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Efficiency of Model-Assisted Regression Estimators in Sample Surveys

Jun Shao and Sheng Wang

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

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

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

Eric Grau

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

Implementation of Career STREAMS: An Integrated Employment and Healthy Relationship Program for Young Adults

Daniel Friend, Heather Zaveri and Kathleen Feeney

Spotlight on South Carolina

Dana Petersen, Christal Ramos, Emily Lawton and Amanda Napoles

Measuring Up: A Novel Approach to Assessing State Oversight of Medicaid Managed Care

Jenna Libersky and Debra Lipson

Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities in TRICARE (Journal Article)

Ann D. Bagchi, Eric Schone, Patricia Higgins, Elder Granger, S. Ward Casscells and Thomas Croghan

Spring 2013 School Administrator Survey

David DesRoches and Kelley Borradaile

Scheduler Issues in the Transition to Blaise

Leonard Hart

The Effect of Course Shutouts on Community College Students: Evidence from Waitlist Cutoffs

Silvia Robles, Max Gross and Robert Fairlie

The Potential of Home Visitor Services to Strengthen Welfare-to-Work Programs for Teenage Parents on Cash Assistance

Meredith Kelsey, Amy Johnson and Rebecca Maynard

Care Coordination and Disease Management

Debra Lipson and Melanie Au

Closing the Reading Gap: First Year Findings from a Randomized Trial of Four Reading Interventions for Striving Readers

Joseph Torgesen, David Myers, Allen Schirm, Elizabeth A. Stuart, Sonya Vartivarian, Wendy Mansfield, Fran Stancavage, Donna Durno, Rosanne Javorsky and Cinthia Haan

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

Predicting Disability Among Community-Dwelling Medicare Beneficiaries Using Claims-Based Indicators

Yonatan Ben-Shalom and David C. Stapleton

Challenges in Adolescent Reading Intervention: Evidence from a Randomized Control Trial

Naihobe Gonzalez, Sophie MacIntyre and Pilar Beccar-Varela

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

Enhancing a Home Visiting Program to Address Repeat Adolescent Pregnancy: The Early Impacts of Steps to Success

Dana Rotz and Robert G. Wood

The Status of Families on Child-Only TANF Cases

Robert G. Wood and Debra A. Strong

Evaluation of UNICEF's Early Childhood Development Programme with Focus on Government of Netherlands Funding (2008-2010): Ghana Country Case Study Report

Kimberly Boller, Kathy Buek, Andrew Burwick, Minki Chatterji, Diane Paulsell, Samia Amin, Evan Borkum, Larissa Campuzano and Jessica Jacobson

Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Birth Cohort (ECLS-B) 9-Month Twin Triad Restricted-Use Data File

Nikki Aikens, Nana Kwakye, Amy Rathbun, Jennifer Park and Jodi Jacobson Chernoff

What Do Quality Rating Levels Mean? Examining the Implementation of QRIS Ratings to Inform Validation

Gretchen Kirby, Pia Caronongan, Lizabeth M. Malone and Kimberly Boller

Evaluation of the National School Lunch Program Application/Verification Pilot Projects, Volume II: Data Collection Study Methods and Supplementary Tables on Certification Impacts

John Burghardt, Philip M. Gleason, Michael Sinclair, Rhoda Cohen, Lara Hulsey and Julita Milliner-Waddell

False Choices, Policy Framing, and the Promise of "Big Data"

Paul Decker

Case Study of Kentucky: Exploring Links Between Policy, Practice and the Trends in New Medicaid/SCHIP Enrollments

Christopher Trenholm and Bridget Lavin

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

Kelsey Farson Gray, Sarah Fisher and Sarah Lauffer

PREP Snapshot: Inputs and Outcomes: PREP Programs Serving Youth in Foster Care

Lauren Murphy, Susan Zief and Lara Hulsey

Food for Thought: Children's Diets in the 1990s

Philip Gleason and Carol Suitor

National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services (N-SSATS): Questionnaire

Prepared by Mathematica Policy Research

Review of WIC Food Packages: Improving Balance and Choice (Brief)

Committee to review WIC food packages of which Mary Kay Fox is a Member

Dietary Effects of the National School Lunch Program and the School Breakfast Program

Anne Gordon, Barbara L. Devaney and John Burghardt

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

Hillary L. Burdette and Robert C. Whitaker

Relaxing the FSP Vehicle Asset Test: Findings from the North Carolina Demonstration

Nancy Wemmerus and Bruce Gottlieb

Evaluation Options for the Papers Developed Under the SSI Youth Solutions Project

Todd Honeycutt, Amal Harrati, Andrew Langan, Gina Livermore and R. Vincent Pohl

Publishing Nutrition Research: A Review of Multivariate Techniques—Part 3: Data Reduction Methods

Philip M. Gleason, Carol J. Boushey, Jeffrey E. Harris and Jamie Zoellner

Frequently Asked Questions About the Implications of Clustering in Clustered Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs)

John Deke

Housing for Youth Aging Out of Foster Care (In Focus Brief)

