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Estimating the Return to College Selectivity Over the Career Using Administrative Earning Data

Stacy Dale and Alan Krueger

School Improvement Grants: Implementation and Effectiveness (Final Report)

Lisa Dragoset, Jaime Thomas, Mariesa Herrmann, John Deke, Susanne James-Burdumy, Cheryl Graczewski, Andrea Boyle, Rachel Upton, Courtney Tanenbaum and Jessica Giffin

Silver State ACO’s Provider Engagement Strategy (Case Study)

Jasmine Masand and Ethan Jacobs

The Effects of a Criminal Record on Employment, Welfare Participation, and Health: A Model of Long-Run Behaviors and Outcomes when Lagged Variables are Missing Non-Randomly

Ning Fu, Donna Gilleskie, Shawn Kneipp, Todd Schwartz and Amanda Sheely

How Discrimination and Bias Shapes Outcomes

Ariella Kahn-Lang Spitzer and Kevin Lang

Adapting and Evaluating a Rapid, Low-Cost Method to Enumerate Flies in the Household Setting

Marlene K. Wolfe, Holly N. Dentz, Beryl Achando, MaryAnne Mureithi, Tim Wolfe, Clair Null and Amy J. Pickering

Incorporating Experimental Designs Into New NCES Data Collection Methodologies

Charles E. Metcalf

Microsimulation and Public Policy: A Synopsis of Developments in Modeling and the Role of Policy Analytic Needs

John L. Czajka and Alberto Martini

A Behavioral Economics Assessment of SSDI Earnings Reporting Documents

Denise Hoffman, Jonah Deutsch and Britta Seifert

Summer Feeding Design Study, Vol. III: Survey Instruments

Anne Gordon and Ronette Briefel

Small-Area Estimates of School-Age Children in Poverty: Interim Report 2, Evaluation of Revised 1993 County Estimates for Title I Allocations

National Research Council and Institute of Medicine Panel to review the National Children's Study Research Plan of which Allen Schirm is a Member

Using Predictive Analytics for Early Identification of Short-Term Disability Claimants Who Exhaust Their Benefits

Kara Contreary, Yonatan Ben-Shalom and Brian Gifford

Characteristics and Dietary Patterns of Healthy and Less Healthy Eaters in the Low-Income Population (Summary)

Yonatan Ben-Shalom, Mary Kay Fox and P.K. Newby

Scaling the Birth and Beyond (B&B) intervention: Insights from the Experiences of the Child Abuse Prevention Council

Katie Eddins, Mary Anne Anderson, Karen Needels and Scott Richman

Impact of Drug Coverage on Medical Expenditures Among the Elderly

Boyd H. Gilman, Barbara Gage, Susan Haber, Sonja Hoover and Jyoti Aggarwal

Aligning Federal Performance Indicators Across Programs Promoting Self-Sufficiency: Actionable Steps for Program Design and Practice

Gretchen G. Kirby, Elizabeth Brown and Kara Conroy

Helping States Make Data-Driven Decisions About Cannabis Legalization: Forecasting Impacts and Assessing Equity in Regulatory Practices

R. Vincent Pohl and Aparna Keshaviah

The Status of Academic Libraries in the United States: Results from the 1996 Academic Library Survey with Historical Comparisons

Maggie Cahalan, Wendy Mansfield and Natalie Justh

Developing Math Skills in Early Childhood

Barbara Harris and Dana Petersen

Medicaid Analytic eXtract 2010 Chartbook Appendix Tables

Rosemary Borck, Laura Ruttner, Vivian Byrd and Karina Wagnerman

Using Data to Monitor and Improve the Work Participation of TANF Recipients: Examples from New York City and Utah

Jeffrey Max and Gretchen Kirby

Characteristics and Service Use of Medicaid Buy-In Participants with Higher Incomes: A Descriptive Analysis

Denise Hoffman, Kristin Andrews and Valerie Cheh

Characteristics of Food Stamp Households: Fiscal Year 2007

Kari Wolkwitz and Joshua Leftin

SNAP Participation, Food Security, and Geographic Access to Food

James Mabli

Oakland Unite 2017-2018 Strategy Evaluation: Life Coaching and Employment and Education Support for Youth at Risk of Violence

