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

Marsha Silverberg

Direct Certification in the National School Lunch Program: State Implementation Progress, School Year 2010-2011: Report to Congress (Summary)

Quinn Moore, Kevin Conway and Brandon Kyler

Relationship Between Physician Burnout and the Quality and Cost of Care for Medicare Beneficiaries is Complex

Lawrence P. Casalino, Jing Li, Lars E. Peterson, Diane Rittenhouse, Manyao Zhang, Eloise May O’Donnell and Robert L. Phillips

Pre-Application Activities of Social Security Disability Insurance Applicants

Todd Honeycutt, Allison Thompkins and Michelle Bailey

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

Heather Reese, Breanna Alman and Clair Null

Promising Practices in a Time of Budget Stringency

Holly Stockdale, Ian Hill and Embry Howell

Facility and Client Characteristics Associated with Follow-Up After Discharge from an Inpatient Psychiatric Facility

Jonathan Brown and Nadia Bell

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

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

State Differences in the Vocational Rehabilitation Experiences of Transition-Age Youth with Disabilities

Todd Honeycutt, Allison Thompkins, Maura Bardos and Steven Stern

Market Rate Surveys and Alternative Methods of Data Collection and Analysis to Inform Subsidy Payment Rates

Eiizabeth Davis, Lynn A. Karoly, Bobbie Weber, Pia Caronongan, Kathryn Tout, Patti Banghart, Sara Shaw and Anne Partika

Designs for Measuring How the School Breakfast Program Affects Learning

Jonathan Jacobson, Ronette Briefel, Philip Gleason and Rachel Sullivan

Minors' Behavioral Responses to Parental Involvement Laws: Delaying Abortion Until Age 18

Silvie Colman and Ted Joyce

A National Survey of the Arrangements Managed-Care Plans Make with Physicians

Marsha R. Gold, Robert Hurley, Timothy Lake, Todd Ensor and Robert Berenson

A Randomized Clinical Trial Comparing Cognitive Behavioral Therapy vs Supportive Psychotherapy to Treat Body Dysmorphic Disorder

Sabine Wilhelm, Katharine A. Phillips, Jennifer L. Greenberg, Sheila M. O’Keefe, Susanne S. Hoeppner, Aparna Keshaviah, Suraj Sarvode-Mothi and David A. Schoenfeld

Independent Evaluation of Comprehensive Primary Care Plus (CPC+): First Annual Report, Supplemental Volume

Grace Anglin, Deborah Peikes, Mary Harrington, Arkadipta Ghosh, Kristin Geonnotti, Ann O'Malley, Stacy Dale, Sheila Hoag, Dana Petersen, Pragya Singh, Ha Tu, Laura Blue, Sean Orzol, Rosalind Keith, Anne Mutti, Genna Cohen, Tricia Higgins, Laurie Felland, Linda Barterian, Victoria Peebles, Amanda Lechner, Nikkilyn Morrison, Melanie Au, Jessica Laird, Grace Oh, Rachel Machta, Jasmine Little and Randall Brown

Ten-Year Impacts of Burkina Faso's BRIGHT Program

Mikal Davis, Nick Ingwersen, Harounan Kazianga, Leigh Linden, Arif Mamun, Ali Protik and Matt Sloan

How Well is CHIP Addressing Primary and Preventive Care Needs and Access for Children?

Kimberly V. Smith and Claire Dye

Using Vouchers to Deliver Social Services: Considerations Based on the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Program Experiences

Gretchen Kirby and Andrew Burwick

Innovations in Home- and Community-Based Services: Highlights from a Review of Services Available to Money Follows the Person Participants

Victoria Peebles and Matthew Kehn

The Evaluation of Abstinence Education Programs Funded Under Title V Section 510: Interim Report

Barbara Devaney, Amy Johnson, Rebecca Maynard and Christopher Trenholm

Insights About the Transition System for SSI Youth from the National Evaluation of Promoting Readiness of Minors in SSI (PROMISE)