Robin Dion

Measuring Co-Regulation: A Draft Tool for Observing Educators in Youth-Serving Programs

Julia Alamillo, Scott Baumgartner, Aly Frei and Mindy Herman-Stahl

Developing and Evaluating Methods for Using American Community Survey Data to Support the School Meals Program: Interim Report

Allen Schirm Nancy Kirkendall and Editors

State Strategies for Coordinating Medicaid and Housing Services

Rebecca Kleinman, Matthew Kehn, Allison Wishon Siegwarth and Jonathan Brown

Lessons from Pilot Tests of Recruitment for the Promoting Opportunity Demonstration

Heinrich Hock, Michael Levere, Kenneth Fortson and David Wittenburg

Practice-Based Research Networks (PBRNs) Are Promising Laboratories for Conduction Dissemination and Implementation Research

John Heintzman, Rachel Gold, Alexander Krist, Jay Crosson, Sonja Likumahuwa and Jennifer E. DeVoe

Compound-Risk Aversion, Ambiguity, and the Willingness to Pay for Microinsurance

Ghada Elabed and Michael Carter

Rwanda Threshold Program Evaluation: Strengthening Civic Participation RNP Inspectorate Services and Media

Matt Sloan, Ira Nichols-Barrer, Lindsay Wood and Anu Rangarajan

Will Health Care Reform Increase the Employment of People with Disabilities?

David Stapleton and Su Liu

Examining the Effects of Changes in Classroom Quality on Within-Child Changes in Achievement and Behavioral Outcomes

Tyler W. Watts, Tutrang Nguyen, Robert C. Carr, Lynne Vernon-Feagans and Clancy Blair

Impacts of Performance Pay Under the Teacher Incentive Fund: Study Design Report

Steven Glazerman, Hanley Chiang, Alison Wellington, Jill Constantine and Daniel Player

Supports for Working Poor Families: A New Approach

Michael E. Fishman and Harold Beebout

The Early Experience of the Lovelace Case Management Program

Sherry Aliotta and Jennifer Schore

Economic Conditions of Head Start Families: Connections with Social Supports and Child and Family Well-Being

Elizabeth Doran, Nikki Aikens, Lizabeth Malone, Jeff Harrington and Judy Cannon

Six Features of Medicare Coordinated Care Demonstration Programs that Cut Hospital Admissions of High-Risk Patients (Journal Article)

Randall S. Brown, Deborah Peikes, Greg Peterson, Jennifer Schore and Carol M. Razafindrakoto

Second Report to Congress on the Evaluation of the Medicare Coordinated Care Demonstration

Randall Brown, Deborah Peikes, Arnold Chen, Judy Ng, Jennifer Schore and Clara Soh

Head Start Programs in Spring 2015: Structure, Staff, and Supports for Quality from FACES 2014

Julia Alamillo, Nikki Aikens, Emily Moiduddin, Charlie Bush, Lizabeth Malone and Louisa Tarullo

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

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

The Influence of TennCare on Perinatal Outcomes

Lorenzo Moreno

Statistical Theory for the RCT-YES Software: Design-Based Causal Inference for RCTs

Peter Z. Schochet

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

Karen E. Cunnyngham

Evaluation of the Medicaid Managed Care Program of the Center for Health Care Strategies: Overview of Results

Marsha Gold, Erin Fries Taylor, Tara Krissik, Jessica Mittler and Justin White

Understanding the Disability Dynamics of Youth: Health Condition and Limitation Changes for Youth and Their Influence on Longitudinal Survey Attrition

David R. Mann and Todd Honeycutt

Can a Redesigned Child Support System Do Better?

Maria Cancian, Daniel R. Meyer and Robert G. Wood

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

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

Design for the Evaluation of Early Elementary School Mathematics Curricula

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

Food Stamp Program Operations Study: Synthesis Report

Ruy A. Teixeira and William L. Hamilton

Making a Plan and Sticking to It: Implementing an Enhanced Version of HealthTeacher in Chicago

Rachel Shapiro and Ellen Kisker

National Survey of SSI Children and Families Sample Design

Frank Potter, Michael Sinclair and Bidisha Ghosh

The NQF Scientific Methods Panel: Enhancing the Review and Endorsement Process for Performance Measures

David R. Nerenz, David Cella, Lacy Fabian, Eugene Nuccio, John Bott, J. Matt Austin, Samuel Simon, Jack Needleman and Karen Johnson

The Negative Income Tax Experiment in New Jersey: General Discussion

David Kershaw

The Quality Oncology Medicare Coordinated Care Demonstration Program After One Year

Arnold Chen, Jennifer Schore, Randall Brown, Deborah Peikes, Sean Orzol, Clara Soh and Karen Sautter

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

Improving Access to Language Services in Health Care: A Look at National and State Efforts

Melanie Au, Erin Fries Taylor and Marsha Gold

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

Food Consumption Patterns of Infants and Toddlers: Where Are We Now?

