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Thinking Through Evaluation Design Options: Barbara Devaney and Peter Rossi
Effective Care Coordination: The Hard Evidence from the Field: Randall Brown
Consumer and Provider Perspectives on Shared Decision Making: A Systematic Review of the Peer-Reviewed Literature: Nyna Williams and Chris Fleming
Measuring Physical Environments of Parks and Playgrounds: EAPRS Instrument Development and Inter-Rater Reliability: Brian E. Saelens, Lawrence D. Frank, Christopher Auffrey, Robert C. Whitaker, Hillary L. Burdette and Natalie Colabianchi
Improving Employment Outcomes for People with Psychiatric Disorders and Other Disabilities: Bonnie O'Day, Crystal Blyler, Benjamin Fischer, Claire Gill, Todd Honeycutt, Rebecca Kleinman, Joseph Mastrianni, Eric Morris, Lisa Schottenfeld, Allison Thompkins, Allison Wishon-Siegwarth and Michelle Bailey
Using Health Text Messages to Improve Consumer Health Knowledge, Behaviors, and Outcomes: An Environmental Scan: Mathematica Policy Research and Public Health Institute
Medicaid Analytic Extract Provider Characteristics (MAXPC) Evaluation Report, 2010: Deo Bencio
Charter Schools and the Public Interest: Philip Gleason and Helen Ladd
Districts and Data: Developing Capacity for Effective Data Use: Cassie Pickens Jewell, Libby Makowsky and Kristin Hallgren
2010 National and State Costs of Excessive Alcohol Consumption: Jeffrey J. Sacks, Katherine R. Gonzales, Ellen E. Bouchery, Laura E. Tomedi and Robert D. Brewer
Reopening Schools Safely: New Evidence on Mitigating COVID-19 Spread: Regional Educational Laboratory Mid-Atlantic
Prevalence of Unclaimed Prescriptions at Military Pharmacies: Dominick Esposito, Eric Schone, Thomas Williams, Su Liu, Karen CyBulski, Rita Stapulonis and Nancy Clusen
Linking Administrative Data to Improve Understanding of Child Maltreatment Incidence and Related Risk and Protective Factors: Andrea Mraz Esposito, Claire Smither Wulsin, Leah Pranschke, Andrew Burwick and Rebekka Nickman
Trends in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Participation Rates: Fiscal Year 2010 to Fiscal Year 2014: Kelsey Farson Gray and Karen Cunnyngham
Improving the Connectedness of Long-Term Care Providers: Cross Site Report: Beth Stevens, Bridget Lavin and Valerie Cheh
Rewarding Physicians for Their Patients' Health Outcomes: What Can Medicare Learn from Education's Value-Added Models?: Greg Peterson and Eric Schone
Resurrecting Free Play in Young Children: Looking Beyond Fitness and Fatness to Attention, Affiliation, and Affect: Hillary L. Burdette and Robert C. Whitaker
Proposed Methods for Developing and Testing Risk- and Reliability-Adjustment Models for HCBS Composite Measures: Alex Bohl, Mariel Finucane, Jessica Ross, Sheng Wang and Dejene Ayele
Creating Paths to Father Involvement: Lessons from Early Head Start: Andrew Burwick and Jeanne Bellotti
National Science Foundation Report on Efficiency of Grant Size and Duration: Principal Investigator FY 2001 Grant Award Survey and Institutional Survey: Janice Ballou, Matthew Mishkind, Geraldine Mooney and Welmoet van Kammen
Comprehensive Reform for 21st Century Success: New Directions for Community Colleges: Nan L. Maxwell Ann E. Person and Editors
The Implementation of Maternity Group Home Programs: Serving Pregnant and Parenting Teens in a Residential Setting: Lara K. Hulsey, Robert G. Wood and Anu Rangarajan
Experiences of Workers Hired Under Cash and Counseling: Findings from Arkansas, Florida, and New Jersey: Stacy Dale, Randall Brown, Barbara Phillips and Barbara Carlson
A Vision for Research on Universal Preschool: Background, Purpose, and Goals of the Los Angeles Universal Preschool Program and Its Evaluation: Katie Fallin, Michael L. LÃ³pez, Patricia Lozano, Christine Ong and Jessica Brauner
The Enhanced Home Visiting Pilot Project: How Early Head Start Programs Are Reaching Out to Kith and Kin Caregivers: Diane Paulsell, Debra Mekos, Patricia Del Grosso, Patti Banghart and RenÃ©e Nogales
