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Rigorous Evaluation of Roads to Success: Design Report.

Chaplin, Duncan; Bleeker, Martha; Smither, Claire - Mathematica Policy Research - 2009

The Roads to Success program was launched in early 2005 to forge connections between students’ school experiences and their aspirations for adulthood, as an ongoing part of middle and high school. This report describes the intervention, research design, evaluation data, analysis methods, and a...

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Advancing Geriatrics Research, Education, and Practice: Policy Challenges After the Great Recession

Zerzan, Judy T.; Rich, Eugene C. - Mathematica Policy Research - 2014

This article highlights the policy challenges that confront geriatrics research, education, and clinical programs …

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Is Timing Everything? Disability Onset of Youth and Their Outcomes as Young Adults (Journal Article)

Mann, David R.; Honeycutt, Todd C. - Mathematica Policy Research - 2013

disabilities whose conditions persist into adulthood have poorer employment and education outcomes than those without disabilities …. In addition, employment and education outcomes are poorest for young adults with psychiatric and intellectual impairments. …

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

Honeycutt, Todd C.; Mann, David R. - Mathematica Policy Research - 2015

Despite increased prevalence among youth with disabilities, parenthood and crime did not appear to affect education or …

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Design of the Evaluation of the Effective Practice Incentive Community (EPIC) Initiative.

Cody, Scott; Wellington, Alison; Chaplin, Duncan - Mathematica Policy Research - 2009

This report details our estimation procedures, documents what is currently known about how EPIC operates within the various partners, and provides a work plan for the evaluation.

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Survey of Outcomes Measurement in Research on Character Education Programs.

Person, Ann E.; Moiduddin, Emily; Hague-Angus, Megan; … - Mathematica Policy Research - 2009

Through the Partnerships in Character Education Program, the federal government distributes about $25 million annually … to state and local education agencies for character education programs. This report documents the constructs measured in … character education outcomes and provides a resource for evaluators to help identify and select measures of outcomes for …

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Sensitivity of Teacher Value-Added Estimates to Student and Peer Control Variables (Journal Article)

Johnson, Matthew T.; Lipscomb, Stephen; Gill, Brian - Mathematica Policy Research - 2015

Teacher value-added models (VAMs) must isolate teachersâ€™ contributions to student achievement to be valid. Well-known VAMs use different specifications, however, leaving policymakers with little clear guidance for constructing a valid model.

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The Teacher-Student Data Link Project: Three Lasting Accomplishments

Jewell, Cassie Pickens; Hallgren, Kristin; Wissel, Sarah - Mathematica Policy Research - 2014

In 2010, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation invited five states and three pilot districts in each state to participate in the Teacher-Student Data Link (TSDL) project. Mathematica developed a report presenting findings from 2011, the projectâ€™s first year of implementation. Building on...

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Instructional Practices and Student Achievement: Correlations from a Study of Math Curricula (Technical Appendix)

Clements, Douglas H.; Agodini, Roberto; Harris, Barbara - Mathematica Policy Research - 2013

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Using Alternative Student Growth Measures for Evaluating Teacher Performance: What the Literature Says

Gill, Brian; Bruch, Julie; Booker, Kevin - Mathematica Policy Research - 2013

This report summarizes the evidence on measures of student achievement growth used in teacher evaluation that do not rely on traditional annual state assessments, and that instead use commercially available assessments, locally developed common assessments, and teacher-developed student learning...

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