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Analysis of the Characteristics of Medicare Advantage Plan Participation

Marsha Gold and Stephanie Peterson

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

Silvie Colman

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

APPI Cross-Site Evaluation: Interim Report (Executive Summary)

Margaret B. Hargreaves, Natalya Verbitsky-Savitz, Samantha Penoyer, Michaela Vine, Laura Ruttner and Alena Davidoff-Gore

Performance Management for State Vocational Rehabilitation Agencies Serving Transition-Aged Youth (Issue Brief)

Rachel Miller, Purvi Sevak and Todd Honeycutt

Privatization in Practice: Case Studies of Contracting for TANF Case Management

Sheena McConnell, Andrew Burwick, Irma Perez-Johnson and Pamela Winston

The Youth Transition Demonstration Project in Miami, Florida: Design, Implementation, and Three-Year Impacts

Thomas M. Fraker, Kelli T. Crane, Todd C. Honeycutt, Richard G. Luecking, Arif A. Mamun and Bonnie L O’Day

Evaluation of the Maryland Total Cost of Care Model: Implementation Report

Rachel Machta, Gregory Peterson, Jason Rotter, Kate Stewart, Shannon Heitkamp, Isabel Platt, Danielle Whicher, Keri Calkins, Keith Kranker, Linda Barterian and Nancy McCall

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

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

COVID-19 Vaccination Rates and Youth Unemployment During 2021

Hande Inanc and Megan Caruso

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

Work Incentives and Disincentives

Paul T. Decker

Factors Associated with Use of an Online Telemedicine Service to Access Self-Managed Medical Abortion in the US

Abigail R. A. Aiken, Jennifer E. Starling and Rebecca Gomperts

The Early Head Start Father Studies: Design, Data Collection, and Summary of Father Presence in the Lives of Infants and Toddlers

Kimberly Boller, Robert Bradley, Natasha Cabrera, Helen Raikes, Barbara Pan, Jeffrey Shears and Lori Roggman

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

Debra A. Strong, Sarah A. Avellar and Christine Ross

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

Amang Sukasih and Donsig Jang

Elementary-Grade Math Programs in the Pittsburgh Public Schools: A Comparison of Everyday Mathematics and Harcourt Math

Catherine Nelson, Julia Kaufman, Kevin Booker and Brian Gill

Congressionally Mandated Evaluation of the State Children's Health Insurance Program Site Visit Report: The State of Florida's KidCare Program

Mary Harrington and William Black

MCC Indonesia Nutrition Project Impact Evaluation Interim Report

Amanda Beatty, Evan Borkum, Jeremy Brecher-Haimson, Erin Crossett, Nick Ingwersen, William Leith, Clair Null and Swetha Sridharan

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

Trends in Premiums, Cost-Sharing, and Benefits in Medicare+Choice Health Plans, 1999-2001

Marsha Gold and Lori Achman

The Equity Project Charter School: Impacts on Student Achievement

Joshua Furgeson, Moira McCullough, Clare Wolfendale and Brian Gill

Evaluation of Support for Using Student Data to Inform Teachers’ Instruction—Appendices

Philip Gleason, Sarah Crissey, Greg Chojnacki, Marykate Zukiewicz, Tim Silva, Sarah Costelloe and Fran O'Reilly

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

David J. Jones

The Changing Face of Managed Care

Debra Draper, Robert E. Hurley, Cara Lesser and Bradley C. Strunk

Engaging Community Members in Evaluations of Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood Programs

Danielle Whicher, Julia Alamillo, Lexi Ouellette and Breyon Williams

LIFT: Implementation Findings from the Evaluation of Employment Coaching

Karen Gardiner, Kristen Joyce and Sheena McConnell

Massachusetts Health Care Cost Growth Benchmark Factsheet: Cost and Market Impact Reviews

Mathematica

Medicare Beneficiaries and Health Plan Choice, 2000

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

The Short†Term Effects of the Earned Income Tax Credit on Health Care Expenditures Among US Adults

Rita Hamad and Matthew J. Niedzwiecki

Identifying Students At Risk Using Prior Performance Versus a Machine Learning Algorithm

Lindsay Cattell and Julie Bruch

Mentoring: What Is It? How Do We Do It and How Do We Get More Of It?

