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Balancing Fidelity and Flexibility: Implementing the Gen.M Program in Texas (Executive Summary)

Rachel Shapiro

Medicaid Expansion Reduced Uncompensated Care Costs at Louisiana Hospitals: May be a Model for Other States

Kevin Callison, Brigham Walker, Charles Stoecker, Jeral Self and Mark L. Diana

Trends in USDA Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Participation Rates: Fiscal Year 2010 to Fiscal Year 2015 (Summary)

Kelsey Farson Gray and Karen Cunnyngham

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

Evaluation of a Rural Road Rehabilitation Project in Armenia

Kenneth Fortson, Randall Blair and Kathryn Gonzalez

The New Jersey Graduated Work Incentive Experiment

David Kershaw and Felicity Skidmore

Review of Dietary Reference Intakes for Selected Nutrients: Application Challenges and Implications for Food and Nutrition Assistance Programs

Barbara Devaney, Mary Kay Crepinsek, Ken Fortson and Lisa Quay

Commentary: Teaching Health Centers and the Path to Graduate Medical Education Reform

Eugene C. Rich

Within-Compound Versus Public Latrine Access and Child Feces Disposal Practices in Low-Income Neighborhoods of Accra, Ghana

Rebecca Lyn Ritter, Dorothy Peprah, Clair Null, Christine L. Moe, George Armah, Joseph Ampofo, Nii Wellington, Habib Yakubu, Katharine Robb, Amy E. Kirby, Yuke Wang, Katherine Roguski, Heather Reese, Chantal A. Agbemabiese, Lady Asantewa B. Adomako and Matthew C. Freeman Kelly K. Baker

Options for Expanding Coverage in Missouri: State Offer of a Small Group Product

Deborah Chollet and Su Liu

Findings from the Nutrition Services Program Process Study and Meal Cost Analysis

Holly Greuling, Susan Jenkins, James Mabli and Jessica Ziegler

The Challenges of Measuring Performance

William S. Borden

Improving Primary Health Care Delivery in Bihar, India: Learning from Piloting and Statewide Scale-Up of Ananya

Gary L. Darmstadt, Kevin T. Pepper, Victoria C. Ward, Sridhar Srikantiah, Tanmay Mahapatra, Usha Kiran Tarigopula, Debarshi Bhattacharya, Laili Irani, Janine Schooley, Indrajit Chaudhuri, Priyanka Dutt, Padmapriya Sastry, Radharani Mitra, Sara Chamberlain, Sophia Monaghan, Priya Nanda, Yamini Atmavilas, Niranjan Saggurti, Evan Borkum, Anu Rangarajan, Kala M Mehta, Safa Abdalla, Jess Wilhelm, Yingjie Weng, Suzan L. Carmichael, Hina Raheel, Jason Bentley, Wolfgang A. Munar, Andreea Creanga, Shamik Trehan, Dilys Walker and Hemant Shah

The Work Experiences of New SSI Beneficiaries: A Longitudinal Perspective

Yonatan Ben-Shalom and David Stapleton

Is School Value Added Indicative of Principal Quality? (Journal Article)

Hanley Chiang, Stephen Lipscomb and Brian Gill

Pre-Application Activities of Social Security Disability Insurance Applicants

Todd Honeycutt, Allison Thompkins and Michelle Bailey

Racial Variation in Vocational Rehabilitation Outcomes: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach

Frank H. Martin

Charter High Schools' Effects on Long-Term Attainment and Earnings (Journal Article)

Tim Sass, Ron Zimmer, Brian P. Gill and Kevin T. Booker

Measuring Incentives and Deterrents to Participation in Adult Education

Tim Silva

National Job Corps Study: Methodological Appendixes on the Impact Analysis

Peter Z. Schochet

Developing Income-Related Statistics on Federal Disability Beneficiaries Using Nationally Representative Survey Data

Jody Schimmel Hyde, Sarah Croake, Alex Bryce and Matt Messel

New Evidence on the Role of Provider Business Model in the Economic Viability of Employment Networks Under Ticket to Work

