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HHS/ASPE Webinar Series: Developing and Using Learning Agenda Approach to Evidence-building (Webinar 4 Slides: NSF): Cynthia Phillips, Rebecca Kruse, Amanda Cash and Dan Finkelstein
An Impact that Lasts: KIPP Middle Schools Boost College Enrollment: Thomas Coen, Ira Nichols-Barrer and Philip Gleason
SMI Innovations Project in Pennsylvania: Final Evaluation Report: Jung Y. Kim, Tricia Collins Higgins, Dominick Esposito, Angela M. Gerolamo and Mark Flick
The Road to Trans-Inclusive Health Care: Policy Implications and the Critical Role of Social Work: Corinne P. Lewis
The Cost-Effectiveness of High-Risk Lung Cancer Screening and Drivers of Program Efficiency: Sonya Cressman, Stuart J. Peacock, Martin C. TammemÃ¤gi, William K. Evans, Natasha B. Leighl, John R. Goffin, Alain Tremblay, Geoffrey Liu, Daria Manos, Paul MacEachern, Rick Bhatia, Serge Puksa, Garth Nicholas, Annette McWilliams, John R. Mayo, John Yee, John C. English, Reka Pataky, Emily McPherson, Sukhinder Atkar-Khattra, Michael R. Johnston, Heidi Schmidt, Frances A. Shepherd, Kam Soghrati, Kayvan Amjadi, Paul Burrowes, Christian Couture, Harmanjatinder S. Sekhon, Kazuhiro Yasufuku, Glenwood Goss, Diana N. Ionescu, David M. Hwang, Simon Martel, Don D. Sin, Wan C. Tan, Stefan Urbanski, Zhaolin Xu, Ming-Sound Tsao and Stephen Lam
The Effects of a Principal Professional Development Program Focused on Instructional Leadership (Study Highlights): Mariesa Herrmann, Melissa Clark, Susanne James-Burdumy, Christina Tuttle, Tim Kautz, Virginia Knechtel, Dallas Dotter, Claire Smither Wulsin and John Deke
Vermont's Progressive Employment Program: A Preliminary Impact Analysis: David R. Mann, David C. Stapleton and Alice Porter
Maintenance of Certification Status and Performance on a Set of Process Measures: Bradley Gray, Jonathan Vandergrift, Bruce Landon, James Reschovsky and Rebecca Lipner
The BASIE (BAyeSian Interpretation of Estimates) Framework for Interpreting Findings from Impact Evaluations: A Practical Guide for Education Researchers: John Deke, Mariel Finucane and Daniel Thal
Longitudinal Outcomes of an Early Cohort of Ticket to Work Participants: Gina A. Livermore and Allison Roche
Electronic Health Records and Support for Primary Care Teamwork: Ann S. O'Malley, Kevin Draper, Rebecca Gourevitch, Dori A. Cross and Sarah Hudson Scholle
Building Strong Families: From Concept to Reality: Debra A. Strong, Alan M. Hershey and M. Robin Dion
The Economic Impact of Fleet Conversion to a Multi-Function Ventilator Due to Changes in Oxygen Usage: Suzanne M. Miller, Erwin Navarijo, George Fandaros, Sheng Wang, Michael Pappas and Richard Branson
Families on a Fault Line? The Risk of Poverty When a Child Joins the Home: Marybeth J. Mattingly, Andrew Schaefer and Douglas J. Gagnon
Interview Interruption and Responses to Questions About Domestic Violence in India: Brenna V. Rabel, Solveig A. Cunningham and Rob Stephenson
The Kigoma Solar Activity in Tanzania: Evaluation Findings (Issue Brief): Divya Vohra, Edith Felix, Duncan Chaplin and Arif Mamun
What Can We Learn from County-Level Variation in Child SSI Participation Rates?: Purvi Sevak and Lucie Schmidt
Continued Progress in Performance Measurement Reporting by SCHIP: Margo Rosenbach, Anna Katz and Sibyl Day
â€œMaybe Itâ€™s Still Good?â€ A Qualitative Study of Factors Influencing Food Waste and Application of the E.P.A. Food Recovery Hierarchy in U.S. Supermarkets: Caitlin A. Ceryes, Cerra C. Antonacci, Steven A. Harvey, Marie L. Spiker, Anna Bickers and Roni A. Neff
Geographic Variation in Medicare Per Capita Spending: Should Policy-Makers Be Concerned? (Policy Brief): Claudia H. Williams and Marsha Gold
Implementation of the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP): Synthesis of State Evaluations: Margo Rosenbach, Marilyn Ellwood, Carol Irvin, Cheryl Young, Wendy Conroy, Brian Quinn and Megan Kell
Diabetes Prevalence, Outcomes, and Preventive Services Among Maryland Medicare Beneficiaries, 2002: Angela Merrill and So Sasigant Limpa-Amara
