review

Source: The Guide to Community Preventive Services

Last Reviewed: December 2013

Workgroups: Adolescent Health Workgroup, Social Determinants of Health Workgroup

The Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF) recommends out-of-school-time academic programs that don’t focus on a specific subject to improve reading and math skills in academically at-risk students. These programs are provided outside regular school hours to students in kindergarten through 12th grade. The programs must include an academic component, like supervised time to finish homework, and may include sports, snacks, or counseling. CPSTF found that these out-of-school-time academic programs improve math and reading skills, though not as much as math-and reading-focused programs. 

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Objectives related to this resource (3)

Increase the proportion of 4th-graders with reading skills at or above the proficient level — AH‑05
LHI label
Getting worse
Increase the proportion of 4th-graders with math skills at or above the proficient level — AH‑06
Getting worse
Increase the proportion of high school graduates in college the October after graduating — SDOH‑06
Getting worse

Suggested Citation

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Guide to Community Preventive Services. (2013). Social Determinants of Health: Out-of-School-Time Academic Programs – General. Retrieved from https://www.thecommunityguide.org/findings/social-determinants-health-out-school-time-academic-programs-general.html