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Seeding Entrepreneurship Across Campus: Early Implementation Experiences of the Kauffman Campuses Initiative

Lara Hulsey, Linda Rosenberg and Benita Kim

Predictors of Long-Term Recovery in Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa: Data from a 22-Year Longitudinal Study

Debra L. Franko, Nassim Tabri, Aparna Keshaviah, Helen B. Murray, David B. Herzog, Jennifer J. Thomas, Kathryn Coniglio, Pamela K. Keel and Kamryn T. Eddy

Money Follows the Person 2013 Annual Evaluation Report Executive Summary

Carol V. Irvin, Noelle Denny-Brown, Alex Bohl, John Schurrer, Wilfredo Lim, Rebecca SweetlLester and Victoria Peebles

Using Health Text Messages to Improve Consumer Health Knowledge, Behaviors, and Outcomes: An Environmental Scan

Mathematica Policy Research and Public Health Institute

Early Home Learning Environment Predicts Children’s 5th Grade Academic Skills

Catherine S. Tamis-LeMonda, Rufan Luo, Karen E. McFadden, Eileen T. Bandel and Claire Vallotton

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

Amy Westpfahl Lutzky and Heidi Kapustka

Coastal Medical's Leadership Academies: Investing in Staff Development and Collaboration (Case Study)

Rivka Weiser and Julia Embry

Case Study of North Carolina: Exploring Medicaid and SCHIP Enrollment Trends and Their Links to Policy and Practice

Christopher Trenholm, Embry Howell and Brigette Courtot

Statistical Power for Regression Discontinuity Designs in Education: Empirical Estimates of Design Effects Relative to Randomized Controlled Trials

John Deke and Lisa Dragoset

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

Improving the Connectedness of Long-Term Care Providers: Cross Site Report

Beth Stevens, Bridget Lavin and Valerie Cheh

Kauffman Firm Survey: Results from the Baseline and First Follow-Up Surveys

Janice Ballou, Tom Barton, David DesRoches, Frank Potter, E.J. Reedy, Alicia Robb, Scott Shane and Zhanyun Zhao

Technical Appendix: Considerations for Measuring T/TA Performance

Jesse Chandler

State of Arkansas and Hennepin County, Minnesota. Improving Participation in Food Stamps: Strategies and Challenges

Angela Merrill, Megan McHugh, Liz Schott and Julie Darnell

A Study of Federal Spending on Diabetes: An Opportunity for Federal Leadership in Diabetes

Marsha Gold and Ronette Briefel

Evaluation of the Teacher Incentive Fund: Implementation and Impacts of Pay-for-Performance After Two Years

Hanley Chiang, Alison Wellington, Kristin Hallgren, Cecilia Speroni, Mariesa Herrmann, Steven Glazerman and Jill Constantine

Case Studies of Schools Receiving School Improvement Grants: Final Report

Kerstin Carlson Le Floch, Jennifer O'Day, Beatrice Birman, Steven Hurlburt, Michelle Nayfack, Clare Halloran, Andrea Boyle, Seth Brown, Diana Mercado-Garcia, Rose Goff, Linda Rosenberg and Lara Hulsey

Rewarding Physicians for Their Patients' Health Outcomes: What Can Medicare Learn from Education's Value-Added Models?

Greg Peterson and Eric Schone

Addressing the Epidemic of Childhood Obesity Through School-Based Interventions: What Has Been Done and Where Do We Go from Here?

Karen E. Peterson and Mary Kay Fox

Background Paper for Assessing the Evaluability of the HHS Strategic Plan to End Chronic Homelessness

Valerie Cheh and Rachel Shapiro

Trends in Food Stamp Program Participation Rates: 2000 to 2006

Kari Wolkwitz

HHS/ASPE Webinar Series: Developing and Using Learning Agenda Approach to Evidence-building (Webinar 2 Video: USDA, FAS)

Eleanor Morefield, Amanda Cash and Jessica McNab

Comprehensive Reform for 21st Century Success: New Directions for Community Colleges

Nan L. Maxwell Ann E. Person and Editors

Assessment of SNAP Unit Simulation

John Czajka

Promising Results from the Medicare Chronic Care Practice Research Network Analysis

Debbie Peikes, Greg Peterson and Randall Brown

Strategic Engagement of Policymakers Is Key to Advancing a Children's Health Care Coverage Policy Agenda

Debra Draper, Laurie Felland, Ian Hill and Sara Hogan

Partners HealthCare ACO and the Three-Day Rule Waiver: Implementation Approach and Lessons Learned