Naihobe Gonzalez, Johanna Lacoe, Armando Yañez, Alicia Demers, Sarah Crissey and Natalie Larkin

What Is Translational Research? Concepts and Applications in Nutrition and Dietetics

Jamie Zoellner, Linda Van Horn, Philip M. Gleason and Carol J. Boushey

The National School Lunch Program Direct Certification Improvement Study: Analysis of Unmatched Records

Andrew Gothro, Quinn Moore, Kevin Conway and Brandon Kyler

Alternative Student Growth Measures for Teacher Evaluation: Profiles of Early-Adopting Districts

Brian Gill, Brittany English, Joshua Furgeson and Moira McCullough

Using Medicaid Analytic eXtract (MAX) Data on Rx Drug Use and Costs to Analyze Current Medicaid and Medicare Policy Issues

James M. Verdier

Data Tables for Child Outcomes and Classroom Quality in FACES 2009 Report

Nikki Aikens, Emily Moiduddin, Yange Xue, Louisa Tarullo and Jerry West

Data and Decision Making: Same Organization, Different Perceptions

Nan L. Maxwell, Dana Rotz and Christina Garcia

Toward a More Perfect Union: Creating Synergy Between the Money Follows the Person and Managed Long-Term Services and Supports Programs

Debra J. Lipson and Christal Stone Valenzano

RPG Cross-Site Evaluation and Technical Assistance: Second Annual Report

Debra A. Strong, Sarah A. Avellar and Russell Cole

Policy Options for Older Adults Experiencing the Onset of Work-Limiting Medical Conditions

Jody Schimmel and David Stapleton

Monitoring School Quality: An Indicators Report

Daniel P. Mayer, John Mullens and Mary T. Moore

A Negative Income Tax Experiment

David Kershaw

Interim Impacts of Teen PEP in New Jersey and North Carolina High Schools

Dana Rotz, Brian Goesling, Molly Crofton, Christopher Trenholm, Jennifer Manlove and Kate Welti

Matched Comparison Group Design Standards in Systematic Reviews of Early Childhood Interventions

Jaime Thomas, Sarah A. Avellar, John Deke and Philip Gleason

Implementing Telemedicine Services for Low-Income Seniors: Potential Strategies

Lorenzo Moreno and Arnold Chen

Midline Findings from the Evaluation of the Ananya Program in Bihar

Evan Borkum, Dana Rotz, Anu Rangarajan, Swetha Sridharan, Sukhmani Sethi, Mercy Manoranjini, Lakshmi Ramakrishnan, Lalit Dandona, Rakhi Dandona, Priyanka S. Kochar, G. Anil Kumar and Priyanka Singh

What Isn't There Matters: Attrition and Randomized Controlled Trials

Sarah A. Avellar and Timothy Silman

The Cost of Implementing a Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program in High School Health Classes

Theresa Schulte and Brian Goesling

A Spotlight on Dual Language Learners in Head Start: FACES 2014

Nikki Aikens, Emily Knas, Lizabeth Malone, Louisa Tarullo and Jessica F. Harding

Use Data to Refine Your Remote Learning Strategies with the Evidence to Insights Coach

Regional Educational Laboratory Mid-Atlantic

The Experiences of Workers Hired Under Consumer Direction in Arkansas

Stacy Dale, Randall Brown, Barbara Phillips and Barbara Carlson

Promoting Readiness of Minors with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial

Ankita Patnaik, Jeffrey Hemmeter and Arif Mamun

State and Health Plan Strategies to Grow Enrollment in Integrated Managed Care Plans for Dually Eligible Beneficiaries

James Verdier and Danielle Chelminsky

The WIC Breastfeeding Policy Inventory Study (In Focus Brief)

Sarah Forrestal, Ronette Briefel and James Mabli

Should Foreign Aid Fund Agricultural Training? Evidence from Armenia

Randall Blair, Kenneth Fortson, Joanne Lee and Anu Rangarajan

Making Ends Meet: How Low-Income DI Beneficiaries Meet Their Needs

Jack Gettens and Alexis Henry

BOND Implementation and Evaluation: Final Evaluation Report, Volume 2: Technical Appendices

Daniel Gubits, David Stapleton, Stephen Bell, Michelle Wood, Denise Hoffman, Sarah Croake, David R. Mann, Judy Geyer, David Greenberg, Austin Nichols, Andrew McGuirk, Meg Carroll, Utsav Kattel and David Judkins

Medicaid Enrollment Gaps, 2005 to 2007

John L. Czajka

How Do We All Win?