Cyclical Fluctuations in Strike Activity: Sheena McConnell
Response Rates in Random Digit Dialing (RDD) Telephone Surveys: James T. Massey, Dan O'Connor and Karol Krotki
Design of the CMS Medical Home Demonstration: Myles Maxfield, Deborah Peikes, Rachel Shapiro, Hongmai Pham, Ann O'Malley, Sarah Scholle and Phyllis Torda
Insuring the Uninsurable: An Overview of State High-Risk Health Insurance Pools: Lori Achman and Deborah Chollet
QRS Profile: Iowa Child Care Quality Rating System: Kimberly Boller and Kathryn Tout
Work-Related Overpayment and Benefit Suspension Experiences of Federal Disability Beneficiaries: Marisa Shenk and Gina Livermore
Education-to-Workforce Indicator Framework: Using Data to Promote Equity and Economic Security for All: Naihobe Gonzalez, Elizabeth Alberty, Stacey Brockman, Tutrang Nguyen, Matthew Johnson, Sheldon Bond, Krista O'Connell, Adrianna Corriveau, Megan Shoji and Megan Streeter
Advocacy Capacity Assessment Instrument: Margaret Gerteis, Julia Coffman, Jung Kim and Krisztina Marton
Watching the Clock Tick: Factors Associated with TANF Accumulation: Kristin S. Seefeldt and Sean M. Orzol
Enticing Dually Eligible Beneficiaries to Enroll in Integrated Care Plans: Debra J. Lipson and Erin Weir Lakhmani
A Year in Head Start: Findings from FACES 2014 on Childrenâ€™s Progress Toward School Readiness During the 2014-2015 Program Year: Ashley Kopack Klein, Nikki Aikens, Lizabeth Malone and Louisa Tarullo
Better Late? Characteristics of Late Respondents to a Health Care Survey: Esther M. Friedman, Nancy A. Clusen and Michael Hartzell
Estimating the Incidence of Unintended Births and Pregnancies at the Sub-State Level to Inform Program Design: Keith Kranker, Sarah Bardin, So O'Neil and Dara Lee Luca
Identifying Effective Health Care Services for Adults with Disabilities: Why Study Designs and Outcome Measures Matter: Debra Lipson, Matthew Kehn and Jeffrey Ballou
Human Services for Low-Income and At-Risk LGBT Populations: An Assessment of the Knowledge Base and Research Needs: Andrew Burwick, Gary Gates, Scott Baumgartner and Daniel Friend
Toolkit for Building a Virtual Learning Cohort: Brittany Rabb, Emily Gardner, Emma Pottinger, Ramya Tallapragada, Alexandra Resch, Theodora Vorias and Virginia Knechtel
Factors Contributing to Variations in Physicians' Use of Evidence at The Point of Care: A Conceptual Model: James D. Reschovsky, Eugene C. Rich and Timothy K. Lake
Culturally Responsive and Equitable Evaluation for Federal Evaluation Staff: Mary Anne Anderson and Annalisa Mastri
RD or Not RD: Using Experimental Studies to Assess the Performance of the Regression Discontinuity Approach: Philip Gleason, Alexandra Resch and Jillian Berk
Association Between Imposition of a Maintenance of Certification Requirement and Ambulatory Care-Sensitive Hospitalizations and Health Care Costs: Bradley M. Gray, Jonathan L. Vandergrift, Mary M. Johnston, James D. Reschovsky, Lorna A. Lynn, Eric S. Holmboe, Jeffrey S. McCullough and Rebecca S. Lipner
Health Professionals and Patients in California: Speaking the Same Language: Diane Rittenhouse, Alicia Fernandez, Alexandra Ament and Janet Coffman
Do Low-Income Students have Equal Access to the Highest-Performing Teachers? (Technical Appendix): Steven Glazerman and Jeffrey Max
After-Hours Care and Its Coordination with Primary Care in the U.S: Ann S. O'Malley, Divya Samuel, Amelia M. Bond and Emily Carrier
Using Data-Driven Reflection to Improve Program Quality: New York City's Human Resources Administration Redesigns Its Upfront Assessment Process for Youth and Families Receiving Cash Assistance: Michelle K. Derr, Erin Welch, Angela Ghesquiere, Edith Kealey, Dina Zagari-LiMandri, Lyndsey Richardson, Genesis Reyes, Samantha Palermo, Alexandra Stanczyk, Joseph Oâ€™Brien and Brittany Tabora
Detecting Enrollment Outbreaks in Three States: The Link Between Program Enrollment and Outreach: Carol Irvin, Christopher Trenholm and Margo Rosenbach
The Horizons Study: Third Follow-UP Questionnaire: Prepared by Mathematica Policy Research
Supporting Quality in Home-Based Child Care: Diane Paulsell, Toni Porter and Gretchen Kirby