Gina Livermore, Todd Honeycutt, Arif Mamun and Jacqueline Kauff

Student Selection, Attrition, and Replacement in KIPP Middle Schools

Ira Nichols-Barrer, Brian P. Gill, Philip Gleason and Christina Clark Tuttle

Impacts of Dropout Prevention Programs

Mark Dynarski, Philip M. Gleason, Anu Rangarajan and Robert G. Wood

Medicare Beneficiaries and HMOs: A Case Study of the Tampa-St. Petersburg Market

Anna Aizer and Marsha Gold

Connecting At-Risk Youth to Promising Occupations

M.C. Bradley, Jiffy Lansing and Matthew Stagner

Implementation of a 2-for-1 Price Incentive for Fruits and Vegetables in a Grocery Retail Setting

Rebecca Franckle, R. J. Boulos, A. N. Thorndike, A. J. Moran, N. Khandpur, J. Greene, J. P. Block, E. B. Rimm and M. Polacsek

Year 2 Demonstration Impacts of Using Medicaid Data to Directly Certify Students for Free School Meals

Lara Hulsey, Joshua Leftin, Anne Gordon, Claire Smither Wulsin, Nicholas Redel, Allen Schirm, Nicholas Beyler, Sheila Heaviside, Brian Estes and Carole Trippe

Employment and Economic Well-Being of People With and Without Disabilities Before and After the Great Recession

Gina A. Livermore and Todd C. Honeycutt

Costs and Benefits of Providing In-Person Professional Medical Interpreters in the Emergency Department: Results of a Randomized Controlled Study

Ann D. Bagchi, Stacy Dale, Natalya Verbitsky-Savitz, Sky Andrecheck, Kathleen Zavotsky and Robert Eisenstein

Delivery System Reform Incentive Payments Design Plan Supplement: Interim Outcomes Evaluation

Julia Baller, Marian V. Wrobel, Natalya Verbitsky-Savitz, Mariel Finucane and Carol Irvin

PREP Snapshot: Inputs and Outcomes: PREP Programs Serving Adjudicated Youth

Lauren Murphy, Susan Zief and Lara Hulsey

Accelerated Benefits (AB) Demonstration: Recruitment, Process, and Impact Findings After One Year

David Wittenburg, Charles Michalopoulos and Robert Weathers (Speakers)

Where the Jobs Are: Using Real-Time LMI for Green Jobs

Elizabeth Laird, Brittany English and Jillian Berk

The National Children's Study Research Plan: A Review

Paul Guerino

Perspectives on Networking, Cultural Values, and Skills Among African American Men with Spinal Cord Injury: A Reconsideration of Social Capital Theory

M. Njeri Jackson, Michelle A. Meade, Phyllis S. Ellenbogen and Kirsten Barrett

Medicare+Choice in California: Lessons and Insights

Marsha Gold and Timothy Lake

Nutrition Supports for Families with Young Children: An Equity-Focused Policy Research Agenda

Andrew Burwick and Diane Paulsell

Early Care and Education Partnerships: A Review of the Literature

Patricia Del Grosso, Lauren Akers, Andrea Mraz Esposito and Diane Paulsell

Evaluation Brief: Improving Land Management for Hydropower Generation in Malawi

Thomas Coen, Anthony D'Agostino, Naomi Dorsey and Arif Mamun

Employment Coaching During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons Learned

Miranda Kharsa and Kristen Joyce

Perils of Pioneering: Monitoring Medicaid Managed Care

Judith Wooldridge and Sheila D. Hoag

Ready, Steady, Grow: Preparing Students for Changing Career Requirements (Infographic)

Jan Anderson

Bridging Workforce Development and Corrections Cultures

Heather Lewis-Charp

Examining States' Use of Policies and Practices Promoted by Race to the Top (In Focus Brief)

Lisa Dragoset, Susanne James-Burdumy, Kristin Hallgren, Irma Perez-Johnson, Mariesa Herrmann, Christina Tuttle, Megan Hague Angus, Rebecca Herman, Matthew Murray, Corutney Tanenbaum and Cheryl Graczewski

Employment Strategies for Low-Income Adults Evidence Review: Standards and Methods

Annalisa Mastri, Emily Sama-Miller and Andrew Clarkwest

Reimagining Health Policy Research: Collaborative Partnerships and Evidence-Based Solution to Transform Health Care

Mathematica Policy Research

Small Samples Due to Lower-Than-Planned Enrollment in Impact Evaluations: What to Do?