Lisa Schottenfeld, Michelle Sou, Lello Guluma, Drew Koleros and So O'Neil

Meeting Meaningful Use Criteria and Managing Patient Populations: A National Survey of Practicing Physicians

Catherine M. DesRoches, Anne-Marie Audet, Michael Painter and Karen Donelan

QRS Profile: North Carolina Star Rated License System

Kimberly Boller and Kathryn Tout

Paying More for Primary Care: Can It Help Bend the Medicare Cost Curve? (Technical Appendix Brief)

James D. Reschovsky, Arkadipta Ghosh, Kate Stewart and Deborah Chollet

Boosting Immigration: Harnessing Global Talent to Increase US Competitiveness, Innovation, and Prosperity

Paul Decker and Howard Fluhr (eds.)

Presenting School Choice Information to Parents: An Evidence-Based Guide

Steven Glazerman, Ira Nichols-Barrer, Jon Valant and Alyson Burnett

Empirical Bayes Shrinkage Estimates of State Food Stamp Participation Rates in 2002 and 2003 for All Eligible People and the Working Poor

Laura A. Castner and Allen L. Schirm

Making the Case for a New National Data Collection Effort on Physicians and Their Practices

Catherine M. DesRoches, Herbert S. Wong, Eugene C. Rich and Sumit R. Majumdar

Exploring the Promise of Population Health Management Programs to Improve Health

Suzanne Felt-Lisk and Tricia Higgins

Case Management for High-Cost Medicare Beneficiaries

Jennifer L. Schore, Randall S. Brown and Valerie A. Cheh

Effects of COVID-19 Pandemic on Youth Unemployment Rates, by Race and Ethnicity

Hande Inanc and Megan Caruso

Partnering for Climate Action

Anu Rangarajan and Tulika Narayan

OneCare Vermont ACO Case Study: Community Care Coordination Program (Case Study)

Kelsey Cowen and Kate D’Anello

Development of an HCBS Pressure Ulcer Measure, Volume 1

Andrea Wysocki, Alex Bohl, Chris Fleming and Jessica Ross

Patient Safety Indicators, 2000-2001

Arnold Chen

What Were the Top Outcomes of State Medicaid Infrastructure (MIG) Grants?

Kristin Andrews

Exploring Reemployment Strategies for Army Veterans: Implementation of State Pilots

Stephanie Boraas and Grace Roemer

Promising Therapies, Prohibitive Costs: A Qualitative Assessment of the Effects of the Medicare Part D Doughnut Hole on Access to Costly Cancer Medications

Leslie Jackson Conwell, Dominick Esposito, Margaret Colby, Daniel Ball, Eric S. Meadows and Martin Marciniak

HHS/ASPE Webinar Series: Developing and Using Learning Agenda Approach to Evidence-building (Webinar 5 Slides: SBA)

Brittany Borg, Amanda Cash and Jessica McNab

Do Low-Income Students Have Equal Access to Effective Teachers? Evidence from 26 Districts (Executive Summary)

Eric Isenberg, Jeffrey Max, Philip Gleason, Matthew Johnson, Jonah Deutsch and Michael Hansen

Measuring Costs to Support Quality in Early Care and Education Centers

Theresa Schulte Neelan and Pia Caronongan

Father Engagement in Human Services

Rebekah Selekman and Pamela Holcomb

Managing Funding Challenges in the Workforce Investment Act Adult and Dislocated Worker Programs: Mitigating Strategies and Effects on Services

Gretchen Kirby

State Food Stamp Participation Rates for the Working Poor in 2002

Laura A. Castner and Allen L. Schirm

Measuring What Matters in Primary Care

Eugene Rich and Ann O'Malley

Pathways Taken by New Social Security Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income Awardees

Priyanka Annand and Yonatan Ben-Shalom

The United Kingdom Pathways to Work Program: A Path to Employment?

