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Medicaid Section 1915(c) Waiver Programs Annual Expenditures and Beneficiaries Report, 2017-2018

Jessica Ross, Kristie Liao and Andrea Wysocki

Accounting for Geographic Variation in DI and SSI Participation

Jack Gettens, Pei-Pei Lei and Alexis Henry

Evaluation of Demonstration Projects to End Childhood Hunger (EDECH): The Nevada Healthy, Hunger Free Kids Project

Philip Gleason, Rebecca Kleinman, Gregory Chojnacki, Sarah Forrestal, Nicholas Redel, Breanna Wakar and Ronette Briefel

National Health Emergency Grants to Address the Opioid Crisis: Implementation Study Final Report

Colleen Staatz, Jillian Berk, Crystal Blyler, Katie Bodenlos, Melissa Mack and Ivette Gutierrez

Using Incentives to Promote Job Retention and Advancement: Guidance from the Performance Improvement Industry

Heather Hill and LaDonna Pavetti

Surveying Persons with Disabilities: A Source Guide, Version I

Jason Markesich, James Cashion and Martha Bleeker

Scaling Programs with Research Evidence and Effectiveness (SPREE)

Nan Maxwell and Scott Richman

The Reaching the Working Poor and Poor Elderly Study: What We Learned and Recommendations for Future Research

Sheena McConnell and Michael Ponza

Pathways to the Use of Health Services Research in Policy

Marsha Gold

Medicaid Access Tool User Guide

Mathematica Policy Research

Return-to-Work Outcomes Among Social Security Disability Insurance Program Beneficiaries (Presentation)

Yonatan Ben-Shalom and Arif Mamun

Leading the Way: Characteristics and Early Experiences of Selected Early Head Start Programs. Volume III: Program Implementation

Diane Paulsell, Ellen Eliason Kisker, John M. Love, Helen Raikes, Kimberly Boller, Linda Rosenberg, Kathleen Coolahan and Lisa J. Berlin

Shrinkage of Value-Added Estimates and Characteristics of Students with Hard-to-Predict Achievement Levels (Journal Article)

Mariesa Herrmann, Elias Walsh and Eric Isenberg

School Nutrition and Meal Cost Study Final Report Volume 1: School Meal Program Operations and School Nutrition Environments

Sarah Forrestal, Charlotte Cabili, Dallas Dotter, Christopher W. Logan, Patricia Connor, Maria Boyle, Ayesha Enver and Hiren Nissar

Dual Eligible Care in a SNP vs. FFS: Preliminary Findings from a Natural Arizona Experiment

Maggie Colby and Jim Verdier

State Policies to Encourage High-Deductible and Limited-Benefit Health Plans: Costs, Constituents, and Concerns

Lynn Quincy

Extending Medicaid Coverage to Low-Income Childless Adults: Opportunities and Cautions for Managed Care Plans

James M. Verdier

Premium Assistance Demonstrations: The Challenges of Interagency and Public/Private Coordination

Katharine Bradley and Karina Wagnerman

Evaluation of the Niger Education and Community Strengthening Program, Design Report

Emilie Bagby, Evan Borkum, Anca Dumitrescu and Matt Sloan

Review of SoonerCare Behavioral Health Services

Melanie Au and James Verdier

Changing Education Agencies from the Inside Out: Year 2 Report on the Strategic Data Project and Education Pioneers

Cassie Pickens Jewell, Libby Makowsky, Kristin Hallgren and Jacob Hartog

State of Ohio. Improving Food Stamp, Medicaid, and SCHIP Participation: Strategies and Challenges

Lea Nolan, Angela Merrill and Gary Hyzer

Serving Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Recipients in a Post-Recession Environment

Elizabeth Brown and Michelle K. Derr

How Temporary Insurance for High-Risk Individuals May Play Out Under Health Reform

Deborah J. Chollet

National Job Corps Study: Eligible Applicants' Perspectives on Job Corps Outreach and Admissions

Peter Schochet

Usability of Procedure Codes in 2017 (Brief)

Julia Baller, Kimberly Proctor and Jessie Parker

Training Enrollment and Completion: By the Numbers (Infographic)