Russell Cole

Lessons from the Medicare Coordinated Care Demonstration and Other Studies on Coordinating Care for People with Disabilities

Deborah Peikes and Randall Brown

Adding Design Elements to Improve Time Series Designs: No Child Left Behind as an Example of Causal Pattern-Matching

Manyee Wong, Thomas D. Cook and Peter M. Steinerd

How Can My Organization Connect Children to Coverage? A Guide to Fundamentals and Promising Practices

Leslie Foster and Frank Martin

Launching a National Sexual Risk Avoidance Education Program: Title V State SRAE Program Plans

Theresa Neelan, Danielle DeLisle and Susan Zief

Multi-Armed RCTs: A Design-Based Framework

Peter Z. Schochet

Assessing Cultural Perspectives on the Quality of Care

Ann D. Bagchi, Raquel af Ursin and Alicia Leonard

Review of WIC Food Packages: Proposed Framework for Revisions

Committee to Review WIC Food Packages, Food Nutrition Board and of which Mary Kay Fox is a Committee Member

Behind the Curve: A Critical Assessment of How Little is Known about Arrangements between Managed Care Plans and Physicians

Marsha Gold, Lyle Nelson, Timothy Lake, Robert Hurley and Robert Berenson

Strategies for Increasing TANF Work Participation Rates: Summary Report

LaDonna Pavetti, Jacqueline Kauff, Michelle K. Derr, Jeffrey Max, Ann Person and Gretchen Kirby

Implementation Fidelity in Early Childhood Home Visiting: Successes Meeting Staffing Standards, Challenges Hitting Dosage and Duration Targets

Deborah Daro, Kimberly Boller and Bonnie Hart

Quality Dosage, Thresholds, and Features in Early Childhood Settings: A Review of the Literature

Martha Zaslow, Rachel Anderson, Zakia Redd, Julia Wessel, Louisa Tarullo and Margaret Burchinal

Data Gaps Could Hinder Efforts to Educate Enough Nurses to Meet Demand

Amy Overcash, Grace Roemer and Angela Gerolamo

Did You Get Your Shots? Experimental Evidence on the Role of Reminders

Matías Busso, Julián Cristia and Sarah Humpage

Comparing FedEx to Traditional Postage in a Survey of Substance Abuse and Mental Health Treatment Facilities

Karen CyBulski, Melissa Krakowiecki, Larry Vittoriano and Matt Potts

The Washington University Medicare Coordinated Care Demonstration Program After One Year

Nancy Archibald, Jennifer Schore, Randall Brown, Deborah Peikes and Sean Orzol

Vocational Rehabilitation Outcomes for Students Participating in a Model Transition Program

Richard G. Luecking, Ellen S. Fabian, Kara Contreary, Todd C. Honeycutt and Debra Martin Luecking

Developing American Job Centers in Jails: Implementation of the Linking to Employment Activities Pre-Release (LEAP) Grants

Jeanne Bellotti, Samina Sattar, Alix Gould-Werth, Jillian Berk, Ivette GHutierrez, Jillian Stein, Hannah Betesh, Lindsay Ochoa and Andrew Wiegand

Detour to Opportunity: A Guide on Young Adult Diversion from the Criminal Justice System

Jillian Stein, Katie Bodenlos, Armando Yañez, Johanna Lacoe and Jillian Berk

Evaluation of the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Continuum of Care Services (CCS) Intervention in Bihar

Evan Borkum, Anitha Sivasankaran, Swetha Sridharan, Dana Rotz, Sukhmani Sethi, Mercy Manoranjini, Lakshmi Ramakrishnan and Anu Rangarajan

The Changing Landscape of Primary Care: Effects of the ACA and Other Efforts Over the Past Decade

Deborah Peikes, Erin Fries Taylor, Ann S. O’Malley and Eugene C. Rich

Reaching Those in Need: State Food Stamp Participation Rates in 2005

Karen E. Cunnyngham, Laura A. Castner and Allen L. Schirm

Operating a Youth Homelessness Prevention Program: A Case Study from the P3 Pilot in Sacramento, California

Caitlin Grey and Melissa Mack

Selecting Policy Indicators and Developing Simulation Models for the National School Lunch and Breakfast Programs (Summary)

Lisa Dragoset and Anne Gordon

Who Will Educate Our Nurses? A Strategy to Address the Nurse Faculty Shortage in New Jersey

Angela M. Gerolamo, Amy Overcash, Jennifer McGovern, Grace Roemer and Susan Bakewell-Sachs

