This report suggests that evidence-based approaches can improve 3-year-olds’ social-emotional competence in mixed-age preschool classrooms. While the findings are promising, further research is needed to confirm the results and to better understand how these benefits are generated

This paper provides practical guidance for researchers who are designing and analyzing studies that randomize schools - which comprise three levels of clustering (students in classrooms in schools) - to measure intervention effects on student academic outcomes when information on the middle...

This study is the second report on an evaluation of the Reading Partners program, which uses community volunteers to provide one-on-one tutoring to struggling readers in underresourced elementary schools. At each school, Reading Partners transforms a dedicated space into a “reading center,”...

This policy brief tells the story of Reading Partners, a successful one-on-one volunteer tutoring program that serves struggling readers in low-income elementary schools and that has already been taken to a large scale. In the years since its inception, Reading Partners has grown to serve more...

Cover -- Half-title -- Series-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Table of cases -- Table of German cases -- Table of statutes -- Table of foreign legislation -- Australia -- Canada -- Germany -- United States -- Table of International Instruments -- Part I A...

This report focuses on whether pilot welfare reform programs launched in Connecticut, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, and Minnesota affected children's developmental outcomes. In general, the five state programs achieved their policy goals for adults and increased parental employment, earnings, and in...

With the consolidation in banking over the past 20 years, interest in the comparative performance of big and small banks intensified. This study expands this research and examines the profitability of intermediation (measured by net interest margin or NIM) through a longitudinal model that uses...

This report focuses on whether pilot welfare reform programs launched in Connecticut, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, and Minnesota affected children's developmental outcomes. In general, the five state programs achieved their policy goals for adults and increased parental employment, earnings, and in...