In 2009, two major surveys in the Governments Division of the U.S. Census Bureau were redesigned to reduce sample size, save resources, and improve the precision of the estimates (Cheng, Corcoran, Barth and Hogue 2009). The new design divides each of the traditional state by government-type...

This discussion provides insight on how to maintain a healthy pipeline of survey statisticians.

Health care reform may provide opportunities to enhance the mental health treatment capacity of primary care, but capitalizing on these opportunities might require bolstering the clinical skills of the primary care team. This article proposes a set of core mental health treatment and...

Helping students formulate career goals and prepare for successful careers continues to be an important educational objective pursued by many high schools. This report examines the challenges faced by a recent cohort of high school students as they sought to define and achieve their goals, the...

Some educators are concerned that students with test scores at the bottom or top of the test score distribution will negatively affect the value-added estimates of teachers of those students.