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Performance Measurement for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Modernization Initiatives: Individual State Findings

Kathleen Keefe, Emily Sama-Miller, Laura Castner, Maura Bardos, Elizabeth Clary, Sarah Wissell and Larry Vittoriano

Effectiveness of Selected Supplemental Reading Comprehension Interventions: Findings from Two Student Cohorts

Susanne James-Burdumy, John Deke, Julieta Lugo-Gil, Nancy Carey, Alan Hershey, Russell Gersten, Rebecca Newman-Gonchar, Joseph Dimino, Kelly Haymond and Bonnie Faddis

Replicate Variance Estimation for Combined Data of Independent Surveys

Donsig Jang and Amang Sukasih

The National Evaluation of Reading Comprehension Interventions: Design Report

Susanne James-Burdumy, David Myers, John Deke, Wendy Mansfield, Russell Gersten, Joseph Dimino, Janice Dole, Lauren Liang, Sharon Vaughn and Meaghan Edmonds

Health Care Coverage and Access for Children in Low-Income Families: Stakeholder Perspectives from California, Colorado, and Texas

Tricia Collins, Leslie Foster, Dana Petersen and Rachel Miller

Integrating Latino Immigrants in New Rural Destinations

Heather Koball, Randy Capps, William Kandel, Jamila Henderson and Everett Henderson

Assessment of Calories Purchased After Calorie Labeling of Prepared Foods in a Large Supermarket Chain

Joshua Petimar, Anna H. Grummon, Fang Zhang, Steven L. Gortmaker, Alyssa J. Moran, Michele Polacsek, Eric B. Rimm, Christina A. Roberto, Anjali Rao, Lauren P. Cleveland, Denise Simon, Rebecca L. Franckle, Sue Till, Julie Greene and Jason P. Block

Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care: Partnerships Between Employers and Health Plans

Patricia Collins Higgins, Melanie Au and Erin Fries Taylor

Do Charter Schools Improve Student Achievement?

Melissa A. Clark, Philip M. Gleason, Christina Clark Tuttle and Marsha K. Silverberg

Response to Comments from the Public on Revised HomVEE Procedures and Standards and Updated HomVEE Definitions, Rules, and Procedures Related to Model Versions

Emily Sama-Miller, Katie Niland and Lauren Akers

Early Head Start Home Visits and Classrooms: Stability, Predictors, and Thresholds of Quality

Nikki Aikens, Yange Xue, Eileen Bandel, Pia Caronongan, Cheri A. Vogel and Kimberly Boller

The Social Security Administration's Youth Transition Demonstration Projects: Interim Report on the City University of New York's Project

Thomas Fraker, Alison Black, Joseph Broadus, Arif Mamun, Michelle Manno, John Martinez, Reanin McRoberts, Anu Rangarajan and Debbie Reed

International Efforts to Serve Youth with Disabilities

Todd Honeycutt and Lorenzo Moreno

Characteristics of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Households: Fiscal Year 2017

Kathryn Cronquist and Sarah Lauffer

Review of Adult Education Programs and Their Effectiveness: A Background Paper for Reauthorization of the Adult Education Act

Mary T. Moore and Michael Stavrianos

Student Achievement in New York City Middle Schools Affiliated with Achievement First and Uncommon Schools

Bing-ru Teh, Moria McCullough and Brian P. Gill

Sustainability, Partnerships, and Teamwork in Health IT Implementation: Essential Findings from the Transforming Healthcare Quality Through IT Grants

Suzanne Felt-Lisk, Grace Ferry, Rebecca Roper, Melanie Au, James Walker, J.B. Jones and Virginia Lerch

Provider Engagement Toolkit

Nazihah Siddiqui, Sonya Streeter, Ethan Jacobs and Rumin Sarwar

Responsible Fatherhood Programming: Two Approaches to Service Delivery

Heather Zaveri, Robin Dion and Scott Baumgartner

The SourceAmerica Pathways to Careersâ„¢ Demonstration Pilot in Utah: Interim Evaluation Report, Executive Summary

Noelle Denny-Brown, Gina Livermore, Marisa Shenk and Eric Morris

Logistic Propensity Models to Adjust for Nonresponse in Physician Surveys

Nuria Diaz-Tena, Frank Potter, Michael Sinclair and Stephen Williams

How Does Cash and Counseling Affect Costs?

