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Informal Caregivers Research Project (INCARE): Ecomap Interview Protocol

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

Type of Health Insurance and the Substance Abuse Treatment Gap

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

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

Lauren E. Ellis and Nancy E. Kass

Ewing Marion Kauffman School Year 8 Impacts

Matthew Johnson and Daniel Thal

Impact of Market Volatility on Medicare Beneficiaries

Beth Stevens and Cheryl Young

Early Learning About Healthy Relationships, Data Snapshot: Healthy Marriage Programs for Youth

Sarah Avellar, Alexandra Stanczyk, Nikki Aikens, Mathew Stange and Grace Roemer

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

Paul Decker

Can a Redesigned Child Support System Do Better?

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

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

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

Susan Zief, Brian Goesling and Jean Knab

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

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

Lein F. Han and Myles Maxfield

Launching the Right Time Initiative: A Baseline Evaluation and Learning Report for a Comprehensive and Equity-Focused Reproductive Health Strategy in Missouri

So O'Neil and Emily Hoe

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

Rachel Shapiro and Ellen Kisker

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

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

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

Medicare+Choice: Views from the Field

Cheryl Young and Jessica Mittler

Using Lotteries to Evaluate Schools of Choice: Evidence from a National Study of Charter Schools

Christina Clark Tuttle, Philip Gleason and Melissa Clark

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

Paul Shattuck and Others

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

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

Michelle K. Derr, Heather Hill and LaDonna Pavetti

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

Nancy Fasciano

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

The Influence of TennCare on Perinatal Outcomes

Lorenzo Moreno

Employment Retention for TANF Recipients: Lessons From GAPS

Robert G. Wood and Diane Paulsell

MAX and NCHS Survey Linkage, 1999-2009

Julie Sykes and Kerianne Hourihan

State Regulation of Residential Facilities for Children with Mental Illness

Henry Ireys, Lori Achman and Ama Takyi

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

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

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

The Promise and Challenge of Using Volunteers to Provide Community-Based Marriage Education

M. Robin Dion and Sarah A. Avellar

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

Barbara Lepidus Carlson

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

Peter Z. Schochet

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

Todd C. Honeycutt and David R. Mann

Baseline Report on the Farming Practices Survey

Kenneth Fortson, Daniel Player, Randall Blair and Anu Rangarajan

Detailed Qualitative Data, Case Studies and Cost Data

Arif Mamun, David Kisitu and Minki Chatterji

The Mercy Medicare Coordinated Care Demonstration Program After One Year

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

A Portrait of Head Start Programs: Findings from FACES 2009

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

Landscape Analysis of Non-Cognitive Measures

Sally Atkins-Burnett, Camila Fernandez, Lauren Akers, Jessica Jacobson and Claire Smither-Wulsin

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

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

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

John Deke

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

Eric Isenberg, Bing-ru Teh and Elias Walsh

Evaluation of the Teach For America Program (Presentation)

Paul T. Decker, Daniel P. Mayer and Steven Glazerman

Movement of Children Between Medicaid and CHIP, 2005-2007

John L. Czajka

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

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

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

Jenna Libersky and Debra Lipson

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

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

Serving Elders at Risk: The Older Americans Act Nutrition Programs National Evaluation of the Elderly Nutrition Program 1993-1995. Volume II: Title VI Evaluation Findings

Michael Ponza, James C. Ohls, Barbara E. Millen, Audrey M. McCool, Karen E. Needels, Linda Rosenberg, Dexter Chu, Catherine Daly and Paula A. Quatromoni

Measuring the Impacts of School Reforms in the District of Columbia on Student Achievement (Issue Brief)

Dallas Dotter, Duncan Chaplin and Maria Bartlett

Small Area Estimates Produced by the U.S. Federal Government: Methods and Issues

John L. Czajka

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

Karen E. Cunnyngham

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

Diane Paulsell

Measuring Recent Apparent Declines in Longevity: The Role of Increasing Educational Attainment

