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Doubling Down: Reforming Retirement and Disability Policy at the Same Time.

Stapleton, David - Mathematica Policy Research - 2009

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Increasing Employer Responsibility for Disability Benefits: Analysis of an Approach to Social Security Disability Insurance Reform

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

Using linked Social Security (SS) administrative data, we analyzed SS Disability Insurance (DI) program reform proposals that would hold firms partially responsible for a portion of the DI benefits paid to their recent employees. Our analysis creates baseline firm-level benefit liability...

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Transforming Disability Policy for Youth and Young Adults with Disabilities.

O'Day, Bonnie; Stapleton, David - Mathematica Policy Research - 2009

The transition to adulthood can be difficult for young people with disabilities, and changes in public policy are needed to give them the support they need to find meaningful work, stay employed, and reduce their dependency on federal and state disability benefits. This brief highlights the...

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A Roadmap to a 21st-Century Disability Policy for People with Brain Injury and Other Disabilities

Mann, David R.; Stapleton, David C.; O'Day, Bonnie L. - Mathematica Policy Research - 2014

Despite decades of growth in federal disability expenditures, the economic status of people with disabilities has eroded relative to the status of those without disabilities. Rather than tighten eligibility or reduce program benefits to slow expenditure growth, this article outlines an...

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Random Assignment Within Schools: Lessons Learned from the Teach For America Experiment.

Glazerman, Steven - Mathematica Policy Research - 2012

This article discusses the trade-offs associated with study designs that involve random assignment of students within …

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How Desegregation Changed Us: The Effects of Racially Mixed Schools on Students and Society.

Wells, Amy S.; Holme, Jennifer J.; Revilla, Anita T.; … - Mathematica Policy Research - 2005

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Falling Behind: Characteristics of Students in Federally Funded Dropout Prevention Programs. Part Two: Restructuring Projects

Gleason, Philip M.; Dynarski, Mark - Mathematica Policy Research - 1995

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High School Dual Enrollment Programs: Are We Fast-Tracking Students Too Fast?

Speroni, Cecilia - Mathematica Policy Research - 2011

placement test. Students who passed the test (with a score very near the cut-off for eligibility) and enrolled in a rigorous … college degree than similar students who did not take the class. …

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Shrinkage of Value-Added Estimates and Characteristics of Students with Hard-to-Predict Achievement Levels.

Herrmann, Mariesa; Walsh, Elias; Isenberg, Eric; Resch, … - Mathematica Policy Research - 2013

accountability systems, affects the value-added estimates of teachers of students with hard-to-predict achievement levels, such as … students who have low prior achievement and receive free lunch. Teachers of these students tend to have less precise value …-added estimates than teachers of other types of students. Shrinkage increases their estimates’ precision and reduces the absolute …

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Does Tracking of Students Bias Value-Added Estimates for Teachers?

Protik, Ali; Walsh, Elias; Resch, Alexandra; Isenberg, Eric - Mathematica Policy Research - 2013

students into academic tracks. Accounting for two classroom characteristicsâ€”mean classroom achievement and the standard …

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