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An Evaluation of Teachers Trained Through Different Routes to Certification

Jill Constantine, Daniel Player, Tim Silva, Kristin Hallgren, Mary Grider and John Deke

Consumer Enrollment and Experiences in the Cash and Counseling Program

Jennifer Schore, Leslie Foster and Barbara Phillips

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

Embry Howell, Christopher Trenholm, Kathy Gifford and Bridget Lavin

Variation in Physicians’ Electronic Health Record Documentation and Potential Patient Harm from That Variation

Genna R. Cohen, Charles P. Friedman, Andrew M. Ryan, Caroline R. Richardson and Julia Adler-Milstein

Administrative Experiments: Unlocking What Works Better and What Works for Whom

Scott Cody, Irma Perez-Johnson and Kristen Joyce

Measuring Multi-Dimensional Change: Challenges and Opportunities in The MasterCard Foundation Scholars Program (Presentation)

Barry Burciul and Matt Sloan

Evaluation of the Nutrition Assistance Program in Puerto Rico, Volume II: Effects on Food Expenditures and Diet Quality

Prepared by Mathematica Policy Research

A Method for Measuring the Effect of Certified Electronic Health Record Technology on Childhood Immunization Status Scores Among Medicaid Managed Care Network Providers

Paul Messino, Hadi Kharrazi, Julia M. Kim and Harold Lehmann

Menu of Measures: High-Quality Measures of Middle Years Math Student Outcomes

Julie Bruch, Jasmine Forde, Ijun Lai and Veronica Sotelo Muñoz

Small Area Estimation: New Developments and Directions for HHS Data

John L. Czajka, Amang Sukasih and Alyssa Maccarone

Estimates of Health Insurance Coverage in the Community Tracking Study and the Current Population Survey

Margo Rosenbach and Kimball Lewis

Building Strong Ready to Learn Outreach

Cheri Vogel, Kimberly Boller, Stacey Uhl and Lindsay Dobrzynski

Senegal’s Irrigation and Water Resources Management Project at Five Years Post-Compact: Findings from a Mixed-Methods Evaluation

Anthony Harris, Sarah Leser, Ahmadou Kandji and Sarah Hughes

Student Participation in the School Nutrition Programs: An Econometric and Simulation Model

Philip M. Gleason

National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services (N-SSATS): 2000, Data on Substance Abuse Treatment Facilities

Prepared by Mathematica Policy Research

Nebraska Health Network’s Data Management System for Improving Quality and Reducing Costs (Case Study)

Mario Gruszczynski, Natalie Graves and Sonya Streeter

Capacity Building for Strategic Learning: Findings from the Pilot Cohort

Emma Pottinger, Emily Gardner, Ramya Tallapragada, Alexandra Resch and Virginia Knechtel

A National Assessment of Children with Special Health Care Needs: Prevalence of Special Needs and Use of Health Care Services Among Children in the Military Health System

Thomas V. Williams, Eric M. Schone, Nancy D. Archibald and Joseph W. Thompson

Midpoint Evaluation of Oregon's Medicaid Section 1115 Demonstration: Mid-2012 through Mid-2014

Carol V. Irvin, JudyAnn Bigby, Vivian Byrd, Michael Barna, Suzie Witmer and Maureen Higgins

Medicare Beneficiaries and Choice in the New Orleans Metropolitan Area, 2000

Marsha Gold, Jessica Mittler and Beth Stevens

Independent Evaluation of Comprehensive Primary Care Plus (CPC+) Second Annual Report: Appendices to the Supplemental Volume

Arkadipta Ghosh, Sean Orzol, Stacy Dale, Jessica Laird, Ning Fu, Pragya Singh, Min-Young Kim, Amanda Markovitz, Kaylyn Swankoski, Nancy Duda, Rachel Machta, Carol Urato, Mariel Finucane, Lauren Vollmer, Constance Delannoy, Lee-Lee Ellis, Grace Oh, Brianna Sullivan, Dana Jean-Baptiste, Ann O'Malley, Rosalind Keith, Randall Brown, Grace Anglin, Deborah Peikes and Et Al.