State Partnership Initiative: Synthesis of Impact Estimates Generated by the State Projects' Evaluations: Deborah Peikes and Ankur Sarin
After Two Years, Three Elementary Math Curricula Outperform a Fourth (In Focus Brief): Roberto Agodini, Barbara Harris, Neil Seftor, Janine Remillard and Melissa Thomas
How Do Parents Evaluate and Select Schools? Evidence From a Survey Experiment: Shira Haderlein
Analyzing the Association between Student Weight Status and School Meal Participation: Evidence from the School Nutrition and Meal Cost Study: Sarah Bardin and Alice Ann Gola
The Transitional Employment Training Demonstration: Analysis of Program Impacts: Craig Thornton and Paul Decker
Reimagining Accountability in K-12 Education: Brian P. Gill, Jennifer S. Lerner and Paul Meosky
2012 Regional Partnership Grants to Increase the Well-Being of and to Improve the Permanency Outcomes for Children Affected by Substance Abuse: Second Annual Report to Congress: Debra A. Strong, Sarah A. Avellar, Julieta Lugo-Gil, Megan Hague-Angus and Caroline Massad Francis
Unexpected Arrivals: The Spillover Effects of Mid-Year Entry on Stable Student Achievement in New York City: Emilyn Ruble Whitesell, Leanna Stiefel and Amy Schwartz
Patient Dismissal by Primary Care Practices (Journal Article): Ann Oâ€™Malley, Kaylyn Swankoski, Deborah Peikes, Jesse Crosson, Nancy Duda, Timothy Day and Shannon Heitkamp
Leading the Way: Characteristics and Early Experiences of Selected Early Head Start Programs. Volume I: Cross-Site Perspectives: Ellen Eliason Kisker, John M. Love, Helen Raikes, Kimberly Boller, Diane Paulsell, Linda Rosenberg, Kathleen Coolahan and Lisa J. Berlin
Psychometric Analysis of Child Outcome Measures with American Indian and Alaska Native Preschoolers: Initial Evidence from AI/AN FACES 2015: Lizabeth Malone, Sara Bernstein, Sally Atkins-Burnett and Yange Xue
A More Diverse Teaching Force May Improve Educational Outcomes for Minority Students (Infographic): Jeffrey Terziev
What Have We Learned Using Merged Administrative Data from the Social Security Administration and the Rehabilitation Services Administration?: David Stapleton and Frank Martin
AAPOR Report on Big Data: Task Force Members Include: Lilli Japec, Frauke Kreuter, Marcus Berg, Paul Biemer, Paul Decker, Cliff Lampe, Julia Lane, Cathy O'Neil and Abe Usher
The National Study of Charter Management Organization (CMO) Effectiveness: Report on Interim Findings: Robin Lake, Brianna Dusseault, Melissa Bowen, Allison Demeritt and Paul Hill
Drug and Alcohol Services Information System (DASIS) Uniform Facility Data Set (UFDS), October 1, 1997 Questionnaire: Mathematica Policy Research
The Quantum Opportunity Program Demonstration: Implementation and Short-Term Impacts: Myles Maxfield, Allen Schirm and Núria Rodriguez-Planas
Evaluating National Ongoing Programs: Implementing the WIA Adult and Dislocated Worker Programs Gold Standard Evaluation: Annalisa Mastri, Sheena McConnell, Linda Rosenberg, Peter Schochet, Dana Rotz, Andrew Clarkwest, Ken Fortson, AnnaMaria McCutcheon, Katie Bodenlos, Jessica Ziegler and Paul Burkander
HHS/ASPE Webinar Series: Developing and Using Learning Agenda Approach to Evidence-building (Webinar 7 Transcript: Urban Institute): Demetra Nightingale, Amanda Cash and Jessica McNab
How Individual and Environmental Factors Affect Employment Outcomes: Purvi Sevak and David C. Stapleton John Oâ€™Neill
Family Self-Sufficiency Data Center Creating a Data Model to Analyze TANF Caseloads: Emily Wiegand, Robert Goerge and Leah Gjertson
Improving Employment Outcomes: Using Innovative Goal-Oriented Strategies in TANF Programs: Michelle Derr, Jonathan McCay and Jacqueline F. Kauff
Elementary Math Programs in the Pittsburgh Public Schools: A Comparison of Everyday Math and Harcourt Math: Brian Gill, Catherine Nelson, Julia Kaufman and Kevin Booker
Building Youth Life Skills: Lessons Learned on How to Design, Implement, Assess, and Scale Successful Programming: Swetha Sridharan, Poonam Ravindranath, Emma Pottinger and Clemencia Cosentino
The SSDI Trust Fund: New Solutions to an Old Problem: David Stapleton and David Wittenburg