Stacy B. Dale and Randall S. Brown

Changes in Opioid Treatment Program Staffing from 2011 to 2016

Ellen Bouchery and Monica Farid

Market Signals: Evidence on the Determinants and Consequences of School Choice from a Citywide Lottery

Steven Glazerman and Dallas Dotter

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Participation Rates: Fiscal Years 2010 and 2011

Esa Eslami and Karen Cunnyngham

The Medicaid Analytic eXtract 2004 Chartbook

Victoria Perez, Bob Schmitz, Audra T. Wenzlow, Kathy Shepperson, David Baugh and Susan Radke

Designing and Conducting Home Visiting Evaluations in Tribal Communities: Takeaways from the HomVEE Tribal Review

Andrea Mraz Esposito, Emily Sama-Miller and Elizabeth Davenport Pollock

Systematic Reviews as a Tool in Evidence-Based Decision Making: Improving Research and Informing Practice

Jill Constantine

Impacts of an Enhanced Family Health and Sexuality Module of the HealthTeacher Middle School Curriculum

Brian Goesling, Silvie Colman, Mindy Scott and Elizabeth Cook

The National Health Plan Collaborative: Overview of Its Origins, Accomplishments, and Lessons Learned

Erin Fries Taylor and Marsha Gold

Hospital Acquisition of Physician Groups: On the Road to Value-Based or Higher-Priced Care?

James D. Reschovsky and Eugene Rich

Father Involvement in Early Head Start Programs: A Practitioners Study

Helen H. Raikes, Kimberly Boller, Welmoet van Kammen, JeanAnn Summers, Abbie Raikes, Debbie Laible, Brian Wilcox, Lenna Ontai and Lanette Christensen

Introduction to Contracting with D-SNPs

Jim Verdier, Alexandra Kruse and Rebecca Lester

What Have we Learned about SSA and VR Program Interactions?

David R. Mann

Adapting an Evidence-Based Curriculum in a Rural Setting: The Longer-Term Impacts of Reducing the Risk in Kentucky

Brian Goesling, Joanne Lee, Robert G. Wood and Susan Zief

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

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

Developing Math and Science Skills Among Disadvantaged Youth: A Review of the Upward Bound Precollege Math/Science Centers

Mary T. Moore

Dual Eligibles in Nursing Facilities and Other Long-Term Care Settings

James M. Verdier

Time That Beneficiaries Spend Off the Rolls Due to Work and the Payments Generated for Employment Networks

David Stapleton, Jody Schimmel, Miriam Loewenberg and Sarah Prenovitz

Getting Along or Going Along? Health Plan-Provider Contract Showdowns Subside

Justin S. White, Robert E. Hurley and Bradley C. Strunk

Medicare Beneficiaries and Health Plan Choice, 2000

Marsha Gold, Michael Sinclair, Mia Cahill, Natalie Justh and Jessica Mittler

Early Head Start Home Visitation: The Role of Implementation in Bolstering Program Benefits

Brenda Jones Harden, Rachel Chazan-Cohen, Helen Raikes and Cheri Vogel

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Participation Rates: Fiscal Years 2010 and 2011 (Summary)

Esa Eslami and Karen Cunnyngham

Estimating Program Impacts for a Subgroup Defined by Post-Intervention Behavior: Why is it a Problem? What is the Solution?

Silvie Colman

Some Hospitals Are Falling Behind in Meeting 'Meaningful Use' Criteria and Could be Vulnerable to Penalties in 2015

Catherine M. DesRoches, Chantal Worzala and Scott Bates

Dual Eligibles: Opportunities and Challenges

James M. Verdier

Shifting Medicare Choices, 1999-2003

Marsha Gold and Lori Achman

Movement of Children Between Medicaid and CHIP, 2005 to 2007

John L. Czajka

Developing Alternative Payment Models: Key Considerations and Lessons Learned from Years of Collaboration with CMS