Influencing Mode Choice in a Multi-Mode Survey

Geraldine Mooney, Cheryl De Saw, Xiaojing Lin, Andrew Hurwitz and Flora Lan

Evaluation of the Teacher Incentive Fund: Implementation and Impacts of Pay-for-Performance After Three Years (Final Report)

Alison Wellington, Hanley Chiang, Kristin Hallgren, Cecilia Speroni, Mariesa Herrmann and Paul Burkander

How States Can Better Understand their Dually Eligible Beneficiaries: A Guide to Using CMS Data Resources

Danielle Chelminsky

Characteristics and Dietary Patterns of Healthy and Less-Healthy Eaters in the Low-Income Population

Yonatan Ben-Shalom, Mary Kay Fox and P.K. Newby

Employment Services and Supports Available to Veterans with Disabilities Through the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and Other Federal Agencies

Michael West and John Kregel

Medicaid Substance Abuse Treatment Spending: Findings Report

Ellen Bouchery, Rick Harwood, Rosalie Malsberger, Emily Caffery, Jessica Nysenbaum and Kerianne Hourihan

Student Selection, Attrition, and Replacement at KIPP Middle Schools (Presentation)

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

The Evolving SNP Marketplace and the Role of States

James M. Verdier

Program Subgroups: Patterns of Impacts for Home-Based, Center-Based, and Mixed-Approach Programs

Rachel Chazan-Cohen, Helen H. Raikes and Cheri Vogel

The Mercy Medicare Coordinated Care Demonstration Program After One Year

Karen Sautter, Jennifer Schore, Randall Brown, Sherry Aliotta, Debbie Peikes and Sean Orzol

Improving Physical Health Among People With Serious Mental Illness: The Role of the Specialty Mental Health Sector

Jonathan Brown, Emma E. McGinty, Rachel Presskreischer, Joshua Breslau, Marisa Elena Domino, Benjamin G. Druss, Marcela Horvitz-Lennon, Karly A. Murphy, Harold Alan Pincus and Gail L. Daumit

Informal Child Care in California: Current Arrangements and Future Needs

Various Authors

Evaluation of Prior Authorization in Medicare Nonemergent Ambulance Transport

Kara Contreary, Andrew Asher and Jared Coopersmith

Indonesia Got Schooled: 15 Years of Rising Enrolment and Flat Learning Profiles

Amanda Beatty, Emilie Berkhout, Luhur Bima, Thomas Coen, Menno Pradhan and Daniel Suryadarma

Spotlight on Maryland: Health Insurance Premiums, the Underwriting Cycle and Carrier Surpluses

Deborah Chollet

Do Consumer-Directed Medicaid Supportive Services Work for Children with Developmental Disabilities?

Leslie Foster, Stacy Dale, Randall Brown, Barbara Phillips, Jennifer Schore and Barbara Lepidus Carlson

The Challenge in Balancing Data Collection Innovations, Remaining Practical, and Being Cost-Effective (paper)

Leonard Hart, Scott Reid and Erin Slyne

Moving Toward Integrated Marketing Rules and Practices for Medicare and Medicaid Managed Care Plans

Michelle Herman Soper and Rivka Weiser

Crime and Parenthood: Factors Affecting the Outcomes of Adolescents With and Without Disabilities

Todd C. Honeycutt and David R. Mann

Medicaid Enrollment Gaps, 2005-2007

John L. Czajka

Design Options Report for a National Survey of Home Health Aides

Richard Strouse, Nancy Clusen, David DesRoches, Rita Stapulonis, John Hall and Brian Roff

The Effects of Healthy Davis Together: A COVID-19 Response Program

Aparna Keshaviah, R. Vincent Pohl, Xindi (Cindy) Hu, Alyssa Maccarone, John Hotchkiss, Ian Huff, Hanzhi Zhou and Divya Vohra

Movement of Children Between Medicaid and CHIP, 2005-2007

John L. Czajka

Baseline Report on the Farming Practices Survey

Kenneth Fortson, Daniel Player, Randall Blair and Anu Rangarajan

Evaluation Interim Report for the Georgia II Improving General Education Quality Project's School Rehabilitation and Training Activities

Ira Nichols-Barrer, Nicholas Ingwersen, Camila Fernandez, Elena Moroz and Matt Sloan

The Physician Workforce and Counting What Counts in Primary Care

Eugene C. Rich

Congressionally Mandated Evaluation of the State Children's Health Insurance Program Site Visit Report: The State of Colorado's Child Health Plan Plus CHP