Why Equity Matters for Adult College Completion

Ann E. Person, Julie Bruch and Lisbeth Goble

Making Sense of Replication Studies: Guidance for Teen Pregnancy Prevention Researchers

Brian Goesling

Technical Working Paper: Creation of the September 2009 Baseline of the 2005 MATH SIPP+ Microsimulation Model and Database

Joel Smith

Effectiveness of Selected Supplemental Reading Comprehension Interventions: Impacts on a First Cohort of Fifth-Grade Students (Conference Paper)

Susanne James-Burdumy

HHS/ASPE Webinar Series: Developing and Using Learning Agenda Approach to Evidence-building (Webinar 5 Video: SBA)

Brittany Borg, Amanda Cash and Jessica McNab

Evaluation Exemplar: The Critical Importance of Stakeholder Relations in a National Experimental Abstinence Education Evaluation

Paul R. Brandon, Nick L. Smith, Christopher Trenholm and Barbara Devaney

Obesity Among US Urban Preschool Children: Relationships to Race, Ethnicity, and Socioeconomic Status

Robert C. Whitaker and Sean M. Orzol

Comprehensive Primary Care Plus (CPC+) Model: Findings at a Glance Evaluation of Second Year (2018)

Deborah Peikes, Grace Anglin, Janice Genevro and Et Al.

Hunger in America 2010 National Report Prepared for Feeding America

James Mabli, Rhoda Cohen, Frank Potter and Zhanyun Zhao

Value-Added: It's Not Perfect But It Makes Sense

Steven Glazerman, Dan Goldhaber, Susanna Loeb, Doug Staiger, Stephen Raudenbush and Grover Whitehurst

Predictive Validity of MCAS and PARCC: Comparing 10th Grade MCAS Tests to PARCC Integrated Math II, Algebra II, and 10th Grade English Language Arts Tests

Ira Nichols-Barrer, Kate Place, Erin Dillon and Brian Gill

Is It Time to Establish a National Disability Data System?

David C. Stapleton and Craig Thornton

Better Beginnings: Partnering with Families for Early Learning Home Visit Observations

Kristin Hallgren, Kimberly Boller and Diane Paulsell

Using Tau-Argus and sdcTable to Conduct Secondary Cell Supression for Linked Tables

Amang Sukasih, Donsig Jang and David Edson

Final Report on the Effects of Sample Attrition on Estimates of Channeling's Impacts

Randall S. Brown, Peter A. Mossel, Jennifer Schore, Nancy Holden and Judy Roberts

Medicaid and Medicare Managed Long-Term Services and Supports: What States Are Doing

James M. Verdier

Health Information Exchange: The Role of Safety-Net Providers

Suzanne Felt-Lisk, Melanie Au and Patricia Higgins

We Grow Together Professional Development System: Professional Development Experiences in Infant-Toddler Care

Ann Li, Sally Atkins-Burnett and Tutrang Nguyen

Developing and Enhancing Data Systems (In Focus Brief)

Mathematica Policy Research

Technical Documentation for the Fiscal Year 2008 SNAP QC Database and QC Minimodel

Kari Wolkwitz and Daisy Ewell

Doubling Down: Reforming Retirement and Disability Policy at the Same Time

David Stapleton

Practice Strategies to Improve Primary Care for Chronic Disease Patients Under a Pay-for-Value Program

Dori A. Cross, Paige Nong, Christy Harris-Lemak, Genna R. Cohen, Ariel Linden and Julia Adler-Milstein

Outcomes of Cancer Surgeries, Appendix B: Detailed Tables

Eric Schone

Reaching Staff, Parents, and Community Partners to Prevent Childhood Obesity in Head Start, 2008

Rachel A. Gooze, Cayce C. Hughes, Daniel M. Finkelstein and Robert C. Whitaker

School Principals' Perspectives on the Passport to Teaching

Steven Glazerman, Christina Tuttle and Gail Baxter

National Directory of Drug and Alcohol Abuse Treatment Programs: 2001

Various Authors

Comparing the Reliability and Predictive Power of Child, Teacher, and Guardian Reports of Noncognitive Skills

Shuaizhang Feng, Yujie Han, James Heckman and Tim Kautz

The Evidence Base for How We Learn: Supporting Students’ Social, Emotional, and Academic Development

Stephanie M. Jones and Jennifer Kahn

Food Security and Food Access Among Emergency Food Pantry Households

James Mabli and David Jones