Sonya Streeter

QRS Profile: Mississippi Quality Step System

Kimberly Boller and Kathryn Tout

Using Advanced Analytics to Improve Child Welfare Outcomes for Children and Families

Elizabeth Weigensberg

Managed Long-Term Services and Supports Design Plan Supplement: Interim Outcomes Evaluation

Jenna Libersky, Su Liu, Laura Ruttner, Anna Collins, Jonathan Geller and Carol Irvin

Promoting Readiness of Minors in SSI (PROMISE) Evaluation: Interim Services and Impact Report (Executive Summary)

Arif Mamun, Ankita Patnaik, Michael Levere, Gina Livermore, Todd Honeycutt, Jacqueline Kauff, Karen Katz, AnnaMaria McCutcheon, Joseph Mastrianni and Brittney Gionfriddo

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

How Do Parents Evaluate and Select Schools? Evidence From a Survey Experiment

Shira Haderlein

A Guide to Disability Statistics from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics

Richard Burkhauser, Robert R. Weathers, Ii and Mathis Schroeder

Beginning Head Start: Children, Families and Programs in Fall 2006

Louisa Tarullo, Jerry West, Nikki Aikens and Lara Hulsey

Kauffman Firm Survey (KFS) First Follow-Up Methodology Report

David DesRoches, Tom Barton, Frank Potter, Betsy Santos and Zhanyun Zhao

The Evaluation of the Alabama Food Stamp Cash-Out Demonstration Vol. 1: Recipient Impacts

Thomas M. Fraker, Alberto Martini, James C. Ohls, Michael Ponza and Elizabeth A. Quinn

Charter Schools and the Public Interest

Philip Gleason and Helen Ladd

Program Snapshot: Bridges from School to Work

Jody Schimmel Hyde and Katie Bodenlos

WIC-Medicaid II Feasibility Study: Final Report Appendices

Keith Kranker, Mary Kay Fox, Nora Paxton and Jessica Galin

Mejores Inicios El Estado del Aprendizaje Temprano y Preparacin para el Kindergarten en East Yakima

Diane Paulsell, Kimberly Boller, Nikki Aikens, Martha Kovac and Patricia Del Grosso

Financial Considerations: Rate Setting for Medicaid Managed Long Term Services and Supports (MLTSS) in Integrated Care Programs

Jenna Libersky and James Verdier

The Quantum Opportunity Program Demonstration: Implementation and Short-Term Impacts

Myles Maxfield, Allen Schirm and Núria Rodriguez-Planas

Massachusetts Health Care Cost Trends: Trends in Health Expenditures

Deborah Chollet

Selecting and Testing Measures of Self-Regulation Skills Among Low-Income Populations

Tim Kautz and Quinn Moore

The Role of Psychiatric Hospitals in the Equitable Distribution of COVID-19 Vaccines

Jonathan Brown and Nadia Bell

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

State of Georgia. Improving Medicaid Participation for Pregnant Women and Children: Strategies and Challenges

Kathleen A. Maloy

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

Improving the Income Allocation Procedures in MATH

Pat Doyle and Carole Trippe

Final Evaluation of Increasing Economic and Social Empowerment for Adolescent Girls and Vulnerable Women (EMPOWER) in Zambia

Ale Aponte, Evan Fantozzi, Amanda Beatty, Gelson Tembo, Chisangu Matome, Nathan Tembo and Evan Borkum

Workforce Development for Comparative Effectiveness Research: Training Programs Funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

Kristin L. Geonnotti, Eugene C. Rich and Dominick Esposito

Food Stamps in Rural America: Special Issues and Common Themes

Sheena McConnell and James Ohls

Using Payment Incentives to Improve Care for the Chronically Ill in Medicare: First Year Implementation of the Medicare Care Management Performance Demonstration (MCMP)

Suzanne Felt-Lisk, Christopher Fleming, Brenda Natzke and Rachel Shapiro

Working with Out-of-School Youth from Minority Backgrounds: What CILs Offer and What They Value

Stacie Feldman, Purvi Sevak and Mira Wang

Reopening Schools Safely: New Evidence on Mitigating COVID-19 Spread

Regional Educational Laboratory Mid-Atlantic

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

SCHIP in Ohio: Evolution and Outlook for the Future

Carol Irvin, Nancy Fasciano and Margo Rosenbach

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

State Partnership Initiative: Synthesis of Impact Estimates Generated by the State Projects' Evaluations

Deborah Peikes and Ankur Sarin

Iowa Families That Left TANF: How Are They Faring Two Years Later?