Jody Schimmel

Final Report for the Evaluation of the Florida Alternative Health Plan Project

Jennifer Schore and Joy Gianolio

The Role of Randomized Experiments in Employment and Training Evaluation

Rebecca Maynard

Supporting Family Caregivers Through Title III of the OAA

Leslie Foster and Rebecca Kleinman

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

Eleanor Morefield, Amanda Cash and Jessica McNab

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

New Medicaid Drug Use and Cost Data Highlight Issues for States After Medicare Part D

James Verdier, Ann Bagchi and Dominick Esposito

Universal Mental Health Screening in Pediatric Primary Care: A Systematic Review

Lawrence S. Wissow, Jonathan Brown, Kate E. Fothergill, Anne Gadomski, Karen Hacker, Peter Salmon and Rachel Zelkowitz

Six-Year Earnings and Disability Benefit Outcomes of Youth Vocational Rehabilitation Applicants

Frank H. Martin, Todd C. Honeycutt and Jeffrey Hemmeter

Growing America Through Entrepreneurship

Jeanne Bellotti, Sheena McConnell and Jacob Benus

National Public Engagement Campaign on Chronic Illness Physician Survey

Anne B. Ciemnecki, Nuria Diaz-Tena, Julie Fishtein and Frank Potter

Understanding Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Caseloads After Passage of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005

LaDonna Pavetti, Linda Rosenberg and Michelle K. Derr

Paying Wisely: Reforming Incentives to Promote Evidence-Based Decisions at the Point of Care

Eugene C. Rich, Tim Lake and Christal Stone Valenzano

The Earnings Consequences of the Americans with Disabilities Act on People with Disabilities

Allison V. Thompkins

Strategies for Promoting Prevention and Improving Oral Health Care Delivery in Head Start: Findings from the Oral Health Initiative Evaluation

Patricia Del Grosso, Amy Brown, Sandra Silva, Jamila Henderson, Naomi Tein and Diane Paulsell

Disposing of Children's Diapers with Solid Waste: A Global Concern?

Heather Reese, Breanna Alman and Clair Null

The Feeding Infants and Toddlers Study (FITS) 2008: Dramatic Changes in the Amount and Quality of Vegetables in the Diet Occur After the First Year of Life

Denise Deming, Kathleen Reidy, Ronette Briefel, Mary Kay Fox and Elizabeth Condon

Dietary Methodology Advancements in the Development of Short Instruments to Assess Dietary Fat

Ronette R. Briefel

The Impact of State Tort Reforms on Imaging Utilization

Suhui Evelyn Li, Avi Dors, Darwyyn Deyo and Danny Hughes

Solving the Sustainable Growth Rate Formula Conundrum Continues Steps Toward Cost Savings and Care Improvements

James D. Reschovsky, Larisa Converse and Eugene C. Rich

Health Information Technology in the United States, 2015: Transition to a Post-HITECH World (Executive Summary)

Edited by Catherine M. DesRoches, Michael W. Painter and Ashish K. Jha

Making Do With Less: Interpreting the Evidence from Recent Federal Evaluations of Dropout-Prevention Programs

Mark Dynarski

After Two Years, Three Elementary Math Curricula Outperform a Fourth (Technical Appendix)

Roberto Agodini, Barbara Harris, Neil Seftor, Janine Remillard and Melissa Thomas

The First National Survey of Local School-To-Work Partnerships: Data Summary

Marsha Silverberg

An Exploratory Analysis of the Relationship Between Psychiatric Nurses' Perceptions of Workload and Unit Activity

Angela M. Gerolamo

Impacts of a Large-Scale Agricultural Training Program in Armenia

Kenneth Fortson, Randall Blair, Joanne Lee and Anu Rangarajan

A New Tool for Rapid-Cycle Comparative Effectiveness Research: The Promise of Orthogonal Design

Jelena Zurovac, Randy Brown, Kieron Dey, Jodi Segal and David Vanness

Case Study of Father Engagement in Family Nutrition and Health Programs: California WIC Association

Danielle DeLisle, Rebekah Selekman and Pamela Holcomb

Sensitivity of Self-Reported Noncognitive Skills to Survey Administration Conditions