Catherine McLaughlin

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

The Carle Medicare Coordinated Care Demonstration Program After One Year

Jennifer Schore, Randall Brown, Arnold Chen, Sean Orzol and Deborah Peikes

Work Search Among Unemployment Insurance Claimants: An Investigation of Some Effects of State Rules and Enforcement

Walter Corson, Stuart Kerachsky and Ellen Eliason Kisker

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

Barbara Lepidus Carlson

Implementing a Home Visiting Model in Tribal Communities: Takeaways from the HomVEE Tribal Review

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

Characteristics of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Households: Fiscal Year 2017

Kathryn Cronquist and Sarah Lauffer

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

Matching Study Designs to Research Questions in Disability-Related Comparative Effectiveness Research

Jeffrey Ballou, Eugene Rich and Matthew Kehn

Evaluation of the Charleston Claimant Placement and Work Test Demonstration

Walter Corson, David Long and Walter Nicholson

Attribution in DSRIP Demonstration Programs: A Spotlight on New Jersey and New York

Melanie Au, Carey Appold, Ryan Stringer and Patrick Balke

A Profile of Kindergarten Readiness in White Center: Fall 2007

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

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

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

Evidence-Based Home Visiting Systems Evaluation Update: Infrastructure-Building Plans and Activities in 2011

Diane Paulsell, Margaret Hargreaves, Brandon Coffee-Borden and Kimberly Boller

Promise Neighborhood Site Profile: Los Angeles Promise Neighborhood

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

Movement of Children Between Medicaid and CHIP, 2005 to 2007

John L. Czajka

Evaluation Design Report for the Georgia Improving General Education Quality Project's School Rehabilitation Activity

Ira Nichols-Barrer, Caroline Lauver, Leigh Linden and Matt Sloan

Home Visiting Evidence of Effectiveness Review’s Model Prioritization Process

Various Authors

Subjects' Views of Obligations to Ensure Post-Trial Access to Drugs, Care, and Information: Qualitative Results from the Experiences of Participants in Clinical Trials (EPIC) Study

N. Sofaer, C. Thiessen, S.D. Goold, J. Ballou, K.A. Getz, G. Koski, R.A. Krueger and J.S. Weissman

American Indian and Alaska Native Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (AIAN FACES): 2021-22 Data Collection

Lizabeth Malone and Sara Bernstein

Transforming Coalition Leadership: An Evaluation of a Collaborative Leadership Training Program

Jung Y. Kim, Todd Honeycutt and Michaella Morzuch

Measuring Teacher and School Value Added in Oklahoma, 2013-2014 School Year

Elias Walsh, Albert Y. Liu and Dallas Dotter

Gaps in the Evidence on Employment and Training for Low-Income Adults

Annalisa Mastri and Jacob Hartog

Enhancing Information for State Health Policy

Penny Feldman, Marsha Gold and Karyen Chu

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

Conducting Clinical Research Using Crowdsourced Convenience Samples

Jesse Chandler and Danielle Shapiro

Possible State Intervention Options to Serve Transition-Age Youths: Lessons from the West Virginia Youth Works Demonstration Project

Joyanne Cobb, David C. Wittenburg and Cara Stepanczuk

Practical Lessons for Health Reform from the Military Health System

Thomas Croghan, Kristen Purcell and Kate Stewart

WIC Turns 35: Program Effectiveness and Future Directions

Barbara Devaney

Reaching Those in Need: State Food Stamp Participation Rates in 1999

Allen L. Schirm and Laura A. Castner

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

Mary T. Moore and Michael Stavrianos

Supporting Home Visitors in Evidence-Based Programs: Experience of EBHV Grantees

Brandon Coffee-Borden and Diane Paulsell

Health Insurance Costs and Employee Compensation: Evidence from the National Compensation Survey

Priyanka Anand

2019 Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (FACES) and American Indian/Alaska Native Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (AI/AN FACES): Questions from Program Director and Center Director Questionnaires about COVID-19

Mathematica

Promising Practices to Help Minority Youth with Disabilities Make the Transition to Postsecondary Life

