Specific Features of After-School Program Quality: Associations with Children’s Functioning in Middle Childhood

This longitudinal study examined associations between three after‐school program quality features (positive staff–child relations, available activities, programming flexibility) and child developmental outcomes (reading and math grades, work habits, and social skills with peers) in Grade 2 and then Grade 3. Participants ( n = 120 in Grade 2, n = 91 in Grade 3) attended after‐school programs more than 4 days per week, on average. Controlling for...