Data Visualization and Infographics (In Focus): Prepared by Mathematica Policy Research
Funding Special Education by Capitation: Evidence from State Finance Reforms: Elizabeth Dhuey and Stephen Lipscomb
Determining Performance Benchmarks for a Medicaid Value-Based Payment Program (Presentation): So O'Neil, Ella Douglas-Durham, Jon Collins, Pat Jones and Alicia Cooper
Designing an Impact Study of Four Selected Programs to Reduce Teen Pregnancy: Robert G. Wood, Brian Goesling, Susan Zief and Jean Knab
Early Experiences of the Performance Partnership Pilots for Disconnected Youth (P3): Cohort 1 Pilots: Linda Rosenberg and Elizabeth Brown
Promoting Readiness of Minors in Supplemental Security Income (PROMISE): Arkansas PROMISE Process Analysis Report: Todd Honeycutt, Brittney Gionfriddo, Jacqueline Kauff, Joseph Mastrianni, Nicholas Redel and Adele Rizzuto
Special Report: The Potential of Wastewater Testing for Public Health and Safety: Aparna Keshaviah and Editor
Training Teens and Transforming School Culture Through Comprehensive Sex Education: An Implementation Study of Teen PEP: Subuhi Asheer, Ellen Kisker and Betsy Keating
Determining Performance Benchmarks for a Medicaid Value-Based Payment: So O'Neil and Ella Douglas-Durham
Evaluation of Employment Coaching for TANF and Related Populations Program Snapshot: MyGoals: Kristen Joyce and Sheena McConnell
A Compilation of Initiatives to Support Home-Based Child Care: Toni Porter, Tahra Nichols, Patricia Del Grosso, Carol Begnoche, Rachel Hass, Lee Vuong and Diane Paulsell
Medicaid Analytic eXtract 2010 Chartbook: Rosemary Borck, Laura Ruttner, Vivian Byrd and Karina Wagnerman
Erroneous Payments in the NSLP and SBP Volume II Sampling and Data Analysis Appendices: NSLP/SBP Access, Participation, Eligibility, and Certification Study: Michael Ponza, Philip M. Gleason, Eric Grau, John Hall, Lara Hulsey and Quinn Moore
Market Developments Signal Cost Hikes in Greenville: Suzanne Felt-Lisk, Jon B. Christianson, Linda R. Brewster, Ashley C. Short, Richard Sorian, Robert E. Hurley, Lawrence D. Brown and Jessica H. May
Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System Data Quality Study: Kenneth W. Jackson, Scott Peecksen, Donsig Jang and Amang Sukasih
Spotlight on Georgia: Grace Anglin and Adam Swinburn
Case Study of a Collaborative Approach to Improving Community-Based Services for People with Low Income: Community Caring Collaborative: Katie Eddins and Kristen Joyce
Readiness and Implementation of Quality Improvement Strategies Among Small and Medium-Sized Primary Care Practices: An Observational Study: Gregory Peterson and David J. Magid
The APEC II Study: Estimating and Validating Statistical Models for Generating State-Level Estimates of Improper Payments in the School Meal Programs (Summary): Quinn Moore and April Yanyuan Wu
Applying Advocacy Skills in Tumultuous Times: Adaptive Capacity of Insuring America's Children Grantees (Executive Summary): Jung Y. Kim, Victoria Peebles and Christopher A. Trenholm
National Job Corps Study: Methodological Appendixes on Sample Implementation and Baseline Interviewing: Peter Schochet
Participant and Provider Outcomes Since the Inception of Ticket to Work and the Effects of the 2008 Regulatory Changes: Jody Schimmel, David Stapleton, David R. Mann and Dawn Phelps
Enrollment and Disenrollment Experiences of Families Covered by CHIP: Christopher Trenholm, Mary Harrington and Claire Dye
Parental Report of Outdoor Playtime as a Measure of Physical Activity in Preschool-Aged Children: Hilary L. Burdette, Robert C. Whitaker and Stephen R. Daniels
Translating Modified Adjusted Gross Income (MAGI) to Current Monthly Income: John L. Czajka
Differences Among Consumer Segments with Regard to Perceptions of Comparative Effectiveness Research: Sunyna S. Williams and Sloane L. Frost
Effects of Medicaid Disease Management Programs on Medical Expenditures: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Georgia: Keith Kranker
Advancing the Self-Sufficiency and Well-Being of At-Risk Youth: A Conceptual Framework (Presentation): M. Robin Dion
