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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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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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The Importance of Collaboration in Comparative Effectiveness Research

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

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Preparing for Productive Careers: Students' Participation In and Use of Career-Focused Learning Activities

Haimson, Joshua; Deke, John - Mathematica Policy Research - 2003

Helping students formulate career goals and prepare for successful careers continues to be an important educational objective pursued by many high schools. This report examines the challenges faced by a recent cohort of high school students as they sought to define and achieve their goals, the...

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What Do Effective Teachers of Inner-City Children have in Common?

Murnane, Richard J.; Phillips, Barbara R. - Mathematica Policy Research - 1981

This paper investigates the extent to which variables describing the classroom behavior of teachers and variables describing teachers' backgrounds and training explain differences in the effectiveness of teachers in improving the vocabulary skills of inner-city black children in four elementary...

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How Do Test Scores at the Floor and Ceiling Affect Value-Added Estimates?

Resch, Alexandra; Isenberg, Eric - Mathematica Policy Research - 2014

Some educators are concerned that students with test scores at the bottom or top of the test score distribution will negatively affect the value-added estimates of teachers of those students.

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Schooling in the Workplace: Increasing the Scale and Quality of Work-Based Learning

Haimson, Joshua; Bellotti, Jeanne - Mathematica Policy Research - 2001

Examines work-based learning activities in high school, noting that a diverse mix of studentsâ€”including both high- and low-achieversâ€”participates in some work-based activity. However, females are more likely to do so than males. Also notes that internships arranged through school...

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What Are Error Rates for Classifying Teacher and School Performance Using Value-Added Models?

Schochet, Peter Z.; Chiang, Hanley S. - Mathematica Policy Research - 2013

This article addresses likely error rates for measuring teacher and school performance in the upper elementary grades using value-added models applied to student test score gain data. Using formulas based on ordinary least squares and empirical Bayes estimators, error rates for comparing a...

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Falling Behind: Characteristics of Students in Federally Funded Dropout Prevention Programs. Part Two: Restructuring Projects

Gleason, Philip M.; Dynarski, Mark - Mathematica Policy Research - 1995

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Spring 2013 School Administrator Survey

DesRoches, David; Borradaile, Kelley - Mathematica Policy Research - 2014

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