School Nutrition and Meal Cost Study Volume 3: School Meal Costs and Revenues (Summary): Christopher W. Logan, Vinh Tran, Maria Boyle, Ayesha Enver, Matthew Zeidenberg and Michele Mendelson
Expectations of Sustainability: What Do CKF Grantees and State Officials Predict Will Happen Once RWJF Funding Ends?: Beth Stevens and Sheila D. Hoag
The Right Help for the Right Workers at the Right Time Can Keep Them on the Job: Steve Bruns
A Guide to Real-World Evaluations of Primary Care Interventions: Some Practical Advice: Deborah Peikes, Erin Fries Taylor, Janice Genevro and David Meyers
Food Consumption Patterns of Young Preschoolers: Are They Starting Off on the Right Path?: Mary Kay Fox, Elizabeth Condon, Ronette R. Briefel, Kathleen C. Reidy and Denise M. Deming
Partners HealthCare ACO and the Three-Day Rule Waiver: Implementation Approach and Lessons Learned: Sonya Streeter
Leading the Change: A Comparison of the Principal Supervisor Role in Principal Supervisor Initiative Districts and Other Urban Districts: Ellen B. Goldring, Laura K. Rogers and Melissa A. Clark
Marcos Institucionales Para la EvaluaciÃ³n de PolÃticas PÃºblicas (Presentation): Lorenzo Moreno
Evaluation of the Teacher Advancement Program (TAP) in the Chicago Public Schools: Study Design Report: Steven Glazerman, Allison McKie, Nancy Carey and Dominic Harris
The Struggle to Sustain Employment: The Effectiveness of the Postemployment Services Demonstration: Anu Rangarajan and Tim Novak
Nutritional Quality of Congregate and Home-Delivered Meals Offered in the Title III-C Nutrition Services Program: An Examination Utilizing the Healthy Eating Index Tool: Katherine Niland, Mary Kay Fox and Elizabeth Gearan
COVID-19 Risk in Rural North Carolina: Aparna Keshaviah, Cindy Hu and Marisa Henry
An Exploration of Instructional Practices that Foster Language Development and Comprehension: Evidence from Prekindergarten through Grade 3 in Title I Schools: Hanley Chiang, Elias Walsh, Timothy Shanahan, Claudia Gentile, Alyssa Maccarone, Tiffany Waits, Barbara Carlson and Samuel Rikoon
Massachusetts Health Care Cost Trends: Trends in Health Expenditures: Deborah Chollet
The NIH Undergraduate Scholarship Program: Career Outcomes of Scholars and Non-Awarded Finalists: Steven Glazerman, Neil Seftor and Jesse Gregory
Food Stamps in Rural America: Special Issues and Common Themes: Sheena McConnell and James Ohls
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Adult Education Programs: Findings from Recent Research: Mary T. Moore and Tim Silva
Early Head Start Children in Grade 5: Long-Term Follow-Up of the Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project Study Sample: Cheri A. Vogel, Yange Xue, Emily M. Moiduddin, Barbara Lepidus Carlson and Ellen Eliason Kisker
PREP Performance Indicators: Youth Participantsâ€™ Characteristics and Outcomes: Lara Hulsey, Susan Zief and Lauren Murphy
Rigorous Evaluation of Roads to Success: Design Report: Duncan Chaplin, Martha Bleeker and Claire Smither
A Research Agenda for Home-Based Child Care: Patricia Del Grosso, Juliet Bromer, Toni Porter, Christopher Jones, Ann Li, Sally Atkins-Burnett and Nikki Aikens
Improving the Income Allocation Procedures in MATH: Pat Doyle and Carole Trippe
Bridging the Information Gap between Citizens and Local Governments: Evidence from a Civic Participation Strengthening Program in Rwanda: Ali E. Protik, Ira Nichols-Barrer, Jacqueline Berman and Matt Sloan
National Survey of SSI Children and Families Data Collection and Survey Content: Susan Mitchell
Vitamin B-12 Concentrations in Breast Milk Are Low and Are Not Associated with Reported Household Hunger, Recent Animal-Source Food, or Vitamin B-12 Intake in Women in Rural Kenya: Anne M. Williams, Caroline J. Chantry, Sera L. Young, Beryl S. Achando, Lindsay H. Allen, Benjamin F. Arnold, John M. Colford, Jr., Holly N. Dentz, Daniela Hampel, Marion C. Kiprotich, Audrie Lin, Clair A. Null, Geoffrey M. Nyambane, Setti Shahab-Ferdows and Christine P. Stewart
