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Two Studies of Father Involvement in Early Head Start Programs: A National Survey and a Demonstration Program Evaluation

Helen H. Raikes and Jeanne Bellotti

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

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

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

Karen E. Cunnyngham

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

Nancy Wemmerus and Bruce Gottlieb

The Influence of TennCare on Perinatal Outcomes

Lorenzo Moreno

The Complier Average Causal Effect Parameter for Multiarmed RCTs

Peter Z. Schochet

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

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

Lessons from Pilot Tests of Recruitment for the Promoting Opportunity Demonstration

Heinrich Hock, Michael Levere, Kenneth Fortson and David Wittenburg

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

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

Ewing Marion Kauffman School Year 8 Impacts

Matthew Johnson and Daniel Thal

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

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

Medicare+Choice: Views from the Field

Cheryl Young and Jessica Mittler

Evaluation of the Recent Experience of the Work Incentives Planning and Assistance (WIPA) Program: Beneficiaries Served, Services Provided, and Program Costs

Jody Schimmel, Allison Roche and Gina Livermore

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

QRS Profile: Delaware Stars for Early Success

Kimberly Boller and Kathryn Tout

The Status of Families on Child-Only TANF Cases

Robert G. Wood and Debra A. Strong

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

Anne Gordon, Barbara L. Devaney and John Burghardt

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

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

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

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

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

Helping Working Families After Welfare: Access to New Jersey's Support Services

Linda C. Rosenberg, Charles Nagatoshi and Richard Roper

Ready To Learn Workshop Participation: Short-Term Impacts

Amy Johnson, Cheri Vogel, Kimberly Boller and Stacey Uhl

BOND Implementation and Evaluation: 2017 Stage 1 Interim Process, Participation, and Impact Report

Sarah Croake, Priyanka Anand, Christopher Jones, Katherine Morrison, Cara Orfield, David Stapleton, Denise Hoffman, David R. Mann, Judy Geyer, Daniel Gubits, Stephen Bell, Andrew McGuirk, Tyler Rose and David Wittenburg

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

Paying the Doctor: Evidence-Based Decisions at the Point-of-Care and the Role of Fee-for-Service Incentives

Eugene C. Rich, Timothy K. Lake, Christal Stone Valenzano and Myles M. Maxfield

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

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

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

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

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

Paul Decker

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

Alternative Routes to Teaching: The Impacts of Teach For America on Student Achievement and Other Outcomes

Steven Glazerman, Daniel Mayer and Paul Decker

Services and Supports People with Disabilities Need to Stay Employed

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

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

Eric Isenberg, Bing-ru Teh and Elias Walsh

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

Lauren Murphy, Susan Zief and Lara Hulsey

Informal Child Care in California: Current Arrangements and Future Needs

Various Authors

National Job Corps Study: Report on the Process Analysis

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

State Strategies for Coordinating Medicaid and Housing Services

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

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

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

Myles Maxfield, James Ohls and William S. Borden

Beyond a Summer Work Experience: The Recovery Act 2009 Post-Summer Youth Employment Initiative

Pamela Holcomb, Jessica Ziegler and Elizabeth Laird

Governing the Public Workforce System: The Structure and Priorities of Local Workforce Investment Boards

Kristin Wolff

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

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

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

Michelle K. Derr, Heather Hill and LaDonna Pavetti

The Physician Workforce and Counting What Counts in Primary Care

Eugene C. Rich

The Negative Income Tax Experiment in New Jersey: General Discussion

David Kershaw

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

Eugene C. Rich and Elizabeth Docteur

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

James M. Verdier

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

Julia Alamillo, Daniel Friend and Robert G. Wood

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

Kimberly Boller and Yasmin Harman-Smith

Competencies and Strategies of Effective School Turnaround Leaders (Infographic)

Mid-Atlantic administered by Mathematica Policy Research Rel

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

Jody Schimmel Hyde and April Yanyuan Wu

Personal Reemployment Accounts: How Would They Work?

Paul T. Decker and Irma Perez-Johnson

Money Follows the Person Demonstration: Overview of State Grantee Progress, July to December 2011

Susan R. Williams, Debra Lipson, Noelle Denny-Brown, Rebecca Lester, Bailey Orshan, Christal Stone and Matthew Kehn

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

Hillary L. Burdette and Robert C. Whitaker

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

Kenneth Kehrer

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

Durable Medical Equipment and Home Health Among the Largest Contributors to Area Variations in Use of Medicare Services (Summary)

James D. Reschovsky, Arkadipta Ghosh, Kate A. Stewart and Deborah J. Chollet

Choosing the Right Formula: Initial Report

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

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

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

White Paper on the Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP)

Charlotte Cabili, Esa Eslami and Ronette Briefel

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

Perspectives on HeA PA from Certified Application Assistants

Adam Dunn, Dana Petersen and Leslie Foster

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

Reaching Out to Kith and Kin Caregivers in Early Head Start

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

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

Winnie Wang and Marsha Gold

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

So O'Neil, Divya Vohra and Shamama Siddiqui

Predicting the Exhaustion of Unemployment Compensation

Robert B. Olsen, Marisa Kelso, Paul T. Decker and Daniel H. Klepinger

Improving Evaluations of the Medical Home

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

Adoption of Electronic Health Records Grows Rapidly, But Fewer Than Half of US Hospitals had at Least a Basic System in 2012

Catherine M. DesRoches, Dustin Charles, Michael F. Furukawa, Maulik S. Joshi, Peter Kralovec, Farzad Mostashari and Chantal Worzala Ashish K. Jha

Pretest Measures of the Study Outcome and the Elimination of Selection Bias: Evidence from Three Within Study Comparisons

Kelly Hallberg, Thomas D. Cook, Peter M. Steiner and M. H. Clark

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

Robin Dion

Inform Responsible Reopening Practices with Workforce Planning

Andrew Hurwitz and Michael Pappas

Managing the Care of Dual Eligible Beneficiaries: A Review of Selected State Programs and Special Needs Plans

James M. Verdier, Melanie Au and Jessica Gillooly

Evaluation of Prior Authorization in Medicare Nonemergent Ambulance Transport

Kara Contreary, Andrew Asher and Jared Coopersmith

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

Jacqueline Kauff, Robert Olsen and Thomas Fraker

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

Scheduler Issues in the Transition to Blaise

Leonard Hart

A Portrait of Head Start Programs: Findings from FACES 2009

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

Can a Redesigned Child Support System Do Better?

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

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

The Effectiveness and Effects of Alcohol Regulation: Evidence from India

Dara Lee Luca, Emily Owens and Gunjan Sharma

Sources of Variation in State-Level Food Stamp Participation Rates

Scott Cody, Allen Schirm, Elizabeth Stuart, Laura Castner and Alan Zaslavsky

State at a Glance: Alaska

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

Ancillary Services to Support Welfare-to-Work

Amy Johnson and Alicia Meckstroth

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

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

The Influence of Curriculum Material Design on Opportunities for Student Learning

Janine T. Remillard, Barbara Harris and Roberto Agodini

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

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

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

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

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

Mariel McKenzie Finucane, Ignacio Martinez and Scott Cody

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

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Participation and Local Program Outreach and Eligibility Services (Journal Article)

James Mabli

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

Vivian L. H. Byrd and James Verdier

The Effectiveness of Mandatory-Random Student Drug Testing

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