Annalisa Mastri and Dana Rotz

The Impact of Access Regulation on Health Insurance Market Structure

Deborah J. Chollet, Adele M. Kirk and Kosali Ilayperuma Simon

Spring 2013 State Interview Protocol

Mathematica Staff

Assessing the Nutrient Intakes of Vulnerable Subgroups

Barbara Devaney, Myoung Kim, Alicia Carriquiry and Gabriel Camano-Garcia

Risk Selection Among SSI Enrollees in TennCare

Steven Hill, Christopher Trenholm, Craig Thornton and Judith Wooldridge

Performance Partnership Pilots for Disconnected Youth (P3): Four Years After Initial Authorization

Elías S. Hanno, Brittney Gionfriddo and Linda Rosenberg

Compendium of Student, Teacher, and Classroom Measures Used in NCEE Evaluations of Educational Interventions, Volume I: Measures Selection Approaches and Compendium Development Methods

Kimberly Boller, Sally Atkins-Burnett, Elizabeth M. Malone, Gail P. Baxter and Jerry West

Measuring School Leaders' Effectiveness: Final Report from a Multiyear Pilot of Pennsylvania's Framework for Leadership

Moira McCullough, Stephen Lipscomb, Hanley Chiang, Brian Gill and Irina Cheban

QRS Profile: Virginia Star Quality Initiative

Kimberly Boller and Kathryn Tout

COVID-19 and Youth Unemployment by Gender and Age

Hande Inanc and Megan McIntyre

Recent Practice/Future Possibilities: A Survey of Practitioners in International Commercial Arbitration

Grace Farrell Roemer, Melissa Miller and Martha Kovac

Understanding American Indian and Alaska Native Early Childhood Needs: The Potential of Existing Data

Lizabeth Malone, Emily Knas, Sara Bernstein and Lindsay Read Feinberg

Congressional Status Report: Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer for Children Demonstrations, Appendices

Ronette Briefel, Ann Collins, Jeanne Bellotti, Jacob Klerman, Christopher W. Logan, Charlotte Cabili, Gretchen Rowe, Jacey Greece, Cheryl Owens and Andy Weiss

HMO's Profits on Their Medicare Risk Plans

Richard T. Shin and Randall S. Brown

Nonexperimental Versus Experimental Estimates of Earnings Impacts

Steven Glazerman, Dan M. Levy and David Myers

Progress Toward Comprehensive Contraceptive Access Through The Right Time in Missouri

So O'Neil, Emily Hoe and Maggie Magee

Self-Regulation Training Approaches and Resources to Improve Staff Capacity for Implementing Healthy Marriage Programs for Youth: Executive Summary

Scott Baumgartner, Aly Frei, Diane Paulsell, Mindy Herman-Stahl, Rebecca Dunn and Chelsea Yamamoto

How Does Value Added Compare to Student Growth Percentiles?

Elias Walsh and Eric Isenberg

Evaluation of the Ticket to Work Program: Assessment of Post-Rollout Implementation and Early Impacts (Technical Appendices)

Craig Thornton, Gina Livermore, Thomas Fraker, David Stapleton, Bonnie O'Day, David Wittenburg, Nanette Goodman, Tim Silva, Emily Sama Martin, Jesse Gregory, Debra Wright and Arif Mamun

How Community Colleges Address Basic Needs and Financial Stability of Low-Income Students to Boost College Completion: Lessons from the Working Students Success Network

Margaret Sullivan, Derek V. Price, Lindsay Fox and Ann Person

Measurement and Evaluation Plan Template

Kate Place, Gregory Chojnacki, Virginia Knechtel, Andy Gothro, Megan Shoji and Lindsay Fox

Impacts of Abstinence Education on Teen Sexual Activity, Risk of Pregnancy, and Risk of Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Christopher Trenholm, Barbara Devaney, Kenneth Fortson, Melissa Clark, Lisa Quay and Justin Wheeler

Understanding the Effect of KIPP as it Scales: Volume I, Impacts on Achievement and Other Outcomes

Christina Clark Tuttle, Philip Gleason, Virginia Knechtel, Ira Nichols-Barrer, Kevin Booker, Gregory Chojnacki, Thomas Coen and Lisbeth Goble

Charter High Schools' Effects on Educational Attainment and Earnings (Issue Brief)

Kevin Booker, Brian Gill, Tim Sass and Ron Zimmer

Evaluating Basic Science Investments: Toward a More Robust Practice

Clemencia Cosentino, Leslie Foster and Julia Klebanov

Transforming Business as Usual and Advancing Innovation Through Public-Private Partnerships