Nancy Fasciano and Ruchika Bajaj

Evaluation Technical Assistance Update for OAH & ACYF Teenage Pregnancy Prevention Grantees

Susan Zief, Brian Goesling and Jean Knab

Spotlight on Massachusetts

Mynti Hossain, Grace Anglin, Rebecca Peters, Adam Weiss and Emily Hayes

Collecting, Using, and Reporting Medicaid Encounter Data: A Primer for States

Vivian L. H. Byrd and James Verdier

Washington, D.C., Area Health Care Market Sticks to Fee for Service; Dips Toe into Value-Based Payment

Ha T. Tu, Laurie Felland, Paul B. Ginsburg, Kristie Liao, Kevin Draper and Rebecca Gourevitch

Informal Caregivers Research Project (INCARE): Ecomap Interview Protocol

C. Jacobs Johnson, J. Thomas, K. Boller and M. Young

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

Julie Darnell and Charles Nagatoshi

Replicating and Scaling Up Evidence-Based Home Visiting Program: The Role of Implementation Research

Diane Paulsell

Quantifying the Health Insurance Needs of Employed and Potentially Employed Persons with Disabilities

Jack Gettens, Alexis Henry and Pei-Pei Lei

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

Deborah Peikes, Grace Anglin, 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

Improving the Outcomes of Youth with Medical Limitations Through Comprehensive Training and Employment Services: Evidence from the National Job Corps Study

Heinrich Hock, Dara Lee Luca, Tim Kautz and David Stapleton

Enriching the Home Environment of Low-Income Families in Colombia: A Strategy to Promote Child Development at Scale

Orazio Attanasio, Sally Grantham-McGregor, Camila Fernández, Emla Fitzsimons, Marta Rubio-Codina and Costas Meghir

The HCBS Taxonomy: A New Language for Classifying Home- and Community-Based Services (Journal Article)

Victoria Peebles and Alex Bohl

Association Between NCQA Patient-Centered Medical Home Recognition for Primary Care Practices and Quality of Care for Children with Disabilities and Special Health Care Needs

Kate A. Stewart, Joseph S. Zickafoose, Beny Wu, Randall S. Brown and Henry T. Ireys

Which Medicaid Buy-In Participants Use SSA Work Supports?

Denise Hoffman and Jody Schimmel

Analysis of Medical Expenditures and Service Use of Medicaid Buy-In Participants, 2002-2005 (Executive Summary)

Gilbert Gimm, Kristin L. Andrews, Jody Schimmel, Henry T. Ireys and Su Liu

Findings from the Gary Income Maintenance Experiment: Testimony Before the House Committee on Ways and Means

Kenneth Kehrer

The Content, Predictive Power, and Potential Bias in Five Widely Used Teacher Observation Instruments

Brian Gill, Megan Shoji, Thomas Coen and Kate Place

Evaluation and Learning for the Maternal Health Quality of Care Strategy in India: Phase I Report

So O'Neil, Divya Vohra and Shamama Siddiqui

Design for the Evaluation of Early Elementary School Mathematics Curricula

Roberto Agodini, John Deke, Sally Atkins-Burnett, Barbara Harris and Robert Murphy

Impact of Market Volatility on Medicare Beneficiaries

Beth Stevens and Cheryl Young

BOND Implementation and Evaluation: Proposal to Develop Enhancements to the Benefit Offset Simulation Model (BOSIM)

David C. Stapleton, Joel Smith, Denise Whalen and Laura Kosar

Characteristics of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Households: Fiscal Year 2015 (Summary)

Kelsey Farson Gray, Sarah Fisher and Sarah Lauffer

Descriptive Data on Region XI Head Start Children and Families: AI/AN FACES Fall 2015-Spring 2016 Data Tables and Study Design

Sara Bernstein, Lizabeth Malone, Ashley Kopack Klein, Charles Bush, Kathleen Feeney, Maya Reid, Serge Lukashanets and Nikki Aikens

Ewing Marion Kauffman School Year 8 Impacts

Matthew Johnson and Daniel Thal

Assessment of Bias When Field Operations Are Curtailed in a Mixed-Mode Telephone and Face-to-Face Survey of Persons with Disabilities

