The STEP (Summer Training and Education Program) program aimed to negate academic losses during the summer months and to promote social and sexual responsibility (Walker & Villela-Velez, 1992). The program served disadvantaged 14- and 15-year-olds performing below grade level in school and teens were randomly assigned to either a treatment or control group. The treatment group received 90 hours of remedial math and reading instruction services along with part-time, paid summer employment. Participants also received life skills training and instruction about contraceptive availability and use. Program members were eligible to participate for two summers, and they also received periodic counseling and advocacy support during the interim school year. Teens in the control group were only involved in the summer job segment of the program. Comparison of the treatment and control groups showed no significant effects of the program on teens' sexual activity, use of contraception, or births.