Delara Aharpour, Brittany English, Annalisa Mastri and Jason Perkins-Cohen

Association Between Enhanced Access Services in Pediatric Primary Care and Utilization of Emergency Departments: A National Parent Survey

Joseph S. Zickafoose, Lisa R. DeCamp and Lisa A. Prosser

Researchers Speak: Insights about Family Stability and Self-Sufficiency, A Viewer's Guide

Scott W. Allard, Greg Fabiano, Colleen Heflin, Jodi Sandfort and Valerie Uccellani

Home Visiting Programs: Reviewing Evidence of Effectiveness (Brief)

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

Psychiatric Versus Physical Disabilities: A Comparison of Barriers and Facilitators to Employment

Purvi Sevak and Shamima Khan

State of Alabama. Improving Food Stamp, Medicaid, and SCHIP Participation: Strategies and Challenges

Liz Schott and Lara Petrou Green

Elementary School Data Issues: Implications for Research Using Value-Added Models

Eric Isenberg, Bing-ru Teh and Elias Walsh

How States and Institutions Can Work Together to Serve Adult Learners: Lessons from Adult Promise

Ann Person, Julie Bruch and Ashley Hong

Donated Care Programs: A Stopgap Measure or a Long-Run Alternative to Health Insurance?

Jeffrey T. Kullgren, Erin Fries Taylor and Catherine G. McLaughlin

Planning the 2010 Census: Second Interim Report

Panel on Research on Future Census Methods of which Allen L. Schirm is a Member

SMI Innovations Project: Southeast Pennsylvania Case Study

Tricia Collins Higgins, Jung Y. Kim, Dominick Esposito and Angela M. Gerolamo

Heart Failure, 1992-2001: Appendix B: Detailed Tables

Angela Merrill

Oakland Unite 2018-2019 Strategy Evaluation: Crisis Intervention for Commercially Sexually Exploited Youth

Naihobe Gonzalez, Mindy Hu, Natalie Larkin and Michela Garber

The Rogosin Institute's Initiative to Promote Health Literacy (Case Study)

Meg Maxwell and Jane Ahn

Healthy Start: Health Education Plays a Key Role in Local Efforts

Mary Harrington and Barbara Foot

Critical Challenges in Making Health Services Research Relevant to Decision Makers

Marsha R. Gold

Assessing the Implementation and Cost of High Quality Early Care and Education: A Review of the Literature

Pia Caronongan, Gretchen Kirby, Kimberly Boller, Emily Modlin and Julia Lyskawa

Measurement Error in Household Surveys: Sources and Measurement

Daniel Kasprzyk

Children's Outcomes in Los Angeles Universal Preschool

Yange Xue, Emily Moiduddin, Sally Atkins-Burnett, Sharon Murphy and Artineh Samkian

Income Variability Among Families with Pregnant Women, Infants, or Young Children

Anne Gordon, Kimball Lewis and Larry Radbill

Developing a Prescription for Physician Surveys

Janice Ballou, Julita Milliner-Waddell, Frank Potter and Brian Roff

Evaluation of Short-Time Compensation Programs: Data Set

Stephen Walsh, Rebecca A. London, Deana McCanne, Karen Needels, Walter Nicholson and Stuart Kerachsky

No-Deadlines Synthetic Control and Exploratory Outcomes Analysis and Recommendations for a Future Rigorous Evaluation

Lily Fesler and Lindsay Fox

Summer Feeding Design Study, Vol. I: Design and Costs for Program Component

Ronette Briefel, Michael Sinclair, Laura Kalb, Anne Gordon, Fazana Saleem-Ismail and amd Martha Kovac

Measuring Implementation to Understand Supports for Quality in Early Care and Education Centers

Gretchen Kirby, Shannon Monahan and Julia Lyskawa

Effects of Compliance with the Early Management Bundle (SEP-1) on Mortality Changes among Medicare Beneficiaries with Sepsis: A Propensity Score Matched Cohort Study

Sean R. Townsend, Gary S. Phillips, Reena Duseja, Lemeneh Tefera, Derek Cruikshank, Robert Dickerson, Bryant Nguyen, Christa A. Schorr, Mitchell M. Levy, Phillip Dellinger, William A. Conway, Warren S. Browner and Emanuel P. Rivers

