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Comparative Regression Discontinuity and Regression Discontinuity as Alternatives to Randomized Controlled Trials for Estimating Average Treatment Effects

Duncan Chaplin, Charles Tilley, Denise Hoffman and John T. Jones

Analysis of the 1985 Continuing Survey of Food Intakes by Individuals Volume 1: Estimating Usual Dietary Intake, Assessing Dietary Adequacy, and Estimating Program Effects: Applications of Three Advanced Methodologies Using FNS's Four-Day Analysis File

Thomas Fraker, Sharon K. Long and Charles E. Post

Do Charter Middle Schools Improve Students' College Outcomes? (Evaluation Brief)

Kate Place and Philip Gleason

Tracking Medicare Health and Prescription Drug Plans: Monthly Report for September 2012

Winnie Wang and Marsha Gold

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

Trends in Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment Utilization and Setting From 2008 to 2017

Aidan R. Larsen, Janet R. Cummings, Silke A. von Esenwein and Benjamin G. Druss

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

Head Start Family and Classroom Supports for Kindergarten Achievement: FACES 2009

Lizabeth Malone, Ashley Kopack Klein, Nikki Aikens, Jessica F. Harding, Jerry West and Louisa Tarullo

The ARRA Investment in CER: A Description of the Midstream Evaluation and How the Funds Were Allocated and CER Priorities Addressed

Dominick Esposito, Pierre L. Yong, Eugene Rich, Kristin Geonnotti and Laura D. Kimmey

An Evaluation of the Chicago Teacher Advancement Program (Chicago TAP) After Four Years

Steven Glazerman and Allison Seifullah

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

Susan Zief, Brian Goesling and Jean Knab

Supports for Working Poor Families: A New Approach

Michael E. Fishman and Harold Beebout

Learning to Adapt: Helping Agape Child & Family Services Use Rapid-Cycle Learning to Drive Equitable Change

Tosin Shenbanjo, Delara Aharpour, Annie Buonaspina, Brittany Tabora and Scott Baumgartner

National Survey of SSI Children and Families Sample Design

Frank Potter, Michael Sinclair and Bidisha Ghosh

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

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

Spotlight on Massachusetts

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

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

Nonrespondents and Nonresponse Bias: Evidence from a Survey of Former Welfare Recipients in Iowa

Jacqueline Kauff, Robert Olsen and Thomas Fraker

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

Rachel Shapiro and Ellen Kisker

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

Allen Schirm Nancy Kirkendall and Editors

A Brief Description of the Examining Data Informing Teaching (EDIT) Measure (brief)

Lauren Akers, Shannon Monahan, Sally Atkins-Burnett, Barbara Wasik, Judy Carta and Felicia Hurwitz

Implementing Parenting Interventions in Early Care and Education Settings: A Guidebook for Implementation

Tamara Halle, Diane Paulsell, Sarah Daily, Anne Douglass, Shannon Moodie and Allison Metz

Evaluation of Health Care Innovation Awards (HCIA): Primary Care Redesign Programs, First Annual Report Volume I: Technical Report

Boyd Gilman, Sheila Hoag, Lorenzo Moreno, Greg Peterson, Linda Barterian, Laura Blue, Kristin Geonnotti, Tricia Higgins, Mynti Hossain, Lauren Hula, Rosalind Keith, Jennifer Lyons, Brenda Natzke, Brenna Rabel, Rumin Sarwar, Rachel Shapiro, Cara Stepanczuk, Victoria Peebles, KeriAnn Wells and Joseph Zickafoose

Looking at Medicare Advantage: What Has Happened Since the Launch? What Will Happen in the Future?

Marsha Gold, Erin Fries Taylor, Christopher Fleming, Dawn Phelps, Maria Cupples Hudson and Miriam Loewenberg

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

Scheduler Issues in the Transition to Blaise

Leonard Hart

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

Jack Gettens, Alexis Henry and Pei-Pei Lei

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

The Early Experience of the Lovelace Case Management Program

Sherry Aliotta and Jennifer Schore

Medicare Quality Monitoring System (MQMS): Monitoring Healthcare with Administrative Data

Lein F. Han and Myles Maxfield

Asymdystopia: The Threat of Small Biases in Evaluations of Education Interventions that Need to be Powered to Detect Small Impacts

John Deke, Thomas Wei and Tim Kautz

Successful Vocational Rehabilitation Innovations: Building a Better Toolbox

Susan M. Foley and Gina Livermore

Elementary School Data Issues for Value-Added Models: Implications for Research (Journal Article)

Eric Isenberg, Bing-ru Teh and Elias Walsh

Improving Evaluations of the Medical Home

David Meyers, Deborah Peikes, Stacy Dale, Eric Lundquist and Janice Genevro

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

James M. Verdier

2012 and 2014 Regional Partnership Grants to Increase the Well-Being of and to Improve the Permanency Outcomes for Children Affected by Substance Abuse: Fourth Annual Report to Congress

Mathematica Policy Research

The Evolving SNP Marketplace and the Role of States

James M. Verdier

The Promise of Better Economic Outcomes for Workers with Musculoskeletal Conditions