Testing Different Methods of Estimating the Impacts of Worker Profiling and Reemployment Services Systems: Robert B. Olsen and Paul T. Decker
Public Reporting of Quality Information on Medicaid Health Plans: Suzanne Felt-Lisk, Allison Barrett and Rebecca Nyman
Emerging Federal and State Activities Related to the Collection of Data to Measure Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities: Patricia Collins Higgins and Erin Fries Taylor
Exploring and Overcoming the Challenges Primary Care Practices Face with Care Management of High-Risk Patients in CPC+: A Mixed-Methods Study: Tricia Collins Higgins, Ann O'Malley and Rosalind Keith
Clinical Quality Measurement (Fact Sheet): Cindy Cullen and Sam Simon
Opportunities and Capacity for Community Benefit: GHMSI's Potential Role in the National Capital Area: Deborah Chollet, Su Liu and Laurie Felland
Geographic Variation in Medicare Per Capita Spending: Should Policy-Makers Be Concerned?: Claudia H. Williams and Marsha Gold
Professional Development Tools to Improve the Quality of Infant and Toddler Care: A Review of the Literature (Snapshot): Nikki Aikens, Lauren Akers and Sally Atkins-Burnett
Preparing Young Children for School: Margaret Burchinal, Sarah Krowka, Rebecca Newman-Gonchar, Madhavi Jayanthi, Russell Gersten, Samantha Wavell, Julia Lyskawa, Kelly Haymond, Karen Bierman, Jorge Gonzalez, Megan McClelland, Kimberly Nelson, Jill Pentimonti, David Purpura, Jason Sachs, Julie Sarama, Elizabeth Schlesinger-Devlin, Julie Washington and Emily Rosen
The Structure and Operations of Social Enterprises in REDF's Social Innovation Fund Portfolio: Interim Report: Nan Maxwell, Dana Rotz, Adam Dunn, Linda Rosenberg and Jacqueline Berman
Performance Evaluation of the Non-Formal Skills Development Sub-Activity: Interim Results, 2009 to 2010 (Memo): Larissa Campuzano, Elena Blebea, Randall Blair, Seth Morgan and Carolyn Chuong
The Patient-Centered Medical Homes: Strategies to Put Patients at the Center of Primary Care: Deborah Peikes, Janice Genevro, Sarah Scholle and Phyllis Torda
The Efficacy of Using Financial Incentives to Change Unhealthy Behaviors Among a Rural Chronically Ill and Uninsured Population: Keith Kranker
Implementing a Whole Health Model in a Community Mental Health Center: Impact on Service Utilization and Expenditures: Ellen E. Bouchery, Allison Wishon Siegwarth, Brenda Natzke, Jennifer Lyons, Rachel Miller, Henry T. Ireys, Jonathan D. Brown, Elena Argomaniz and Rochelle Doan
Can Administrative Records Be Used to Reduce Nonresponse Bias?: John L. Czajka
Study of Teacher Coaching Based on Classroom Videos: Impacts on Student Achievement and Teachersâ€™ Practices: Melissa Clark, Jeffrey Max, Susanne James-Burdumy, Silvia Robles, Moira McCullough, Paul Burkander and Steven Malick
Household Participation in the Food Stamp and WIC Programs Increases the Nutrient Intakes of Preschool Children: Donald Rose, Jean-Pierre Habicht and Barbara Devaney
Links Between Young Children's Behavior and Achievement: The Role of Social Class and Classroom Composition: Annie Georges, Jeanne Brooks-Gunn and Lizabeth M. Malone
Early Lessons from the Building Strong Families Project: Sarah Avellar, M. Robin Dion, Heather H. Zaveri and Alan M. Hershey
Mini-MAX User's Guide: Ellen Bouchery, David Baugh, John Czajka, Rosemary Borck, Rosalie Malsberger, Allison Dodd, Sheng Wang, Carol Irvin and Julie Sykes
Impacts of Waiting Periods for Home- and Community-Based Services on Consumers and Medicaid Costs in Iowa (Presentation): Greg Peterson, Randy Brown and Allison Barrett
Paper of the Year: Effects of Care Coordination on Hospitalization Quality of Care and Health Care Expenditures Among Medicare Beneficiaries: 15 Randomized Trials (JAMA 2009): Deborah Peikes, Arnold Chen, Jennifer Schore and Randall Brown
The Third School Nutrition Dietary Assessment Study: Background and Study Design: Anne R. Gordon, Rhoda Cohen, Mary Kay Crepinsek, Mary Kay Fox, John Hall and Eric Zeidman

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