Jacqueline Kauff, Thomas Fraker and Julita Milliner-Waddell

Comparative Case Study Analysis of Five Clinical Practice Guidelines in Anesthesiology

Ruchir Karmali, Noa Sager and Anna Christensen

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

Aligning Federal Performance Indicators Across Programs Promoting Self-Sufficiency: Local Perspectives

Elizabeth Brown, Kara Conroy and Gretchen G. Kirby

The Evaluation of Teacher Preparation Models: Design Report

Paul Decker, John Deke, Amy Johnson, Daniel Mayer, John Mullens and Peter Schochet

Family Self-Sufficiency Data Center Creating a Data Model to Analyze TANF Caseloads

Emily Wiegand, Robert Goerge and Leah Gjertson

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

Monthly Estimates of the Antipoverty Effectiveness of Selected Cash and In-Kind Programs

Susan Holland and Pat Doyle

Promoting Children's Learning and Development in Conflict-Affected Countries: Testing Change Process in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

J. Lawrence Aber, Carly Tubbs, Catalina Torrente and Peter F. Halpin

Expanding Coverage for Children: The Santa Clara County Children's Health Initiative

Christopher Trenholm

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

Nutritional Quality of the Diets of US Public School Children and the Role of the School Meal Programs

Melissa A. Clark and Mary Kay Fox

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

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

The Multiple Comparisons Problem in IES Impact Evaluations: Guidelines and Applications

Peter Z. Schochet and John Deke

The Pregnancy Assistance Fund: Launching Programs to Support Expectant and Parenting Youth

Ann E. Person, Elizabeth Clary, Susan Zief, Katie Adamek, Valerie Caplan and Julie Worthington

Supporting Grant Recipients Through Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) Efforts: Lessons from the Sexual Risk Avoidance Education (SRAE) CQI Pilot

Annie Buonaspina, Samantha Zelenack and Brittany Tabora

Drug and Alcohol Services Information System (DASIS) Uniform Facility Data Set (UFDS), October 1, 1997 Questionnaire

Mathematica Policy Research

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

Work-Related Overpayments Among Disability Beneficiaries

Marisa Shenk and Gina Livermore

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

The NIH Undergraduate Scholarship Program: Career Outcomes of Scholars and Non-Awarded Finalists

Steven Glazerman, Neil Seftor and Jesse Gregory

An Examination of the Maternal Health Quality of Care Landscape in India

So O'Neil, Katie Naeve and Rajani Ved

Measuring Teacher Effectiveness in Memphis

Eric Isenberg

Minnesota Substantial Gainful Activity (SGA) Project Demonstration: Final Evaluation Report

Purvi Sevak, Matthew Kehn, Todd Honeycutt and Gina Livermore

Combination Classes and Educational Achievement (Conference Paper)

Jaime Thomas

Child Participation in Supplemental Security Income: Cross- and Within-State Determinants of Caseload Growth

Lucie Schmidt and Purvi Sevak

Maternal and Child Characteristics Associated with Infant and Toddler Feeding Practices

Kristy Hendricks, Ronette Briefel, Timothy Novak and Paula Ziegler

The State of Teacher Induction in Urban America

Martha Bleeker, Sarah Dolfin, Amy Johnson, Steven Glazerman, Eric Isenberg and Mary Grider

COVID-19 Risk in Rural North Carolina

Aparna Keshaviah, Cindy Hu and Marisa Henry

Patterns of Older Americans' Health Care Utilization Over Time

Richard J. Manski, John F. Moeller, Haiyan Chen, Jody Schimmel, Patricia A. St. Clair and John Pepper

What the Evidence Says: Intimate Partner Violence and Home Visiting

Katie Niland, Marykate Zukiewicz and Emily Sama-Miller

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

Teacher Turnover and Access to Effective Teachers in the School District of Philadelphia, Study Snapshot

Erin Dillon and Steven Malick

You've Got Error

Ronald R. Palanca

Improving Employment Outcomes: Using Innovative Goal-Oriented Strategies in TANF Programs

Michelle Derr, Jonathan McCay and Jacqueline F. Kauff

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

Synthesis of 10 Case Studies: Exploring Medicaid and SCHIP Enrollment Trends and Their Links to Policy and Practice

Judith Wooldridge, Christopher Trenholm and Angela Gerolamo

Direct Certification in the National School Lunch Program State Implementation Progress, School Year 2014-2015 (Summary)

Quinn Moore, Kevin Conway, Brandon Kyler and Andrew Gothro