Promoting Opportunity Demonstration: Using Web Surveys for People with Disabilities

Michael Levere, David Wittenburg, Martha Kovac, Stacie Feldman and Stacy Dale

National Assessment of Title I Final Report Volume II: Closing the Reading Gap: Findings from a Randomized Trial of Four Reading Interventions for Striving Readers (Appendices)

Joseph Torgesen, Allen Schirm, Laura Castner, Sonya Vartivarian, Wendy Mansfield, David Myers, Fran Stancavage, Donna Durno, Rosanne Javorsky and Cinthia Haan

US Approaches to Physician Payment: The Deconstruction of Primary Care

Robert A. Berenson and Eugene C. Rich

Development of the Uncertainty Communication Checklist: A Patient-Centered Approach to Patient Discharge From the Emergency Department

Kristin L. Rising, Rhea E. Powell, Kenzie A. Cameron, David H. Salzman, Dimitrios Papanagnou, Amanda M.B. Doty, Lori Latimer, Katherine Piserchia, William C. McGaghie and Danielle M. McCarthy

Low-Cost, Low-Administrative Burden: Ways to Better Integrate Care for Medicare-Medicaid Enrollees

Integrated Care Resource Center

Promoting Opportunity Demonstration: Design Report

David Wittenburg, Kenneth Fortson, David Stapleton, Noelle Denny-Brown, Rosalind Keith, David R. Mann, Heinrich Hock and Heather Gordon

The Vocational Rehabilitation Program Evaluation Coach (Issue Brief)

Rachel Miller and Todd Honeycutt

Offering Data Collection Incentives to Adults at Risk for Substance Use Disorder

Angela Valdovinos D'Angelo, Jacqueline Crowley, Lauren Maul and Debra Strong

WHD Compliance Strategies: Directions for Future Research

Sarah Dolfin, Nan Maxwell and Ankita Patnaik

The Narrative Communications Project: Takeaway Findings on a Message-Framing Approach

Sheila Hoag, Victoria Peebles, Christopher Trenholm and Gene Lewit

An Institutional Analysis of American Job Centers: Study Highlights

Pamela Holcomb, Linda Rosenberg, Elizabeth Brown, Brittney English, Kate Dunham and Hannah Betesh

Sources of MyPyramid Intakes Among School Children

Elizabeth M. Condon and Mary Kay Fox

Enrollment, Employment, and Earnings in the Medicaid Buy-In Program, 2011

Matthew Kehn

Evaluation of the National Guard Youth ChalleNGe/Job ChalleNGe Program

Jillian Berk, Ariella Kahn-Lang Spitzer, Jillian Stein, Karen Needels, Christian Geckeler, Anne Paprocki, Ivette Gutierrez and Megan Millenky

Grid Electricity Expansion in Tanzania: Findings from a Rigorous Impact Evaluation (Issue Brief)

Arif Mamun, Duncan Chaplin, Ali Protik, John Schurrer, Divya Vohra, Kristine Bos, Hannah Burak, Laura Meyer and Anca Dumitrescu

Measuring the Effects of Short-Time Compensation on Workforce Dynamics

Karen Needels and Walter Nicholson

Child Support Cooperation Requirements in Child Care Subsidy Programs and SNAP: Key Policy Considerations

Rebekah Selekman and Pamela Holcomb

Aspects of Health Reform: Contributions from the Economic Research Initiative on the Uninsured

Catherine McLaughlin, Helen Levy and Brian Quinn

The Robustness of Estimates of the Distribution of Usual Dietary Intake to Alternative Sample Sizes

Sheena McConnell

The Children of LAUP: Executive Summary of the First 5 LA Universal Preschool Child Outcomes Study

John M. Love, Sally Atkins-Burnett and Cheri Vogel

Using Paradata for Nonresponse Weighting Adjustments

Donsig Jang, Amang Sukasih, Kelly H. Kang and Stephen H. Cohen

Time-Limited Benefits Before Permanent SSDI Disability Benefits

Purvi Sevak and Stephanie Rosenbluth

Methods to Identify Changes in Access Among Medicaid Beneficiaries

Risa Nakajima, Joe Zickafoose and Allison Dodd