Yuanyuan Chen, Shuaizhang Feng, James Heckman and Tim Kautz

Early Educators’ Collective Workplace Stress as a Predictor of Professional Development’s Impacts on Children’s Development

Emily C. Hanno, Dana C. McCoy, Terri J. Sabol and Kathryn E. Gonzalez

Using Paradata for Instrument Evaluation and Refinement (Presentation)

Amanda Reiter and Sarah Forrestal

Effect of the Million Hearts Cardiovascular Disease Risk Reduction Model on Initiating and Intensifying Medications

Gregory Peterson, Jia Pu, David J. Magid, Linda Barterian, Keith Kranker, Michael Barna, Leslie Conwell, Adam Rose, Laura Blue, Amanda Markovitz, Nancy McCall and Patricia Markovich

Trends in Primary Cesarean Section Rates Among Women With and Without Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders

Melissa K. Zochowski, Giselle E. Kolenic, Kara Zivin, Anca Tilea, Lindsay K. Admon, Stephanie V. Hall, Agatha Advincula and Vanessa K. Dalton

Money Follows the Person Demonstration: Overview of State Grantee Progress, January to December 2016

Rebecca Coughlin, Johanna Ward, Noelle Denny-Brown, Brynn Hagen, Kristin Maurer, Eric Morris, Jason Smoot, Allison Steiner and Bryan Perez

Treatment and Outcomes for Congestive Heart Failure by Race/Ethnicity in TRICARE

Ann D. Bagchi, Kate Stewart, Catherine McLaughlin, Patricia Higgins and Thomas Croghan

Managed Care for Low-Income Populations with Special Needs: The Tennessee Experience

Anna Aizer and Marsha Gold

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

Allison Logie and Liz Schott

A Profile of the Educational Opportunity Centers Program: 1999-2000

Justin Humphrey and Nancy Carey

Rate the Leader: A Different Perspective on Principal Evaluation

Menbere Shiferaw and Whitney Kozakowski

Morocco Land Productivity Project: Evaluation Design Report

Anthony Harris, Anthony D'Agostino, Sara Litke-Farzaneh, Beryl Seiler and Matt Sloan

Well-Being of Parents and Children During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A National Survey

Stephen W. Patrick, Laura E. Henkhaus, Joseph S. Zickafoose, Kim Lovell, Alese Halvorson, Sarah Loch, Mia Letterie and Matthew M. Davis

The Personal Responsibility Education Program (PREP): Launching a Nationwide Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Effort

Susan Zief, Rachel Shapiro and Debra Strong

State Experiences Expanding Registered Apprenticeship: Findings from a Federal Grant Program

Samina Sattar, Jacqueline Kauff, Daniel Kuehn, Veronica Sotelo Munoz, Amanda Reiter and Kristin Wolff

Evaluation of the National School Lunch Program Application/Verification Pilot Projects, Volume IV: Analysis of Pilot Operations and Costs

John Burghardt, Tania Tasse and James Ohls

Long-Term Effects of Evidence-Based Supported Employment on Earnings and on SSI and SSDI Participation Among Individuals With Psychiatric Disabilities

Judith A. Cook, Jane K. Burke-Miller and Emily Roessel

Early Care, Early Education, and Home Visiting in American Indian and Alaska Native Communities: Design Options for Assessing Early Childhood Needs

Lizabeth Malone, Emily Knas, Michael Cavanaugh and Jerry West

Price and Income Elasticity of the Demand for Health Insurance and Health Care Services: A Critical Review of the Literature

Su Liu and Deborah Chollet

Quebec’s Paid Parental Leave and the “Daddy Quotaâ€: Effects on Housework, Child Care, and Paid Work (Presentation)

Ankita Patnaik

The Impact of the Philadelphia Beverage Tax on Prices and Product Availability

John Cawley, David Frisvold, Anna Hill and David Jones

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

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

Evidence-Based Policy: U.S. Perspectives

Mark Dynarski

Outcomes of Cancer Surgeries

Eric Schone

The New Jersey Medicaid Program: Some Comparisons to Other States

James M. Verdier

Seeds to Success Modified Field Test Evaluation: Impact and Implementation Findings