Priyanka Anand and Yonatan Ben-Shalom

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

Lauren Murphy, Susan Zief and Lara Hulsey

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

Paul Shattuck and Others

Design for the Evaluation of Early Elementary School Mathematics Curricula

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

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

Kelsey Farson Gray, Sarah Fisher and Sarah Lauffer

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

Anna Hill and JudyAnn Bigby

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

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

Peter Z. Schochet

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

Care Coordination and Disease Management

Debra Lipson and Melanie Au

The Effectiveness of Mandatory-Random Student Drug Testing

Susanne James-Burdumy, Brian Goesling, John Deke and Eric Einspruch

Spring 2013 School Administrator Survey

David DesRoches and Kelley Borradaile

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

Brian Gill, Megan Shoji, Thomas Coen and Kate Place

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

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

Vivian L. H. Byrd and James Verdier

Speaking on Data’s Behalf: What Researchers Say and How Audiences Choose

Jesse J. Chandler, Ignacio Martinez, Mariel M. Finucane, Jeffrey G. Terziev and Alexandra M. Resch

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

Impact of Market Volatility on Medicare Beneficiaries

Beth Stevens and Cheryl Young

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

Building College and Career Pathways for High School Students: Youth CareerConnect, Technical Report for the Impact Study

Paul Burkander, Nan Maxwell, Menbere Shiferaw, Matt Jacobus, Alma Vigil, Charles Tilley, Alicia Harrington, Erin Dillon, Hande Inanc and Peter Schochet

Creation of the November 1999 MATH SIPP Microsimulation Model and Database

Mike Bloom

How Low-Income Fathers in Responsible Fatherhood Programs Perceive and Provide Financial Support for Their Children: Summary Brief

Quinn Moore, Rebekah Selekman, Ankita Patnaik and Heather Zaveri

Options for a National Database to Track Participation in Federal Means-Tested Public Assistance Programs

Myles Maxfield, James Ohls and William S. Borden

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

William S. Borden and Robbi L. Ruben-Urm

Timing of Introduction of Complementary Foods and Beverages and Growth, Size, and Body Composition: A Systematic Review

Laural K. English, Julie E. Obbagy, Yat Ping Wong, Nancy F. Butte, Kathryn G. Dewey, Mary Kay Fox, Frank R. Greer, Nancy F. Krebs, Kelley S. Scanlon and Eve E. Stoody

Can a Redesigned Child Support System Do Better?

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

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

Silvia Robles, Max Gross and Robert Fairlie

Building a Future: Interim Impact Findings from the YouthBuild Evaluation (Executive Summary)

Cynthia Miller, Megan Millenky, Lisa Schwartz, Lisbeth Goble and Jillian Stein

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

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

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

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

Lessons from Pilot Tests of Recruitment for the Promoting Opportunity Demonstration

Heinrich Hock, Michael Levere, Kenneth Fortson and David Wittenburg

Evaluation of Teach For America: Lessons from a Randomized Field Trial in Education

Steven Glazerman

Evaluation of Prior Authorization in Medicare Nonemergent Ambulance Transport

Kara Contreary, Andrew Asher and Jared Coopersmith

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

Karen E. Cunnyngham

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

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

A Portrait of Head Start Programs: Findings from FACES 2009

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

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

Eric Grau

How are PCORI-Funded Researchers Engaging Patients in Research and What are the Ethical Implications?

Lauren E. Ellis and Nancy E. Kass

Medicare+Choice: Views from the Field

Cheryl Young and Jessica Mittler

Evaluation of School Nutrition Policy

Philip Gleason

Pathways to Adulthood and Marriage: Teenagers' Attitudes, Expectations, and Relationship Patterns

Robert G. Wood, Sarah Avellar and Brian Goesling

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

Philip Gleason and Carol Suitor

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

Lindsay Cattell and Cay Bradley

Addressing Mental Health Problems Among TANF Recipients: A Guide for Program Administrators

Michelle K. Derr, Heather Hill and LaDonna Pavetti

The Impact of the Regional Partnership Grant Program on Adult Recovery and Well-Being, and Child Safety, Permanency, and Well-Being Outcomes

Russell Cole, Alyson Burnett and Debra Strong

Difference-in-Differences Methods in Public Finance

Travis St. Clair and Thomas D. Cook

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

Myles Maxfield

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

Spotlight on Express Lane Eligibility (ELE): A Tool to Improve Enrollment and Renewal

Sheila D. Hoag

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

Todd C. Honeycutt and David R. Mann

Services and Supports People with Disabilities Need to Stay Employed

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

Congressionally Mandated Evaluation of the State Children's Health Insurance Program Site Visit Report: The State of Missouri's MC for Kids Program

Mary Harrington

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

National Job Corps Study: Report on the Process Analysis

Terry Johnson, Mark Gritz, Russell Jackson, John Burghardt, Carol Boussy, Jan Leonard and Carlyn Orians

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

Anne Gordon, Barbara L. Devaney and John Burghardt

New Data Available from the Transformed Medicaid Statistical Information System (T-MSIS) (In Focus Brief)

David K. Baugh and Carol V. Irvin

Improving the School Attendance of New Jersey's Youngest Learners: Chronic Absenteeism in the Early Grades: Risk Factors and What Schools Can Do

Martha Bleeker, Jaimie Grazi and Felicia Hurwitz

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

Nancy Wemmerus and Bruce Gottlieb

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

Christopher Trenholm and Bridget Lavin

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

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

Deborah Chollet

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

Improving Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education (HMRE) Programs for Unmarried Couples with Children

Julia Alamillo, Daniel Friend and Robert G. Wood