Bonnie O'Day and David Stapleton

Engaging Consumers: What Can Be Learned from Public Health Consumer Education Programs?

Margaret Gerteis, Matthew Hodges and James Mulligan

The Evolution of SNAP Modernization Initiatives in Five States

Lara Hulsey, Kevin Conway, Andrew Gothro, Rebecca Kleinman, Megan Reilly, Scott Cody and Emily Sama-Miller

Case Study of Maryland's Express Lane Eligibility

Brigette Courtot and Margaret Wilkinson

Informing the Performance-Based Contract Between First 5 LA and LAUP, Volume 2: Background and Supporting Analyses for the 2012-2013 Study of Child Progress

Sally Atkins-Burnett, Yange Xue, Emily Moiduddin, Nikki Aikens and Judy Cannon

SSA's Youth Transition Demonstration (YTD) Evaluation

Thomas Fraker

In Their Own Voices: The Hopes and Struggles of Responsible Fatherhood Program Participants in the Parents and Children Together Evaluation

Pamela Holcomb, Kathryn Edin, Jeffrey Max, Alford Young, Jr., Angela Valdovinos D'Angelo, Daniel Friend, Elizabeth Clary, Waldo E. Johnson and Jr.

Could a Rise in Social and Cognitive Limitations Increase Enrollment in Disability Programs?

Purvi Sevak, Anna Hill and Christal Stone Valenzano

Father Engagement in Human Services (Infographic)

Rebekah Selekman and Pamela Holcomb

Spotlight on Utah

Dana Petersen, Mynti Hossain, Veronica Barrios and Betsy Santos

Calibrated Multilevel Regression with Poststratifiction for the Analysis of SMS Survey Data

Jonathan Gellar, Sarah Hughes, Constance Delannoy, Erin Lipman, Shirley Jeoffreys-Leach, Bobby Berkowitz and Grant J. Robertson

Mental Health Services for Children with Special Health Care Needs in Commercial Managed Care, 1999-2001

Jennifer Humensky, Henry T. Ireys, Steve Wickstrom and Paula Rheault

Expunging Records, Opening Doors: A Profile of Face Forward Grantees' Expungement Services

Jennifer Henderson-Frakes, Hannah Diaz, Johanna Lacoe and Lindsay Reed Feinberg

Youth CareerConnect: Evolution of Implementation over Time

Christian Geckeler, Raquel González, Lea Folsom, Erin Dillon and Nan Maxwell

How Cash and Counseling Affects Informal Caregivers: Findings from Arkansas, Florida, and New Jersey

Leslie Foster, Randall Brown, Barbara Phillips and Barbara Lepidus Carlson

Predictive Risk Modeling for Child Protection

Rhema Vaithianathan, Emily Putnam-Hornstein, Matthew Stagner and Elizabeth Weigensberg

Rural Welfare-to-Work Strategies Demonstration Evaluation: A Summary of the Evaluation Design and Demonstration Programs

Andrew Burwick and Alicia Meckstroth

Partners in Progress: Early Steps in Creating School-To-Work Systems

Alan M. Hershey, Paula Hudis, Marsha Silverberg and Joshua Haimson

Primary Employment and Training Strategies Used in the Interventions Reviewed by ESER

Sarah Wissel, Jacob Hartog and Emily Sama-Miller

School Nutrition Dietary Assessment Study III: OMB Clearance Package

Jim Ohls, Rhoda Cohen and Anne Gordon

Improving Public Coverage for Children in New Jersey: Lessons from Covering Kids and Families in New Jersey

Chioma Uzoigwe, Sheila Hoag and Judith Wooldridge

Two Steps Forward, One Step Back: The Uneven Economic Progress of TANF Recipients

Robert G. Wood, Quinn Moore and Anu Rangarajan