Kimberly Boller and Patricia Del Grosso

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

Evaluation of the Military Base National Emergency Grants

Karen Needels, Jeanne Bellotti, Mina Dadgar and Walter Nicholson

Child and Family Outcomes During the Head Start Year: FACES 2014-2015 Data Tables and Study Design

Nikki Aikens, Ashley Kopack Klein, Emily Knas, Jacob Hartog, Mikia Manley, Lizabeth Malone, Louisa Tarullo and Serge Lukashanets

Imposing a Time Limit on Food Stamp Receipt: Implementation of the Provisions and Effects on Food Stamp Program Participation, Volume I

John L. Czajka, Sheena McConnell, Scott Cody and Nuria Rodriguez

The Effect of Interview Experience on Follow-Up Response Propensity in a Longitudinal Survey (paper)

Matt Sloan and Debra Wright

Development of "The Respect for Difference Scale" (RDS): A New Parent Report Measure

Susan Sprachman, Margaret Caspe and Sally Atkins-Burnett

Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Pilot Projects in Increasing Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Participation Among the Medicare Extra Help Population (Summary)

Emily Sama-Miller, Libby Makowsky, Gretchen Rowe, Elizabeth Brown, Elizabeth Clary, Laura Castner and Miki Satake

A Study of the COVID-19 Outbreak and Response in Connecticut Long-Term Care Facilities: Final Report

Patricia Rowan, Reena Gupta, Rebecca Lester, Michael Levere, Kristie Liao, Jenna Libersky, Debra Lipson, Andrea Wysocki, Julie Robison and Patricia Bowen

Using Propensity Scoring to Estimate Program-Related Subgroup Impacts in Experimental Program Evaluations

Peter Z. Schochet and John Burghardt

All-Cause Mortality Reductions from Measles Catchup Campaigns in Africa

Ariel BenYishay and Keith Kranker

BOND Implementation and Evaluation: Process Study Report

Michelle Derr, Denise Hoffman, Jillian Berk, Ann Person, David Stapleton, Sarah Croake, Christopher Jones and Jonathan McCay

The Impact of Affordable Care Act Medicaid Expansions on Applications to Federal Disability Programs

Priyanka Anand, Jody Schimmel Hyde, Maggie Colby and Paul O’Leary

Factors Associated with Parental COVID-19 Vaccination Acceptance

Mia C. Letterie, Stephen W. Patrick, Alese E. Halvorson, William D. Dupont, Kecia N. Carroll, Joseph Zickafoose and Sarah E. Williams

Study of Enhanced College Advising in Upward Bound: Impacts on Where and How Long Students Attend College

Tamara Linkow, Amanda Parsad, Alina Martinez and Hannah Miller

The Early Experience of the Georgetown Medicare Coordinated Care Demonstration Program

Karen Sautter, Arnold Chen and Jennifer Schore

Evaluation of the National School Lunch Program Application/Verification Pilot Projects, Volume III: Impacts on Participation

Philip Gleason, Lara Hulsey and John Burghardt

The Early Experience of the Carle Medicare Coordinated Care Demonstration Program

Arnold Chen

Promoting Educator Effectiveness: The Effects of Two Key Strategies

Andrew Wayne, Michael Garet, Alison Wellington and Hanley Chiang

Cost-Effectiveness of Targeted Reemployment Bonuses

Christopher O'Leary, Paul T. Decker and Stephen A. Wandner

Promising Findings from the Frontline Health Worker Team-Based Goals and Incentives Intervention in Bihar

Dana Rotz, Anu Rangarajan, Evan Borkum Swetha Sridharan, Sukhmani Sethi and Mercy Manoranjini

Medicare Advantage (MA) Within a Strengthened Medicare Program

Marsha Gold

Working Toward Success: Current Evidence on Employment Outcomes for People with Disabilities

Yonatan Ben-Shalom and David Wittenburg

Doing Good While Doing Business Using Financial Viability to Enhance Employability for the Disadvantaged

Nan L. Maxwell, Adam Dunn, Dana Rotz and Megan Shoji