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KIPP Middle Schools: Impacts on Achievement and Other Outcomes: Christina Clark Tuttle, Brian Gill, Philip Gleason, Virginia Knechtel, Ira Nichols-Barrer and Alexandra Resch
Monitoring Local Safety-Net Providers: Do They Have Adequate Capacity?: Suzanne Felt-Lisk and Megan McHugh. Embry Howell
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
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
Expanding Coverage for Children: The Santa Clara County Children's Health Initiative: Christopher Trenholm
QRS Profile: Mississippi Quality Step System: Kimberly Boller and Kathryn Tout
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
Beginning Head Start: Children, Families and Programs in Fall 2006: Louisa Tarullo, Jerry West, Nikki Aikens and Lara Hulsey
A Life Lesson in Civics: How Democracy Prep Charter Schools Boost Student Voting: Brian P. Gill, Charles Tilley, Emilyn Whitesell, Mariel Finucane, Liz Potamites and Sean Corcoran
Providing Public Workforce Services to Job Seekers: Implementation Findings on the WIA Adult and Dislocated Worker Programs: Ronald D'Amico, Kate Dunham, Verenice Chavoya-Perez, Deborah Kogan, Melissa Mack, Marian Negoita, Anne Paprocki, Sheena McConnell and Linda Rosenberg
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
How Individual and Environmental Factors Affect Employment Outcomes: Purvi Sevak and David C. Stapleton John Oâ€™Neill
Do Laws Requiring Parental Involvement to Obtain an Abortion Help Reduce STIs Among Minors?: Silvie Colman, Ted Joyce and Thomas Dee
Cash and Counseling: An Innovative Model for Consumer Choice: Randall S. Brown
Food Stamp Participants' Access to Food Retailers: James C. Ohls, Michael Ponza, Lorenzo Moreno, Amy Zambrowski and Rhoda Cohen
Random Assignment in Program Evaluation and Intervention Research: Questions and Answers: David Myers and Mark Dynarski
Child Participation in Supplemental Security Income: Cross- and Within-State Determinants of Caseload Growth: Lucie Schmidt and Purvi Sevak
AB Demonstration: Recruitment, Process, and Impact Findings After One Year: David Wittenburg
Food Stamp Program Elderly Nutrition Demonstrations: Interim Report on Elderly Participation Patterns: Scott Cody
Use of Conceptual Scoring to Increase Reliability and Validity of Direct Child Assessments with Linguistically Diverse Preschoolers: Sally Atkins-Burnett and Nikki Aikens
How Retailers Responded to Taxes on Sweetened Beverages: A Tale of Two Cities: Jeanette Holdbrook, Dana Petersen, David Jones and David Frisvold
Financial Considerations: Rate Setting for Medicaid Managed Long Term Services and Supports (MLTSS) in Integrated Care Programs: Jenna Libersky and James Verdier
The Impact of the Children's Health Initiative (CHI) of Santa Clara County on Medi-Cal and Healthy Families Enrollment: Christopher A. Trenholm, Sean Orzol and Crandall Peeler
Pre-Design Study for the Evaluation of Recovery Act Green Jobs, Health Care, and Other High Growth Competitive Grants: Karen Needels and Annalisa Mastri
Meals Offered in the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program: John Burghardt, Anne Gordon and Thomas Fraker
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
Medicare Advantage 2015 Spotlight: Enrollment Market Update: Gretchen Jacobson, Anthony Damico, Tricia Neuman and Marsha Gold
Trends in FSP Participation Rates: Focus on September 1997: Laura Castner and Scott Cody
Improving the Rigor of Quasi-Experimental Impact Evaluations: Lessons for Teen Pregnancy Prevention Researchers: Brian Goesling and Joanne Lee
Social Security Numbers in Medicaid Records: Reporting and Validity, 2009: John L. Czajka and Shinu Verghese
Measuring School Leaders' Effectiveness: Findings from a Multiyear Pilot of Pennsylvania's Framework for Leadership (Stated Briefly): Moira McCullough, Stephen Lipscomb, Hanley Chiang, Brian Gill and Irina Cheban
Assessment of SNAP Unit Simulation: John Czajka
Promoting Family Engagement, Stability, and Well-Being Through Youth-Enrichment Grants: Jonathan McCay and Lily Roberts
What is Moral Sanctity? Sanctity in the Moral Worldviews of U.S. Political Liberals: Allison DiBianca Fasoli, Alexandra Saunders and Irene Andrade
An Approach for Addressing the Multiple Testing Problem in Social Policy Impact Evaluations: Peter Z. Schochet
Medicaid Analytic Extract Provider Characteristics (MAXPC) Evaluation Report, 2010: Deo Bencio