Mary Laschober, Eugene Rich, Timothy Lake, Angela Merrill and Candace Natoli

Slow Change in the Employment Services Market: The Early Years of Ticket to Work

Craig Thornton and Paul O'Leary

Direct Certification in the National School Lunch Program State Implementation Progress, School Year 2011-2012: Report to Congress (Summary)

Quinn Moore, Kevin Conway and Brandon Kyler

The Seeds to Success Modified Field Test: Findings from the Impact and Implementation Studies

Kimberly Boller, Patricia Del Grosso, Randall Blair, Yumiko Jolly, Ken Fortson, Diane Paulsell, Eric Lundquist, Kristin Hallgren and Martha Kovac

Re-Defining the Who, When, and Where of Mentoring for Professional Statisticians

Lauren Vollmer, Aparna Keshaviah, Dmitriy Poznyak, Sharon Zhao, Fei Xing and Nicholas Beyler

Channeling Evaluation Initial Research Design of the National-Long Term Care Demonstration

Peter Kemper, Robert Applebaum, Raymond J. Baxter, James J. Callahan, Jr., George J. Carcagno, Jon B. Christianson, Stephen L. Day, Thomas W. Grannemann, Jean Baldwin-Gorssman and Judith Wooldridge

Evaluation of the Work Incentives Planning and Assistance (WIPA) Program in 2011: Beneficiaries Served, Services Provided, and Program Costs

Jody Schimmel, Sara Prenovitz, Gina Livermore and Alex Bryce

Revisiting Employee Benefits Managers

Jon M. Thompson, Debra A. Draper and Robert E. Hurley

New Recommendations on Retention and Reemployment Could Keep Workers in Jobs After Injury or Illness

Steve Bruns

The Youth Transition Demonstration: Lifting Employment Barriers for Youth with Disabilities

Thomas Fraker

Medicaid Emergency Psychiatric Services Demonstration Evaluation: Executive Summary

Crystal Blyler, Melissa Azur, Bonnie O'Day, Priyanka Anand, Allison Barrett, Kavita Choudhry, Kara Contreary, Sarah Croake, Molly Crofton, Noelle Denny-Brown, Brian Johnston, Jasmine Little, Jennifer Lyons, Brenda Natzke, Stephanie Peterson, Max Rubinstein, Allison Siegwarth, James Woerheide and Kara Zivin

Promise Neighborhood Site Profile: Los Angeles Promise Neighborhood

Andrea Mraz Esposito, Sarah Osborn, Jessica Zeigler, Lara Hulsey and Kimberly Boller

How Much Does the Pre-K CLASS Relate to Children's Readiness for School Skills?

Nikki Aikens, Tutrang Nguyen and Jessica Harding

Choice Continues to Erode in 2002

Marsha Gold and John McCoy

Getting the Message Out: Disseminating Labor Market Information

Megan Hague Angus and Jillian Berk

Data Across Sectors for Health Initiative: Formative Evaluation Report

So O'Neil, Colleen Staatz, Emily Hoe, Ravi Goyal and Eva Ward

Supporting Practices to Adopt Registry-Based Care (SPARC): Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

Rebecca S. Etz, Rosalind E. Keith, Anna M. Maternick, Karen L. Stein, Roy T. Sabo, Melissa S. Hayes, Purvi Sevak, John Holland and Jesse C. Crosson

An Application of Confidence Interval Methods for Small Proportions in the Health Care Survey of DoD Beneficiaries

Amang Sukasih and Donsig Jang

Proposed Changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Heating and Cooling Standard Utility Allowances and Earned Income

Karen Cunnyngham, J.B. Wogan and Sarah Lauffer

Evaluation of the Irrigation and Water Resource Management Project in Senegal: Design Report

Aravind Moorthy, Thomas Coen, Katie Naeve, Jeremy Brecher-Haimson and Sarah Hughes

Basing Health Care on Empirical Evidence

Jill Bernstein, Deborah Chollet and Stephanie Peterson

Employment-Related Health Insurance and Service Delivery Needs of Persons With Disabilities

John Gettens and Alexis D. Henry

Coordinating and Improving Care for Dual Eligibles in Nursing Facilities: Current Obstacles and Pathways to Improvement