Sharonlyn Harrison, Anika Sandy-Hanson and Gina Freeman

COVID-19 and Youth Unemployment by Race and Ethnicity

Hande Inanc and Megan McIntyre

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

Peer Effects on Children’s Expressive Vocabulary Development Using Conceptual Scoring in Linguistically Diverse Preschools

Sally Atkins-Burnett, Yange Xue and Nikki Aikens

Evaluation of the Minority Female Single Parent Demonstration Volume II: Technical Supplement to the Analysis of Economic Impacts

Anu Rangarajan, John Burghardt and Anne Gordon

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

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

Responsible Fatherhood Programming: Two Approaches to Service Delivery

Heather Zaveri, Robin Dion and Scott Baumgartner

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

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

The Characteristics and Experiences of English Learner Students with Disabilities in Secondary School: Evidence from the National Longitudinal Transition Study 2012

Albert Y. Liu, Stephen Lipscomb and Alexander Johann

Measuring a Changing Nation: Modern Methods for the 2000 Census

National Research Council and Institute of Medicine Panel to review the National Childrens Study Research Plan

Using Survey Data Sets to Study Homeschooling

Eric Isenberg

School Nutrition and Meal Cost Study Volume 2: Nutritional Characteristics of School Meals (Summary)

Elizabeth Gearan, Mary Kay Fox, Katherine Niland, Dallas Dotter, Liana Washburn, Patricia Connor, Lauren Olsho and Tara Wommack

National Job Corps Study: Findings Using Administrative Earnings Records Data

Peter Z. Schochet, Sheena McConnell and John Burghardt

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

Nikki Aikens, Tutrang Nguyen and Jessica Harding

State Regulation and Initiatives to Expand Small Group Coverage

Deborah Chollet

Diet Quality of American Young Children by WIC Participation Status: Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1999-2004

Nancy Cole and Mary Kay Fox

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

Expanding the Toolbox: Methods to Study and Refine Patient-Centered Medical Home Models (Issue Brief)

Debbie Peikes, Dana Petersen, Aparajita Zutshi, David Meyers and Janice Genevro

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

Randall Brown, Deborah Peikes, Arnold Chen and Jennifer Schore

The National Evaluation of the Welfare-to-Work Grants Program: 24 Month Follow-Up Survey Instrument

Rita Stapulonis, Shawn Marsh and Jason Markesich

CHIPRA Evaluation of the Children's Health Insurance Program: Cross Cutting Report on Findings from Ten State Case Studies

Ian Hill, Sheila Hoag, Sarah Benatar, Cara Orfield, Embry Howell, Victoria Peebles, Brigette Courtot and Margaret Wilkinson

State Guide to Identifying Aligned Enrollees: How to Find Medicare Plan Enrollment for Dually Eligible Individuals in Medicaid Managed Care Plans

Danielle Chelminsky, Alena Tourtellotte and Erin Weir Lakhmani

Getting the Message Out: Disseminating Labor Market Information

Megan Hague Angus and Jillian Berk

Families on TANF in Illinois: Employment Assets and Liabilities

Gretchen Kirby, Thomas Fraker, LaDonna Pavetti and Martha Kovac

Oakland's Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Tax: Impacts on Prices, Purchases and Consumption by Adults and Children

John Cawley, David Frisvold, Anna Hill and David Jones

Building State-Level Advocacy Networks: CVC After Two Years

Debra A. Strong, Sheila Hoag, Subuhi Asheer and Jamila Henderson

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

John L. Czajka

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

Jill Constantine

The Andrew Hill High School Medical-Health Professions Magnet Program: A Summative Evaluation

Linda C. Rosenberg and Ellen Eliason Kisker

Data Across Sectors for Health Initiative: Formative Evaluation Report

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

Family Wealth at the End of the 1990's: Estimates from the SIPP

John Czajka, Scott Cody and Alexander Strand

Surveying Current and Former TANF Recipients in Iowa

Rita A. Stapulonis, Martha D. Kovac and Thomas M. Fraker

Reserving Time for Daddy: The Consequences of Fathers’ Quotas

Ankita Patnaik

Prescription Drugs for Children with Special Health Care Needs in Commercial Managed Care: Patterns of Use and Cost, 1999-2001

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