The Multiple Comparisons Problem in IES Impact Evaluations: Guidelines and Applications: Peter Z. Schochet and John Deke
Promoting Readiness of Minors in Supplemental Security Income (PROMISE): California PROMISE Process Analysis Report: Holly Matulewicz, Karen Katz, Todd Honeycutt, Jacqueline Kauff, Joseph Mastrianni, Adele Rizzuto and Claire Smither Wulsin
Draft Medicaid Access Tool: Bridget Bernick
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
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
Wash For Life: Stage 2 Grantee Profiles: Clair Null, Jeremy Paley, Jamie McCasland, Jeremy Brecher-Haimson and Christina Phelps
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 State of Teacher Induction in Urban America: Martha Bleeker, Sarah Dolfin, Amy Johnson, Steven Glazerman, Eric Isenberg and Mary Grider
Direct Certification in the National School Lunch Program: State Implementation Progress School Year 2010-2011: Quinn Moore, Kevin Conway and Brandon Kyler
Strategies for Improving Attendance in Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten: Toolkit for Districts, Schools, and Early Childhood Providers: Martha Bleeker, Jaimie Grazi and Felicia Hurwitz
Current and Future Sources of Health Insurance Coverage for Alabama Residents: Deborah Chollet, Allison Barrett and Thomas Bell
Drug and Alcohol Services Information System (DASIS) Uniform Facility Data Set (UFDS), October 1, 1997 Questionnaire: Mathematica Policy Research
Differences in Enrollee Outcomes Among Medicaid Managed Care Organizations: Lorenzo Moreno and Sheila Hoag
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
Logics of Freedom: Debating Religious Freedom Laws and Gay and Lesbian Rights: Emily Kazyak, Kelsy Burke and Mathew Stange
Characteristics of High-Impact Investigator-Initiated Research: Results from Selected Case Studies: Tim Lake, Tara Krissik, Kate Stewart and Marsha Gold
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
Final Report for the Evaluation of the Florida Alternative Health Plan Project: Jennifer Schore and Joy Gianolio
Working Toward Success: Current Evidence on Employment Outcomes for People with Disabilities: Yonatan Ben-Shalom and David Wittenburg
The Personal Responsibility Education Program (PREP): Launching a Nationwide Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Effort: Susan Zief, Rachel Shapiro and Debra Strong
Measuring School Leaders' Effectiveness: An Interim Report from a Multiyear Pilot of Pennsylvania's Framework for Leadership: Bing-ru Teh, Hanley Chiang, Stephen Lipscomb and Brian Gill
Identifying Medicare Beneficiaries with Disabilities: Improving on Claims-Based Algorithms: Yonatan Ben-Shalom and David Stapleton
Baseline Equivalence: What it is and Why it is Needed: Mary Anne Anderson and Nan Maxwell
National Public Engagement Campaign on Chronic Illness Physician Survey: Anne B. Ciemnecki, Nuria Diaz-Tena, Julie Fishtein and Frank Potter
An Evaluation of SOAR: The Implementation and Outcomes of an Effort to Increase Access to SSI and SSDI: Jacqueline Kauff, Elizabeth Clary and Julia Lyskawa
Assessment of State Capacity to Identify and Track Disparities in the Leading Health Indicators: Allison Hedley Dodd, Melissa Neuman and Marsha Gold
An Illustrative Analysis of Medicare Options Compare: What's There and What's Not: Marsha Gold
Responses to Personal Reemployment Accounts (PRAs): Findings from the Demonstration States: Gretchen Kirby, Margaret Sullivan, Elizabeth Potamites, Jackie Kauff, Elizabeth Clary and Charles McGlew
The New Jersey Medicaid Program: Some Comparisons to Other States: James M. Verdier
The Long-Term Effects of Building Strong Families: A Program for Unmarried Parents: Robert G. Wood, Quinn Moore, Andrew Clarkwest and Alexandra Killewald
The Complex Art of Making It Simple: Factors Affecting Enrollment in Integrated Care Demonstrations for Dually Eligible Beneficiaries, Appendices: Debra J. Lipson, Erin Weir Lakhmani, Alena Tourtellotte and Danielle Chelminsky
Learning to Enhance Strategies for Coaching Families Virtually: Lessons from Iowa's Family Development and Self-Sufficiency Home Visiting Program: Michelle K. Derr, Ryan Ruggiero, Lorie Easter, Page Eastin and Ella Gifford-Hawkins
Implementation and Relative Impacts of Two Job Search Assistance Programs in Sacramento County, California: Karin Martinson, Eleanor Harvill, Correne Saunders, Daniel Litwok, Alicia Meckstroth and Steve Bates
