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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

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

James M. Verdier

Evaluation of Prior Authorization in Medicare Nonemergent Ambulance Transport

Kara Contreary, Andrew Asher and Jared Coopersmith

Age Group Differences in Progress toward Reducing Substance Use Disorders, 2015-2018

Ellen Bouchery

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

Anne Gordon, Barbara L. Devaney and John Burghardt

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

Kristin Wolff

Landscape Analysis of Non-Cognitive Measures

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

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

Nancy Wemmerus and Bruce Gottlieb

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

Dana Rotz and Robert G. Wood

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

Robert G. Wood, Sarah Avellar and Brian Goesling

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

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

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

John Deke

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

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

Rachel Shapiro and Ellen Kisker

Successful Vocational Rehabilitation Innovations: Building a Better Toolbox

Susan M. Foley and Gina Livermore

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

Meredith Kelsey, Amy Johnson and Rebecca Maynard

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

QRS Profile: Delaware Stars for Early Success

Kimberly Boller and Kathryn Tout

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

The Evolving SNP Marketplace and the Role of States

James M. Verdier

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

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

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

Leonard Hart, Scott Reid and Erin Slyne

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

Care Coordination and Disease Management

Debra Lipson and Melanie Au

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 Mercy Medicare Coordinated Care Demonstration Program After One Year

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

Using Hospital Data to Predict Child Maltreatment Risk

Emily Putnam-Hornstein, John Prindle, Rebecca Rebbe, Jeannie Huang, Cynthia Kuelbs, Sarah Vega and Regan Foust

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

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

Disease Management: A Leap of Faith to Lower-Cost, Higher-Quality Health Care?

Ashley Short, Glen Mays and Jessica Mittler

The Influence of Curriculum Material Design on Opportunities for Student Learning

Janine T. Remillard, Barbara Harris and Roberto Agodini

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

Eric Isenberg, Bing-ru Teh and Elias Walsh

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

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

Ancillary Services to Support Welfare-to-Work

Amy Johnson and Alicia Meckstroth

The Effects of Teach For America on Students: Findings from a National Evaluation (Working Paper)

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

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

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

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

Using Behavioral Outreach to Counteract Administrative Burden and Encourage Take-Up of Simplified Disability Payment Rules

Michael Levere, David Wittenburg, Heinrich Hock and John T. Jones

State at a Glance: Alaska

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

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

Myles Maxfield

Impact of Market Volatility on Medicare Beneficiaries

Beth Stevens and Cheryl Young

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

Steven Glazerman and Allison Seifullah

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

Michelle Herman Soper and Rivka Weiser

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

Nancy Fasciano

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

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

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

Allen Schirm Nancy Kirkendall and Editors

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

Eugene C. Rich and Elizabeth Docteur

Inform Responsible Reopening Practices with Workforce Planning

Andrew Hurwitz and Michael Pappas

Youth Transition to Employment: Creating and Using a Community of Practice to Generate New Knowledge

Kelli Crane, Sarah Palmer and Todd Honeycutt

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

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

Case Study of New Jersey's Express Lane Eligibility Processes

Sheila Hoag and Adam Swinburn

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

San Francisco Bay Area: Major Players Drive Regional Network Development

Ha Tu, Len Finocchio, Annie Doubleday and Kristie Liao

Efficiency of Model-Assisted Regression Estimators in Sample Surveys

Jun Shao and Sheng Wang

Services and Supports People with Disabilities Need to Stay Employed

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

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

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

The Influence of TennCare on Perinatal Outcomes

Lorenzo Moreno

Methodological Notes Regarding the Impact Analysis

Peter Z. Schochet, Ronald D'Amico, Jillian Berk and Nathan Wozny

The Physician Workforce and Counting What Counts in Primary Care

Eugene C. Rich

Movement of Children Between Medicaid and CHIP, 2005-2007

John L. Czajka

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

Julia Alamillo, Daniel Friend and Robert G. Wood

Choosing the Right Formula: Initial Report

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

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

Melanie Au, Erin Fries Taylor and Marsha Gold

Food Stamp Program Operations Study: Synthesis Report

Ruy A. Teixeira and William L. Hamilton

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

Laura Castner and James Mabli

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

Mariesa Herrmann, Lisa Dragoset and Susanne James-Burdumy

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

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

Michelle K. Derr, Heather Hill and LaDonna Pavetti

Lessons from Pilot Tests of Recruitment for the Promoting Opportunity Demonstration

Heinrich Hock, Michael Levere, Kenneth Fortson and David Wittenburg

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

Dallas Dotter, Duncan Chaplin and Maria Bartlett

Spring 2013 School Administrator Survey

David DesRoches and Kelley Borradaile

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

Hillary L. Burdette and Robert C. Whitaker

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

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

Characteristics of Food Stamp Households: Fiscal Year 2005

Allison Barrett

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

The QMed Medicare Coordinated Care Demonstration Program After One Year

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

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

Daniel Friend, Heather Zaveri and Kathleen Feeney

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

Lauren Murphy, Susan Zief and Lara Hulsey

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

Robert Olsen and Dan Levy

Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities in TRICARE (Journal Article)

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

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

Eric Grau

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

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

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

Diane Paulsell

Predicting the Exhaustion of Unemployment Compensation

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

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

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

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

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

Steven Glazerman

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Jacqueline Kauff, Robert Olsen and Thomas Fraker

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