National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services (NSSATS): 2004, Data on Substance Abuse Treatment Facilities: Prepared by Mathematica Policy Research
Evaluation of the Teacher Incentive Fund: Final Report on Implementation and Impacts of Pay-for-Performance Across Four Years (Executive Summary): Hanley Chiang, Cecilia Speroni, Mariesa Herrmann, Kristin Hallgren, Paul Burkander and Alison Wellington
National Beneficiary Survey Round 1: Public Use File Codebook: Debra Wright, Shilpa Khambhati and Beatrice Jones
Paying More Wisely: Effects of Payment Reforms on Evidence-Based Clinical Decision-Making: Timothy K. Lake, Eugene C. Rich, Christal Stone Valenzano and Myles M. Maxfield
Evaluating Early Childhood Assessments: A Differential Analysis: Samuel J and Meisels Sally Atkins-Burnett
Best Practices in Ensuring Data Quality in Quality Rating and Improvement Systems (QRIS): Sarah Friese, Kathryn Tout and Gretchen Kirby
Random Assignment in Program Evaluation and Intervention Research: Questions and Answers: David Myers and Mark Dynarski
Evaluation of Demonstration Projects to End Childhood Hunger (EDECH): The Virginia 365 Project: Charlotte Cabili, Pia Caronongan, Philip Gleason, Ronette Briefel, Nicholas Redel, Sarah Forrestal, Gregory Chojnacki and Breanna Wakar
Changing Circumstances: Experiences of Child SSI Recipients Before and After Their Age-18 Redetermination for Adult Benefits (Journal Article): Jeffrey Hemmeter, Jacqueline Kauff and David Wittenburg
Estimating the Payoff to Attending a More Selective College: An Application of Selection on Observables and Unobservables: Stacy Berg Dale and Alan Krueger
Teacher Turnover and Access to Effective Teachers in the School District of Philadelphia, Study Snapshot: Erin Dillon and Steven Malick
Using Advanced Analytics to Improve Child Welfare Outcomes for Children and Families: Elizabeth Weigensberg
Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer for Children (SEBTC) Demonstration: 2012: Ann M. Collins, Ronette Briefel, Jacob Alex Klerman, Gretchen Rowe, Anne Wolf, Christopher W. Logan, Anne Gordon, Carrie Wolfson, Ayesha Enver, Cheryl Owens, Charlotte Cabili and Stephen Bell
Further Progress, Persistent Constraints: Findings from a Second Survey of the Welfare-to-Work Grants Program: Irma Perez-Johnson, Alan Hershey and Jeanne Bellotti
Promising Results from the Medicare Chronic Care Practice Research Network Analysis: Debbie Peikes, Greg Peterson and Randall Brown
Coastal Medical's Leadership Academies: Investing in Staff Development and Collaboration (Case Study): Rivka Weiser and Julia Embry
Financial Considerations: Rate Setting for Medicaid Managed Long Term Services and Supports (MLTSS) in Integrated Care Programs: Jenna Libersky and James Verdier
How Retailers Responded to Taxes on Sweetened Beverages: A Tale of Two Cities: Jeanette Holdbrook, Dana Petersen, David Jones and David Frisvold
Child Participation in Supplemental Security Income: Cross- and Within-State Determinants of Caseload Growth: Lucie Schmidt and Purvi Sevak
Effective Evaluation of Quality Rating and Improvement Systems for Early Care and Education and School-Age Care: Gail Zellman, Richard Brandon, Kimberly Boller and J. Lee Kreader
Coordinating Care for Medicare Beneficiaries: Early Experiences of 15 Demonstration Programs, Their Patients, and Providers (Appendix A): Randall Brown, Jennifer Schore, Nancy Archibald, Arnold Chen, Deborah Peikes, Karen Sautter, Sherry Aliotta and Todd Ensor
Mortality Risk and Human Capital Investment: The Impact of HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa: Jane G. Fortson
Understanding the Employment Outcomes of Trainees in the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) Program Under the 2002 Amendments: Jillian Berk
The Evaluation of Teacher Preparation Models: Design Report: Paul Decker, John Deke, Amy Johnson, Daniel Mayer, John Mullens and Peter Schochet
Meals Offered in the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program: John Burghardt, Anne Gordon and Thomas Fraker

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