Evaluation of Employment Coaching for TANF and Related Populations: Evaluation Design Report: Quinn Moore, Sheena McConnell, Alan Werner, Tim Kautz, Kristen Joyce, Kelley Borradaile and Bethany Boland
Child Labor, Schooling, and Child Ability (Presentation): Richard Akresh, Emilie Bagby, Damien de Walque and Harounan Kazianga
Child Participation in WIC: Medicaid Costs and Use of Health Care Services: Paul A. Buescher, Stephanie J. Horton, J. Timothy Whitmire, Barbara L. Devaney, Sarah J. Roholt, Alice J. Lenihan and Jonathan B. Kotch
Real-World Adherence to Patient-Reported Outcome Monitoring as a Cancer Care Quality Metric: Samuel U. Takvorian, Ryan T. Anderson, Peter E. Gabriel, Dmitriy Poznyak, Sooin Lee, Samuel Simon, Kirsten Barrett and Lawrence N. Shulman
Informal Caregivers Research Project (INCARE): Key Informant Interview Protocol: M. Hu, C. Jacobs Johnson, J. Thomas, K. Boller and M. Young
Care Plans, Care Teams, and Quality of Life for People with Disabilities: Karen Donelan, Yuchiao Chang, Holly Matulewicz, Kimberly Warsett, Dennis Heaphy and Lisa I. Iezzoni
The First National Survey of Local School-To-Work Partnerships: Data Summary: Marsha Silverberg
Children with Special Health Care Needs in Commercial Plans: Shanna Shulman, Henry Ireys and Stephanie Peterson
Getting the Mix Right: Pricing, Benefits, and Risk Adjustment for Dual Eligibles: James M. Verdier
Design Options for an Impact Evaluation of the Participant Assistance Program: Annalisa Mastri, Jeanne Bellotti, Julie Bruch, Grace Roemer and Beenu Puri
The Early Experience of the Georgetown Medicare Coordinated Care Demonstration Program: Karen Sautter, Arnold Chen and Jennifer Schore
Trends in USDA Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Participation Rates: Fiscal Year 2010 to Fiscal Year 2015 (Summary): Kelsey Farson Gray and Karen Cunnyngham
The Promise and Limitations of Employment Policies for Current SSI Recipients: Craig Thornton
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: Joseph Torgesen, Allen Schirm, Laura Castner, Sonya Vartivarian, Wendy Mansfield, David Myers, Fran Stancavage, Donna Durno, Rosanne Javorsky and Cinthia Haan
Promoting Educator Effectiveness: The Effects of Two Key Strategies: Andrew Wayne, Michael Garet, Alison Wellington and Hanley Chiang
The Impact of the Philadelphia Beverage Tax on Prices and Product Availability: John Cawley, David Frisvold, Anna Hill and David Jones
Enrollment Patterns and Medical Expenditures for Medicaid Buy-In Participants in Five States: Su Liu, Henry T. Ireys, Justin S. White and William Black
Young Social Security Disability Awardees: Who They Are and What They Do After Award: Yonatan Ben-Shalom and David C. Stapleton
Analyzing Data on Paired Partners in Program Evaluation: Strategies to Overcome Common Challenges: Ankita Patnaik, Galena Rhoades, Quinn Moore and Brian Doss
Evidence-Based Policy: U.S. Perspectives: Mark Dynarski
Evaluating a Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program for Middle School Boys: Brian Goesling and Robert G. Wood
Case Studies of Exemplary Primary Care Practice Facilitation Training Programs: Tricia Collins Higgins, Dana Petersen, Lyndee Knox, Lisa Schottenfeld, Liz Babalola, Erin Taylor, Jesse Crosson and Deborah Peikes
Return-to-Work Outcomes Among Social Security Disability Insurance Program Beneficiaries: Yonatan Ben-Shalom and Arif A. Mamun
The Role of Randomized Experiments in Employment and Training Evaluation: Rebecca Maynard
Value for the Money Spent? Exploring the Relationship Between Expenditures, Insurance Adequacy, and Access to Care for Publicly Insured Children: Margaret S. Colby, Debra J. Lipson and Sarah R. Turchin
Solving the Sustainable Growth Rate Formula Conundrum Continues Steps Toward Cost Savings and Care Improvements: James D. Reschovsky, Larisa Converse and Eugene C. Rich
Innovating VR Services to Improve Outcomes for SSDI Clients: Findings from the SGA Project Demonstration (Research Brief): Matthew Kehn, Gina Livermore and Eric Morris
Trends in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Participation Rates: Fiscal Year 2010 to Fiscal Year 2016: Karen Cunnyngham
Evaluation of a Rural Road Rehabilitation Project in Armenia: Kenneth Fortson, Randall Blair and Kathryn Gonzalez
Vocational Rehabilitation Program Evaluation Coach Toolkit: Mathematica Staff

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