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BOND Implementation and Evaluation: Evaluation Analysis Plan

Stephen Bell, Daniel Gubits, David Stapleton, David Wittenburg, Michelle Derr, Arkadipta Ghosh, Sara Ansell and David Greenberg

School Nutrition Dietary Assessment Study-IV, Volume II: Sampling and Data Collection Methods

John Hall, Eric Zeidman, Mary Kay Crepinsek and Elizabeth Condon

Teacher Factors That Drive Improvement in Secondary Writing Outcomes: A Landscape Analysis

Jasmine Forde, Julie Bruch and Megan Shoji

Perspectives of Region XI Head Start Federal, Research, and Program Partners in Carrying out a National Study of American Indian and Alaska Native Head Start Children, Families, and Programs

Michelle Sarche, Lizabeth Malone, Laura Hoard, Jessica Barnes-Najor, Ann Cameron, Jerry West, Meryl Barofsky and Et. Al.

Replicating Evidence-Based Home Visiting Models: A Framework for Assessing Fidelity

Deborah Daro (Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago)

Who Enrolls in Responsible Fatherhood Programs? Data Snapshot: Clients at Program Entry

Sarah Avellar, Alexandra Stanczyk, Nikki Aikens, Mathew Stange and Grace Roemer

Chartbook: Medicaid Pharmacy Benefit Use and Reimbursement in 2009

Ann D. Bagchi, James Verdier and Dominick Esposito

Investments in Implicit and Explicit Dimensions of Place-Based Systems Change: A Tool for Funder Reflection and Action

Meg Long, Wanda Casillas and James Liou

Identifying Best Practices for WISEWOMAN Programs Using a Mixed-Methods Evaluation

Melanie Besculides, Heather Zaveri, Rosanne Farris and Julie Will

Unmet Health Care Needs and Medical Out-of-Pocket Expenses of SSI Children

Anne DeCesaro and Jeffrey Hemmeter

Cost-Effectiveness of the Health Resources and Services Administration’s Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program

Ravi Goyal, Dara Luca, Pam Klein, Eric Morris, Paul Mandsager, Stacy Cohen, Cindy Hu, John Hotchkiss, Jessica Gao, Andrew Jones, West Addison, Margaret O’Brien-Strain, Laura Cheever and Boyd Gilman

LEAP Issue Brief Compendium: Delivering Workforce Services to Justice-Involved Job Seekers Before and After Release

Alix Gould-Werth, Samina Sattar, Jennifer Henderson-Frakes, Hanna Betesh, Mika Clark, Ivette Gutierrez, Heather Lewis-Charp, Anne Paprocki, Jillian Stein, Jillian Berk, Andrew Wiegand and Jeanne Bellotti

Evaluation of the Prisoner Re-Entry Initiative

Douglas B. Holl, Lisa Kolovich, Jeanne Bellotti and Nora Paxton

Mental Health Treatment Need and Treatment System Capacity

Ellen Bouchery

Home Visiting Programs: Reviewing Evidence of Effectiveness (Brief)

Emily Sama-Miller, Lauren Akers, Andrea Mraz-Esposito, Sarah Avellar, Diane Paulsell and Patricia Del Grosso

Looking at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Research Designs in a New Context

Thomas W. Grannemann and Randall S. Brown

Medicaid Long-Term Services and Supports Annual Expenditures Report: Federal Fiscal Years 2017 and 2018

Caitlin Murray, Alena Tourtellotte, Debra Lipson and Andrea Wysocki

A Study of Unemployment Insurance Recipients and Exhaustees: Findings from a National Survey

Walter Corson and Mark Dynarski

Pandemic-Era Innovations for the Future of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Programs

Jonathan McCay and Ellen Bart

Why are Work-Based Learning Experiences Valuable?

Sarah Wissel, Rich Tulikangas and Brian Guy

Monitoring Regional Access With Administrative Data

Deborah Chollet

Iowa's Family Investment Program Two-Year Impacts

Thomas M. Fraker, Lucia A. Nixon, Jonathan E. Jacobson, Anne R. Gordon and Thomas J. Martin

Promoting Sustainability of Child Care Programs During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Considerations for States in Allocating Financial Resources

Andrew Burwick, Elizabeth Davis, Lynn Karoly, Theresa Schulte and Kathryn Tout

Beneficiary Participation in Ticket to Work

David Stapleton, Gina Livermore and Jesse Gregory

Managed Care Rebound: Recent Changes in Health Plans' Cost Containment Strategies

Glen P. Mays, Gary Claxton and Justin White

Testimony: Impact of the DC School Reforms on Student Achievement

Duncan Chaplin

Assessing the Feasibility of Implementing SNAP in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands

Anne Peterson, Brittany McGill, Betsy Thorn, Brian Estes, Carole Trippe, Bryan Johnson, Ellen Thompson, Errol Baker, Jonathan Ladinsky and Gretchen Rowe

Summary of Follow-up Findings: School Dropout Demonstration Assistance Program Evaluation

Mark Dynarski, Philip M. Gleason, Anu Rangarajan and Linda Rosenberg

Referrals to Specialists

Bonnie Harvey, Amy Gehrke, Kevin Shang and Nancy Clusen

Work Intensity and Variations in Health and Personal Characteristics of Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury (SCI)

Michelle A. Meade, Kirsten Barrett, Phyllis S. Ellenbogen and M. Njeri Jackson

What Factors Influence States’ Capacity to Report Children’s Health Care Quality Measures? A Multiple-Case Study

Anna L. Christensen, Dana M. Petersen, Rachel A. Burton, Vanessa C. Forsberg and Kelly J. Devers

Developing Initiatives for Home-Based Child Care: Current Research and Future Directions

Toni Porter and Diane Paulsell

Leadership Team Member Organizations and Coalition Structures: Aggregate Findings from the Leadership Team Network Survey

Todd Honeycutt, Jung Kim, Debra A. Strong and Judith Wooldridge

Impacts of an Enhanced Family Health and Sexuality Module of the HealthTeacher Middle School Curriculum: A Cluster Randomized Trial (Journal Article)

Brian Goesling, Mindy E. Scott and Elizabeth Cook

QRS Profile: Illinois Quality Counts

Kimberly Boller and Kathryn Tout

Early Impacts of the Virginia Independence Program

Anne Gordon and Roberto Agodini

Supporting and Promoting High-Performing Physician-Owned Private Practices: Voices from the Front Lines

Diane Rittenhouse, Tiffany Olszuk, Margaret Gerteis, Jan Genevro, Katie Hancock, Evelyn Li, Lindsey Carlasare, Carol Vargo and Kathleen Blake

Malpractice Claim Fears and the Costs of Treating Medicare Patients: A New Approach to Estimating the Costs of Defensive Medicine

James D. Reschovsky and Cynthia B. Saiontz-Martinez

Heterogeneous Ambiguity Attitudes: A Field Experiment Among Small-Scale Stock Investors in China

Elizabeth Potamites and Bei Zhang

National Evaluation of the Performance Partnership Pilots for Disconnected Youth (P3): Summary of the Evaluation’s Reports and Findings

Linda Rosenberg, Cay Bradley, Armando Yañez, Alexandra Stanczyk, Elizabeth Brown, Cailtlin Grey and Melissa Mack

The Effect of Alternative Certification on Student Achievement: A Literature Review

Neil S. Seftor and Daniel P. Mayer

Trends in Opioid Use Among Social Security Disability Insurance Applicants

April Yanyuan Wu, Denise Hoffman and Paul O'Leary

The Evaluation of Welfare Reform in Iowa: Final Impact Report

Thomas M. Fraker, Christine M. Ross, Rita A. Stapulonis, Robert B. Olsen, Martha D. Kovac, M. Robin Dion and Anu Rangarajan

Partnering to Reduce Substance Use and Child Maltreatment: 2014 Regional Partnership Grants Final Report

Debra A. Strong, Alyson Burnett, Patricia Del Grosso and Mathew Stange

Behavioral Insights Study: Behavioral Interventions Helped More Employers Resolve OSHA Citations (Infographic)

Greg Chojnacki, Jonah Deutsch, Samia Amin, Irma Perez-Johnson, Matthew Darling and Jaclyn Lefkowitz

The Effects of Charter High Schools on Educational Attainment

Kevin Booker, Tim Sass, Brian Gill and Ron Zimmer

National Study of the Adult Component of the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), Volume 2: Technical Appendices and Tables

Michael Ponza, John Burghardt, Rhoda Cohen, James C. Ohls, Valarie Piper, Barbara M. Posner and Linda Rosenberg

Meeting the Multifaceted Needs of Expectant and Parenting Young Families Through the Pregnancy Assistance Fund

Amy Margolis, Tara Rice, Mousumi Banikya-Leaseburg, Ann Person, Elizabeth Clary, Susan Zief, Katie Adamek and Jessica Harding

Promoting Opportunity Demonstration: Trends in Treatment Group Outcomes and the COVID-19 Pandemic

David Mann and Isabel Musse

Dynamics of WIC Program Participation by Infants and Children, 2001 to 2003 (Summary)

Laura A. Castner, James Mabli and Julie Sykes

Key Findings and Implications from the Universal Preschool Child Outcomes Study (UPCOS), 2007-2008 (Presentation)

First 5 La and Mathematica Policy Research

Using Professionally Trained Interpreters to Increase Patient/Provider Satisfaction: Does It Work?

