In this report, we describe the value-added model used as part of the state of Oklahoma’s Teacher and Leader Effectiveness Evaluation System. We estimated measures of teacher and school effectiveness based on instruction provided in the 2013–2014 school year.

Low-performing schools in rural settings can face challenges common to all struggling schools, such as low student motivation and maintaining a qualified teaching staff.

Policy interest and support for increasing the positive involvement of fathers in their children's lives has increased substantially in recent years, with a dedicated federal funding stream for responsible fatherhood programs.

States that contract with health plans to provide comprehensive Medicare and Medicaid services for dually eligible enrollees in nursing facilities can work with these plans to reduce avoidable hospitalizations.

This issue brief from Mathematica’s multi-year evaluation of Race to the Top and School Improvement Grants for the U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, documents states’ capacity to support school turnaround as of spring 2012 and spring 2013.

This report documents impacts on earnings and benefit outcomes during the third calendar year of implementation of the Social Security Administration's Benefit Offset National Demonstration (BOND). The report focuses on Stage 1, which is designed to examine how a national benefit offset would...

This brief describes four grantees and how their different approaches to service delivery may address the needs of fathers, influence their engagement and participation in services, and affect the program content to which they are exposed. The research reported here is part of the evaluation of...

Each year, millions of workers in the United States develop a chronic illness, disability, or other serious medical problem. Many are at risk of exiting the labor force, especially if they do not receive timely and effective return-to-work (RTW) supports. These workers and their families...