This research brief describes instructional practices that support English language learners and presents findings on how those practices are applied in Los Angeles Universal preschool center-based classrooms and family child care programs.

This study investigated factors that influence students’ participation in the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs using recent data from a large, nationally representative sample of students certified for free and reduced-price meals during the 2005–2006 school year. Whether...

This American Statistical Association presentation examines late respondents, who are of interest to researchers because their characteristics may differ from those of early respondents and may even suggest important factors that can be used in nonresponse compensation procedures. The findings...

Expanding health coverage for children is at the center of policy debates as reauthorization of the 10-year-old State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) continues. This report presents findings from Mathematica’s comprehensive seven-year evaluation of SCHIP for the Centers for...

This report describes notable variations in how state Medicaid agencies administer and fund Medicaid mental health services. It is based on telephone interviews with all state and District of Columbia Medicaid directors or their designees. Medicaid and mental health agencies are located in the...

This study evaluated the Medicaid Managed Care Program, an initiative launched by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation in 1995 to promote the delivery of high-quality health services for low-income people and those with special health care needs. The overview assesses the perspectives of states,...