Ann D. Bagchi, Stacy Dale, Natalya Verbitsky-Savitz and Sky Andrecheck

Evaluating the Technology Proficiency of Teacher Preparation Programs' Graduates: Assessment Instruments and Design Issues

Wendy Mansfield, Justin Humphrey and Melissa Thomas

Teen Activities and Attitudes Study: Wave 4 Questionnaire

Prepared by Mathematica Policy Research

Supporting Informal Child Care Providers in Detroit

Megan Hague Angus, Jaime Thomas, Mynti Hossain, Nazihah Siddiqui, Cleo Jacobs Johnson, Daisy Gonzalez and Patricia Del Grosso

Value-Added Estimates for Phase 1 of the Pennsylvania Teacher and Principal Evaluation Pilot

Stephen Lipscomb, Hanley Chiang and Brian Gill

Wraparound Benefits in Premium Assistance Demonstrations

Katharine Bradley and Maggie Colby

Using Systematic Reviews to Inform Policy Initiatives: Lessons from the HHS Teen Pregnancy Prevention Evidence Review

Brian Goesling

Geographic Variations in Cardiovascular Disease Mortality Among Asian American Subgroups, 2003–2011

Jia Pu, Katherine G. Hastings, Derek Boothroyd, Powell O. Jose, Sukyung Chung, Janki B. Shah, Mark R. Cullen, Latha P. Palaniappan and David H. Rehkopf

Analytical Methods for a Learning Health System: 1. Framing the Research Question

Michael Stoto, Michael Oakes, Elizabeth Stuart, Lucy Savitz, Elisa L. Priest and Jelena Zurovac

Recruitment, Selection, Enrollment, and Retention Strategies with Head Start-Eligible Families Experiencing Adversity: A Review of the Literature

Cassandra Baxter, Nikki Aikens, Louisa Tarullo, Cathy Ayoub, Joanne Roberts, Christina Mondi-Rago and McMillan Ilderton Gaither

Putting Evidence to Work: An Expanded Research Agenda for Academic Medicine in the Era of Health Care Reform

Ann C. Bonham, Eugene C. Rich, David A. Davis, David E. Longnecker and Stephen J. Heinig

Consumer-Directed Care and Its Implications for State and Federal Long-Term Care Policy

Randall Brown

Interim Report on the Demonstration to Maintain Independence and Employment

Gilbert Gimm, Noelle Denny-Brown, Boyd Gilman, Henry T. Ireys and Tara Anderson

Kauffman Firm Survey (KFS) Third Follow-Up Methodology Report

David DesRoches, Frank Potter, Betsy Santos and Zhanyun Zhao

Predicting Objective Physical Activity from Self-Report Surveys: A Model Validation Study Using Estimated Generalized Least-Squares Regression

Nicholas Beyler, Wayne Fuller, Sarah Nusser and Gregory Welk

Providing Work Opportunities and Support for TANF Recipients with Disabilities

Michelle K. Derr

Characteristics of SSI and SSDI Beneficiaries Who Are Parents

Gina Livermore and Maura Bardos

Supporting Business Owners with Psychiatric Disabilities: An Exploratory Analysis of Challenges and Supports

Laysha Ostrow, Jane K. Burke-Miller, Morgan Pelot and Crystal Blyler

Adolescents' Perceptions of Opportunities in the U.S. South: Postracial Mirage or Reality in the New Black Mecca?

Jerome E. Morris and Sara E. Woodruff

Making Medicare+Choice Real: Understanding and Meeting the Information Needs of Beneficiaries at the Local Level

Beth Stevens and Jessica Mittler

The Second Access, Participation, Eligibility, and Certification Study (APEC II): Estimating and Validating Statistical Models for Generating State Estimates of Improper Payments in the NSLP and SBP

Quinn Moore and April Yanyuan Wu

The Social Security Administration's Youth Transition Demonstration Projects: Interim Report on Colorado Youth WINS

Thomas Fraker, Peter Baird, Alison Black, Arif Mamun, Michelle Manno, John Martinez, Anu Rangarajan and Debbie Reed

Federal and State Expenditures for Working-Age People With Disabilities in Fiscal Year 2014

Gina Livermore, Marisa Shenk and David Stapleton

What Does it Mean to use Ongoing Assessment to Individualize Instruction in Early Childhood?

