“This resource describes the practices that lead to quality programs for young people ages 5 to 14 in their out-of-school time. The manual is a result of the field-testing and review of hundreds of practitioners nationwide and is the basis of the NSACA program improvement and accreditation system. The 144 standards are organized into 36 keys to quality. The resource includes more than 400 examples to illustrate the standards and a questionnaire to help programs determine when they are ready to move toward program self-study and accreditation.” – Description by Southwest Educational Development Laboratory (SEDL)