John Bound, Arline T. Geronimus, Javier M. Rodriguez and Timothy A. Waidmann

The Effectiveness of Mandatory-Random Student Drug Testing

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

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

Leonard Hart, Scott Reid and Erin Slyne

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

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

Are Low-Performing Schools Adopting Practices Promoted by School Improvement Grants? (In Focus Brief)

Mariesa Herrmann, Lisa Dragoset and Susanne James-Burdumy

Sponsoring Institution Interests, Not National Plans, Shape Physician Workforce in the United States

Diane R. Rittenhouse, Alexandra S. Ament and Kevin Grumbach

Analysis of Proposed Changes to SNAP Eligibility and Benefit Determination in the 2013 Farm Bill and Comparison of Cardiometabolic Health Status for SNAP Participants and Low-Income Nonparticipants

Joshua Leftin, Allison Dodd, Kai Filion, Rebecca Wang, Andrew Gothro and Karen Cunnyngham

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

Robin Dion

Designing Participant-Centered Programs: Participant Reflections on What Works Well in Social Services Programs

Akanksha Jayanthi, Asaph Glosser and Jordan Engel

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

Evaluation of School Nutrition Policy

Philip Gleason

Children's Consumption of Fruits and Vegetables: Do School Environment and Policies Affect Choices at School and Away from School?

Ariun Ishdorj, Mary Kay Crepinsek and Helen Jensen

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

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

The New Heights Evaluation: Implementing an Effective School-Based Program for Expectant and Parenting Teens

Susan Zief, Julie Worthington and Subuhi Asheer

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

Naihobe Gonzalez, Sophie MacIntyre and Pilar Beccar-Varela

Design for the Evaluation of Early Elementary School Mathematics Curricula

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

A Worksheet to Select Employment Interventions That Benefit Youth

Todd Honeycutt and Michael Levere

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

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

Allen Schirm Nancy Kirkendall and Editors

Choosing the Right Formula: Initial Report

Panel on Formula Allociations of which Allen L. Schirm is a Member

Matching Study Designs to Disability-Related Comparative Effectiveness Research Questions

Jeffrey Ballou, Eugene Rich and Matthew Kehn

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

Deborah Chollet

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

Brian Gill, Megan Shoji, Thomas Coen and Kate Place

Program Performance and the President's Budget: Do OMB's PART Scores Really Matter?

Robert Olsen and Dan Levy

Which Medicaid Buy-In Participants Use SSA Work Supports?

Denise Hoffman and Jody Schimmel

State at a Glance: Alaska

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

National Job Corps Study: Report on the Process Analysis

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

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

Lauren Murphy, Susan Zief and Lara Hulsey

Low-Income Household Spending Patterns and Measures of Poverty (Summary)

Laura Castner and James Mabli

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

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

Winnie Wang and Marsha Gold

Correlates of Unintended Birth Among Low-Income Hispanic Immigrants at High Risk for Depression

Anna L. Christensen, Deborah F. Perry, Huynh-Nhu Le and Saifuddin Ahmed

Spotlight on South Carolina

Dana Petersen, Christal Ramos, Emily Lawton and Amanda Napoles

Providing Services to Veterans Through the Public Workforce System: Descriptive Findings from the WIA Gold Standard Evaluation, Volume II

Linda Rosenberg, Mark Strayer, Stephanie Boraas, Brittany English and Deanna Khemani

Characteristics of Food Stamp Households: Fiscal Year 2005

Allison Barrett

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

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

Evaluating System Change: A Planning Guide

Margaret B. Hargreaves

Creation of the November 1999 MATH SIPP Microsimulation Model and Database

Mike Bloom

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

Melanie Au, Erin Fries Taylor and Marsha Gold

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

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

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

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

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

Spotlight on Vermont

Grace Anglin, Kelly Devers, Rebecca Peters, Vanessa Forsberg and Emily Lawton

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