Lauren Akers, Sally Atkins-Burnett, Shannon Monahan, Judith Carta, Barbara A. Wasik and Kimberly Boller

Evaluation of the Burkina Faso Agriculture Development Project: Baseline Report

Christopher Ksoll, Seth Morgan, Kristine Bos and Randall Blair

Children Learning and Parents Earning: Exploring the Average and Heterogeneous Effects of Head Start on Parental Earnings

Owen Schochet and Christina M. Padilla

Project Evaluation Activity in Support of Partnership for Patients: Task 2 Evaluation Progress Report, Appendices

Andrew Clarkwest, Arnold Chen, Maureen Higgins, Valerie Cheh, Jelena Zurovac, Keith Kranker, Gina M. Tignini, Robert Fornango, Julia Lewis and Sunny Bateman

Retention of and Access to Effective Teachers in DC Public Schools

Elias Walsh

Impacts of New Electric Line Extensions in Tanzania (In Focus Brief)

Kristine Bos, Duncan Chaplin, Arif Mamun, Ali Protik, John Schurrer and Divya Vohra

Mental Health/Medical Care Cost Offsets: Opportunities for Managed Care

Mark Olfson, Merrile Sing and Herbert J. Schlesinger

State of Indiana: Strategies for Improving Food Stamp, Medicaid, and SCHIP Participation

Kathleen Maloy, Allison Logie and Lara Petrou Green

Alternative Approaches for Investigating the Effects of the Plan to End Chronic Homelessness

Valerie Cheh and Judy Ng

Postsecondary Education Services for Students in the Vermont Linking Learning to Careers Program

Frank Martin

The Impact of Playworks on Students’ Physical Activity by Race/Ethnicity: Findings from a Randomized Controlled Trial (Journal Article)

Susanne James-Burdumy, Nicholas Beyler, Kelley Borradaile, Martha Bleeker, Alyssa Maccarone and Jane Fortson

Program Snapshot: Vermont Blueprint's EQuIP Program

Lyndee Knox and Erin Fries Taylor

Sustaining Programs for Expectant and Parenting Teens: Lessons Learned from Former Pregnancy Assistance Fund Grantees (Brief)

Subuhi Asheer, Julia Alamillo, Betsy Keating and Jean Knab

Pretest Report on the English and Spanish Questionnaires for the National Survey of Nursing Aides and Assistants

David DesRoches, Betsy Santos and Rita A. Stapulonis

Medicare Advantage 2014 Spotlight: Plan Availability and Premiums

Marsha Gold, Gretchen Jacobson, Anthony Damico and Tricia Neuman

Coordinating Parenting Time and Child Support: Experiences and Lessons Learned from Three States (Issue Brief)

Rebekah Selekman and Lauren Antelo

Health-E-App Public Access: A New Online Path to Children's Health Care Coverage in California, Applicant Characteristics and Experiences

Adam Dunn and Leslie Foster

Implementation of the Building Strong Families Program

M. Robin Dion, Alan M. Hershey, Heather H. Zaveri, Sarah A. Avellar, Debra A. Strong, Timothy Silman and Ravaris Moore

Microsimulation of Family and Household Formation and Dissolution

John L. Czajka, Harold Beebout, Brett Brown, Robert Cohen, Susan Holland, Alberto Martini and Nancy Wemmerus

Empirical Bayes Shrinkage Estimates of State Food Stamp Participation Rates in 2000-2002 for All Eligible People and the Working Poor

Laura A. Castner and Allen L. Schirm

Social Security Disability Beneficiaries: Characteristics, Work Activity, and Use of Services

Gina A. Livermore, Nanette Goodman and Debra Wright

Informing the Performance-Based Contract Between First 5 LA and LAUP: Child Progress in the 2011-2012 Program Year

Yange Xue, Sally Atkins-Burnett and Emily Moiduddin

Long-Term Services and Supports for Older Adults: A Review of Home and Community-Based Services Versus Institutional Care

Andrea Wysocki, Mary Butler, Robert L. Kane, Rosalie A. Kane, Tetyana Shippee and François Sainfort

Pi Day Equation for Politicians: Big Data Helps You Make Better Decisions

Paul Decker

Highlights from the First FRAMING Research Healthy Marriage Technical Work Group

Robert G. Wood

Changing the Principal Supervisor Role to Better Support Principals: Evidence from the Principal Supervisor Initiative

Ellen B. Goldring, Melissa A. Clark, Mollie Rubin, Laura K. Rogers, Jason A. Grissom, Brian Gill, Tim Kautz, Moira McCullough, Michael Neel and Alyson Burnett