Details interventions and presents three case studies to illustrate how youth can benefit.

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.

The study, conducted by Mathematica Policy Research, the Urban Institute, and Don Winstead Consulting, included interviews with state and local respondents in 8 states and 11 localities from February 2012 to May 2013. The findings describe 12 strategies for TANF/WIA coordination that are in use...

Available from The Urban Institute at (202) 833-7200.

Explores the state of Medicare+Choice in six communities as of December 2000, noting that choice has declined in all, and accurate information about alternatives is not widely available. Beneficiaries are confused about their choices and worried about the commitment of plans and doctors to...