Eric Grau

Re-Imagining Accountability in K-12 Education: A Behavioral Science Perspective

Brian P. Gill, Jennifer S. Lerner and Paul Meosky

Policy Brief: Calibrating Performance Standards Across State Lines: How PARCC Predicts College Readiness

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

Politics and Policy of Comparative Effectiveness: Looking Back, Looking Ahead

Eugene C. Rich and Elizabeth Docteur

The Lancet Commission on the Future of Care and Clinical Research in Autism

Paul Shattuck and Others

The Influence of TennCare on Perinatal Outcomes

Lorenzo Moreno

State Regulation of Residential Facilities for Children with Mental Illness

Henry Ireys, Lori Achman and Ama Takyi

Sampling with Uncertain Frame Counts: Challenges in Sampling Head Start Children for the FACES Study

Barbara Lepidus Carlson

Options for Validating Claims-Based Ambulatory Care Quality Data for Value-Based Purchasing

Myles Maxfield

Calibration of Self-Report Tools for Physical Activity Research: The Physical Activity Questionnaire (PAQ)

Pedro F. Saint-Maurice, Gregory J. Welk, Nicholas K. Beyler, Roderick T. Bartee and Kate A. Heelan

National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services (N-SSATS): 2002, Data on Substance Abuse Treatment Facilities

Synectics for Management Decisions and Inc. Mathematica Policy Research

What Works for Whom? A Bayesian Approach to Channeling Big Data Streams for Policy Analysis

Mariel McKenzie Finucane, Ignacio Martinez and Scott Cody

Supports for Working Poor Families: A New Approach

Michael E. Fishman and Harold Beebout

Parenting Matters: Supporting Parents of Children Ages 0-8

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Medicine and Committee on Supporting the Parents of Young Children of which Kimberly Boller is a Member

Challenges and Opportunities in Caring for Medicare-Medicaid Dual Eligibles: The Role of Special Needs Plans

James M. Verdier

KIPP Middle Schools: Impacts on Achievement and Other Outcomes (Executive Summary)

Christina Clark Tuttle, Brian Gill, Philip Gleason, Virginia Knechtel, Ira Nichols-Barrer and Alexandra Resch

Oral Health Promotion, Prevention, and Treatment Strategies for Head Start Families: Early Findings from the Oral Health Initiative Evaluation Volume II Site Profiles

Patricia Del Grosso, Amy Brown, Heather Zaveri, Sandra Silva, Beth Zimmerman, Anne Hopewell and Diane Paulsell

A New Role Emerges for Principal Supervisors: Evidence from Six Districts in the Principal Supervisor Initiative

Ellen B. Goldring, Jason A. Grissom, Mollie Rubin, Laura K. Rogers, Michael Neel and Melissa A. Clark

Insights from Federal Evaluation Technical Assistance Liaisons on the Partnerships Supporting Local Evaluations

Lindsay Cattell and Cay Bradley

A Study of the Self-Employment Assistance Program: Helping Unemployed Workers Pursue Self-Employment

Elizabeth Weigensberg, Karen Needels, Alix Gould-Werth, Ankita Patnaik and Joanne Lee

Type of Health Insurance and the Substance Abuse Treatment Gap

Ellen Englert Bouchery, Henrick J. Harwood, Joan Dilonardo and Rita Vandivort-Warren

A National Study of Neighborhood Safety, Outdoor Play, Television Viewing, and Obesity in Preschool Children

Hillary L. Burdette and Robert C. Whitaker

BOND Implementation and Evaluation: 2015 Stage 2 Interim Process, Participation, and Impact Report

Daniel Gubits, Judy Geyer, Denise Hoffman, Sarah Croake, Utsav Kattel, David Judkins, Stephen Bell and David Stapleton

Reaching Those in Need: Estimates of State Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Participation Rates in 2012

Karen E. Cunnyngham

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

Nancy Fasciano

The Accelerated Benefits Demonstration and Evaluation Project: Impacts on Health and Employment at Twelve Months

Charles Michalopoulos, David Wittenburg, Dina A. R. Israel, Jennifer Schore, Anne Warren, Aparajita Zutshi, Stephen Freedman and Lisa Schwartz

Environmental Changes and Their Impacts

Brigette Courtot and Embry Howell

Implications of Integrated Services for Participation Levels in Low-Income Assistance Programs

Harold Beebout