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Evaluating Collaborations in Comparative Effectiveness Research: Opportunities and Challenges for Social Network Analysis

Zickafoose, Joseph S.; Kimmey, Laura D.; Tomas, Amber; … - Mathematica Policy Research - 2014

Multidisciplinary, multi-institutional collaboration has become a key feature of comparative effectiveness research … (CER), and CER funders have made promotion of these types of collaboration an implicit, and sometimes explicit, goal of … funding. An important challenge in evaluating CER programs is understanding if and how different forms of collaboration are …

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The Importance of Collaboration in Comparative Effectiveness Research

Kimmey, Laura D.; Rich, Eugene - Mathematica Policy Research - 2014

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Pediatric Primary Care as a Component of Systems of Care.

Brown, Jonathan D. - Mathematica Policy Research - 2009

Systems of care for children and youth with serious emotional disturbances have historically not included linkages with primary care. As part of a special issue of Evaluation and Program Planning focused on redefining systems of care, this article proposes that the inclusion of primary care as...

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Value-Added Estimates for Phase 1 of the Pennsylvania Teacher and Principal Evaluation Pilot

Lipscomb, Stephen; Chiang, Hanley; Gill, Brian - Mathematica Policy Research - 2012

Mathematica provided technical assistance in developing and estimating VAMs for use in Phase 1 of the pilot.

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A Focused Look at Schools Receiving School Improvement Grants That Have Percentages of English Language Learner Students

Golden, Laura; Harris, Barbara; Mercado-Garcia, Diana; … - Mathematica Policy Research - 2014

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Positive Impacts of Playworks on Students' Healthy Behaviors: Findings from a Randomized Controlled Trial

Fortson, Jane - Mathematica Policy Research - 2013

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The Influence of Curriculum Material Design on Opportunities for Student Learning

Remillard, Janine T.; Harris, Barbara; Agodini, Roberto - Mathematica Policy Research - 2014

This paper explores how the design features of curriculum materials might influence potential opportunities to learn and student outcomes through a comparative, documentary analysis of four mathematics curricula commonly used in the United States.

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Companion Document for the Strategic Data Project and Education Pioneers Year 1 Report: Laying the Groundwork for Data-Driven Decision Making

Hallgren, Kristin; Jewell, Cassie Pickens; Kamler, Celina; … - Mathematica Policy Research - 2013

Data Project (SDP) and Education Pioneers (EP) programs, which aim to enhance the capacity of school districts and other … education agencies to collect, manage, analyze, and use data through the support, training, and placement of additional staff …

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After Two Years, Three Elementary Math Curricula Outperform a Fourth (Issue Brief)

Agodini, Roberto; Harris, Barbara; Seftor, Neil; … - Mathematica Policy Research - 2013

Read the final report from a large-scale, rigorous study examining how four math curricula affect achievement across two yearsâ€”from first through second grades. The curricula were (1) Investigations in Number, Data, and Space; (2) Math Expressions; (3) Saxon Math; and (4) Scott...

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Requirements for State Teacher Evaluation Policies Promoted by Race to the Top

Mathematica Policy Research - 2014

This brief examines the extent to which states that received RTT grants (RTT states) and states that did not (non-RTT states) reported requiring teacher evaluation policies aligned with RTT priorities as of spring 2012.

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