Initial Results
from Baseline
Study Released Methodology
On the flip side, further studies
in which participation dosage
and quality are linked with school
performance and social-emotional
learning outcomes are currently
being explored.
Young people have 2,000
hours of discretionary
time each year, more than
rates across age, race/ethnicity,
and family income in the Twin
Cities. Among other things it
will provide a benchmark against
which we can measure future
success. Phase I of the study
focused on Minneapolis
and was completed in
cooperation with Minneapolis
Public School’s Research
Department and its Community
Education Department as well as
numerous youth programs in the
community. Phase II is scheduled
for Saint Paul in 2014.
The study analyzed and mapped,
by Minneapolis zip code, the rate
of youth ages 11-18 participating
in free or reduced cost OST
programs. Rates were calculated
by dividing the number of OST
participants 11-18 residing in a
zip code by the number of all
youth of the same age and with
the same attributes residing
there. This methodology was also
used to determine a citywide
participation rate.
twice the time they spend in
the classroom. So it’s critical
that we take advantage of those
hours to engage young people in
learning, build their leadership,
Our primary data source on
and increase the 21st Century
OST participants is the database
skills they will need to succeed
maintained by Minneapolis
in work and in life. Participation
Public School’s Community
and engagement in high quality
Education Department, which
out-of-school-time (OST) youth
includes participant data on
programs can have positive
1,477 free and reduced cost OST
outcomes in a variety of domains.
programs that
Information
“ The OST opportunity gap—loosely defined as
operate at
about
opportunity and poor access to quality learning opportunities, which Minneapolis
Public Schools’
participation
could mean not enough programs or slots, or lack of sites. In
disparities—
Who is and isn’t transportation--poses a threat to our ability to really addition, data
was collected
participating in engage young people beyond the classroom. ”
on partici pants
these growthMarcus Pope, Youthprise
in another 110
enhancing
An unanticipated outcome
community-based OST programs.
opportunities? Are there gaps
of this developmental study was
Examining data at the individual
or disparities by family income,
level enabled the study to report
geographic location, or age?—has the identification of some critical
roadblocks in collecting citywide
participation rates based on an
been collected in a new study
youth participation data—from
unduplicated count.
released by Youthprise and
state statutes preventing Parks
Rainbow Research.
Two of the largest providers
and Recreation (one of the largest
The Baseline Study set out to youth-serving organizations
of OST programming were not
look specifically at participation
able to share data. Minneapolis
in Minneapolis) from sharing
in and access to free and, or
participant data, to youth programs Parks and Recreation is
low-cost OST programming
prohibited by state statute
that don’t have the capacity to
opportunities and participation
from sharing participant level
collect and manage these data.
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[Youthprise] Newsflash
information and the Hennepin
County Library collects limited
data on their patrons. The study
was unable to determine how
many youth participated in OST
programs from which we did not
collect data.
Minneapolis young people, ages
11-18, who were enrolled in free
and reduced cost OST programs
in Minneapolis in 2012-13. This
represents about one-fourth of the
approximately 30,000 Minneapolis
youth of that age-group.
In addition, the study does
For youth in free and low
cost OST programs, the
study found:
not include data on the youth
who participate in private and
fee-for-service OST activities
because there is no public record
available. Youth participating
in these programs are more
likely to be from middle- and
upper-class families who are
disproportionately white and can
afford expensive tuition, dues,
fees and supplies for their private
lessons in art, music, dance,
drama, martial arts, and tutoring
or non-profit amateur sports and
athletic leagues.
Near North, South Central,
Camden, and then far south
central including Kenny and
Lynnhurst.
• The three zip codes with the
lowest participation rates
were some of the wealthiest
Minneapolis neighborhoods:
Citywide 2012 OST
Program Participation Rates
55430
Program Location
55412
Participation Rates
Per 100 Population
55418
55413
35.1 to 50
30.1 to 35
55405
55415
55402
55455
55454
“ It does suggest however
a two-tiered system of OST
program opportunities with
an as yet unmeasured impact
on youth outcomes. ”
Barry Cohen, Rainbow Research
Further, of the 81 communitybased youth organizations for
whom the school district does
not include OST data that were
contacted to participate in the
study, six could not participate
because they didn’t collect
or retain data on most of the
participant attributes of interest;
seven were concerned about
liability for data confidentiality
and privacy, and over half (43)
never replied.
Results
The study includes an
unduplicated count of 7,323
55403
55404
x6
15.1 to 20
55414
x3
20.1 to 30
55401
x1
x8
10.1 to 15
55411
x2
55416
55408
55410 (southwest) 10.6%,
55416 (Kenwood) 13.3%, and
55403 (Loring Park) 15.2%.
55407
55406
55409
55410
55417
55419
• The four zip codes with the
highest participation rates
were: 55455 (Cedar-Riverside)
45.3%; 55404 (Ventura Village/
Stevens Square) 34.3%; 55411
(Near North) 33.6%; and
55407 (South Central Corridor
including Phillips, Powderhorn,
Central, Bryant, Bancroft, Field,
Regina, Northrop). These
overlapped with the four zip
codes with the highest number
of young people living in them:
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• If you slice the data by
race/ethnicity, the White
participation rate is lowest
at 12.6% as compared with
the highest rate at 37.7% of
African Americans, followed by
Native Americans (30.1%).1
• The largest gap in participation
rates is for older youth. As
young people get older their
participation rates drop.
1
Minneapolis Public Schools classify US
born African American youth and youth
of African immigrant/refugee heritage as
African American in its school census data.
Participation rates in free/reduced cost
OST programs are 25% for Asian youth, 23%
Hispanic, 19% Native American and 12% White.
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