James M. Verdier

Conducting Clinical Research Using Crowdsourced Convenience Samples

Jesse Chandler and Danielle Shapiro

Income Eligibility for Assistance Under the ACA: The Question of Monthly vs. Annual Income

John L. Czajka

Work Incentives and Disincentives

Paul T. Decker

The Community Tracking Study Surveys of Physicians

Frank Potter, Stephen Williams and Nuria Diaz-Tena

Moving Forward Together: How Programs Can Support Informal Caregivers and Parents

Jaime Thomas, Cleo Jacobs Johnson, Madeline Young, Kimberly Boller, Mindy Hu and Daisy Gonzalez

Improving Survey Estimates of the Uninsured Using Computer-Assisted Interviewing Logic

Barbara Lepidus Carlson

Primary Prevention and Health Outcomes: Treatment of Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazards and the Prevalence of Childhood Lead Poisoning

David J. Jones

Impact of Contingent Work on Subsequent Labor Force Participation and Wages of Workers with Psychiatric Disabilities

Judith A. Cook, Jane K. Burke-Miller and Dennis D. Grey

States That Received Race to the Top—Early Learning Challenge Grants Made Progress in Developing Tiered Quality Rating and Improvement Systems (Infographic)

Mathematica Policy Research Staff

Analysis of the Characteristics of Medicare Advantage Plan Participation

Marsha Gold and Stephanie Peterson

Three-Year Impacts of Services and Work Incentives on Youth with Disabilities

Thomas Fraker, Arif Mamun and Lori Timmins

National Job Corps Study: Findings Using Administrative Earnings Records Data

Peter Z. Schochet, Sheena McConnell and John Burghardt

Assessing the Effectiveness of Efforts to Diversify the Health Professions: Evidence from the RWJF Summer Medical and Dental Education Program

Clemencia Cosentino

A Profile of Kindergarten Readiness in White Center: Fall 2007

Kimberly Boller, Diane Paulsell, Nikki Aikens, Liz Potamites, Barbara Carlson and Martha Kovac

Indiana's Health Care Sector and Insurance Market: Summary Report

Deborah Chollet, Fabrice Smieliauskas, Rebecca Nyman and Andrea Staiti

Impact on Family and Work

Shanna Shulman, Henry Ireys and Stephanie Peterson

Five Tips for Teaching Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education in Schools

Brian Goesling and Julia Alamillo

Creation of the September 2002 MATH SIPP+ Microsimulation Model and Database

Joel Smith

Promise Neighborhood Site Profile: Chula Vista Promise Neighborhood

Andrea Mraz Esposito, Sarah Osborn, Lara Hulsey, Kimberly Boller and Celina Kamler

Understanding Enrollment Trends and Participant Characteristics of the Medicaid Buy-In Program, 2003-2004

William E. Black and Henry T. Ireys

COVID-19 and Youth Unemployment by Race and Ethnicity

Hande Inanc and Megan McIntyre

Patient Safety, 2000 and 2001

Arnold Chen

Achieving Coordination of Care to Improve Population Health: Provider Collaboration in Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment Programs

Jessica Heeringa, Carey Appold, Julia Baller, Keanan Lane, Ryan Stringer and James Woerheide

Nutrition, Food Security, and Obesity

Harold Beebout

Early Head Start Evaluation: Parent Services Follow-Up Instrument

Prepared by Mathematica Policy Research

15-Site Randomized Trial of Coordinated Care in Medicare Fee-for-Service

Randall Brown, Deborah Peikes, Arnold Chen and Jennifer Schore

Paying Wisely: Using Incentive Reforms to Reduce Costs and Improve Patient Outcomes

Robert Berenson, Christine Cassel, Stuart Guterman, Timothy Lake and Eugene Rich

Evaluation Design Report for the Benin Power Compact's Electricity Generation Project and Electricity Distribution Project

Christopher Ksoll, Kristine Bos, Sarah Hughes, Anthony Harris and Arif Mamun

Implementation of Title I and Title II-A Program Initiatives: Results From 2013–14

Patricia Troppe, Anthony T. Milanowski, Camilla Heid, Brian Gill and Christine Ross