Many U.S. students enter elementary school with poor math skills. Students from different socioeconomic backgrounds also differ in math performance, with students from poor families lagging behind those from more affluent families. These differences grow over time, resulting in substantial...

A better understanding of environments in which physical activity occurs is critical to increasing physical activity. Research on the relationship between levels of physical activity and the availability of park/playground areas is limited because there are no instruments to assess the quality...

This report describes the creation of the MAX DOD 2009 update file and the MAX DOD 1999–2009 master file. It provides a brief synopsis of the data sources used in this process and presents quality control statistics about both files. The appendices include the file layout, data dictionary,...

In 2001, Latino children represented 18 percent of the U.S. population 18 years of age and younger, with this percentage expected to rise during this century. This study examined variation in mother-infant interactions, father engagement, and infant cognition as a function of country of origin,...

For randomized control trials (RCTs) of education interventions, it is often of interest to estimate associations between student and mediating teacher practice outcomes, to examine the extent to which a study’s conceptual model is supported by data, and to identify mediators most associated...

This working paper found a program that constructed high quality “girl-friendly†primary schools in Burkina Faso increased enrollment of all children between 5 and 12 years old by 20 percentage points and increased girls’ enrollment 5 percentage points more than boys’.

This working paper investigates how empirical Bayes shrinkage, an approach commonly used in implementing teacher 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...

This report presents the research design for the evaluation of the Money Follows the Person program implementation and effects on participants and the long-term care system. Under the program, 31 participating states are providing enhanced services to help interested Medicaid beneficiaries in...

The Workforce Investment Act (WIA) is the nation’s largest source of training and employment services. To provide greater local and state flexibility and responsiveness in administering the program, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) allows states to apply for waivers from federal regulations....

This guide supplements "Reporting Person-Level Separate CHIP Data on MSIS: A Guide for States." It provides detailed technical advice on how to map separate Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) enrollment and claims data from source systems into the Medicaid Statistical Information System...