Anna Maria Siega-Riz, Denise M. Deming, Kathleen C. Reidy, Mary Kay Fox, Elizabeth Condon and Ronette R. Briefel

Databases to Track Use of Preventive Services After Implementation of the Affordable Care Act

Anna Hill and JudyAnn Bigby

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

Leonard Hart, Scott Reid and Erin Slyne

Promoting Readiness of Minors in Supplemental Security Income (PROMISE): Maryland PROMISE Process Analysis Report

Jacqueline Kauff, Todd Honeycutt, Karen Katz, Joseph Mastrianni and Adele Rizzuto

Case-Mix Analysis Using Demonstration Data: Home Health Prospective Payment Demonstration

Barbara R. Phillips, Randall S. Brown, Jennifer L. Schore, Amy C. Klein, Peter Z. Schochet, Jerrold W. Hill and Dexter O. Chu

Reaching Out to Kith and Kin Caregivers in Early Head Start

Diane Paulsell, Debra Mekos, Patricia Del Grosso, Patti Banghart and Renée Nogales

Structuring Payment to Medical Homes After the Affordable Care Act

Samuel T. Edwards, Melinda K. Abrams, Richard J. Baron, Robert A. Berenson, Eugene C. Rich, Gary E. Rosenthal, Meredith B. Rosenthal and Bruce E. Landon

The Central Role of Relationships to Trauma-Informed Integrated Care for Children and Youth

Jonathan D. Brown, Melissa A. King and Lawrence S. Wissow

New Work-Limiting Health Events and Occupational Transitions Among Older Workers

Jody Schimmel Hyde and April Yanyuan Wu

Examining Substance Use Disorder Treatment Demand and Provider Capacity in a Changing Health Care System: Initial Findings Report

Ellen Bouchery, Rebecca Morris and Jasmine Little

An Assessment of Computer Matching in the Food Stamp Program Vol. III: Appendix Tables

William S. Borden and Robbi L. Ruben-Urm

Preventive Small-Quantity Lipid-Based Nutrient Supplements Reduce Severe Wasting and Severe Stunting Among Young Children: An Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

Clair Null, Kathryn G. Dewey, Charles D. Arnold, K. Ryan Wessells, Elizabeth L. Prado, Souheila Abbeddou, Seth Adu-Afarwuah, Hasmot Ali, Benjamin F. Arnold, Per Ashorn, Ulla Ashorn, Sania Ashraf, Elodie Becquey, Kenneth H. Brown, Parul Christian, John M. Colford, Jr, Sherlie J. L. Dulience, Lia C. H. Fernald, Emanuela Galasso, Lotta Hallamaa, Sonja Y. Hess, Jean H. Humphrey, Lieven Huybregts, Lora L. Iannottie, Kaniz Jannat, Anna Lartey, Agnes Le Port, Jef Leroy, Stephen P. Luby, Kenneth Maleta, Susana L. Matias, Mduduzi N. N. Mbuya, Malay K. Mridha, Minyanga Nkhoma, Rina R. Paul, Harriet Okronipa, Jean-Bosco Ouédraogo, Amy J. Pickering, Andrew J. Prendergast, Marie Ruel, Saijuddin Shaikh, Ann M. Weber, Patricia Wolff, Amanda Zongrone and Christine P Stewart

Ancillary Services to Support Welfare-to-Work

Amy Johnson and Alicia Meckstroth

Diet Quality of American Young Children by WIC Participation Status: Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2005-2008 (Summary)

Elizabeth Condon, Susan Drilea, Carolyn Lichtenstein, James Mabli, Emily Madden and Katherine Niland

The Influence of Curriculum Material Design on Opportunities for Student Learning

Janine T. Remillard, Barbara Harris and Roberto Agodini

Evaluation of Prior Authorization in Medicare Nonemergent Ambulance Transport

Kara Contreary, Andrew Asher and Jared Coopersmith

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

Services and Supports People with Disabilities Need to Stay Employed

Noelle Denny-Brown, Bonnie O'Day and Stephanie McLeod

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

Myles Maxfield

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

Project Evaluation Activity in Support of Partnership for Patients: Task 2 Evaluation Progress Report

Andrew Clarkwest, Arnold Chen, Maureen Higgins, Valerie Cheh, Jelena Zurovac, Keith Kranker, Gina M. Tignini, Robert Fornango, Julia Lewis and Sunny Bateman

Baseline Report for the Georgia Improving General Education Quality Project’s School Rehabilitation Activity

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

The Physician Workforce and Counting What Counts in Primary Care

Eugene C. Rich

Measuring Up: Learning About Improving Equity from Australia’s Early Childhood Development Census

Kimberly Boller and Yasmin Harman-Smith

State at a Glance: Alaska

Grace Anglin, Ian Hill, Ashley Palmer, Margo Wilkinson and Arnav Shah

Enhancing a Home Visiting Program to Address Repeat Adolescent Pregnancy: The Longer-Term Impacts of Steps to Success

Dana Rotz, Menbere Shiferaw and Robert G. Wood

A Portrait of Head Start Programs: Findings from FACES 2009

Emily Moiduddin, Ashley Kopack Klein, Louisa Tarullo, Jerry West and Nikki Aikens