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Sample Design for an Evaluation of the Reading First Program
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2003. Howard S. Bloom.
This paper illustrates how to design an experimental sample for measuring the effects of educational programs when whole schools are randomized to a program and control group. It addresses such issues as what number of schools should be randomized, how many students per school are needed, and what is the best mix of program and control schools.
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San Francisco Works
Toward an Employer-Led Approach to Welfare Reform and Workforce Development
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2000. Steven Bliss.
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Sanctions and Welfare Reform
Policy Brief
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The Brookings Institution.
2002. Dan Bloom, Don Winstead.
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Scaling Up First Things First
Site Selection and the Planning Year
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2002. Janet C. Quint.
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Scaling Up First Things First
Findings from the First Implementation Year
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2003. Janet C. Quint, D. Crystal Byndloss.
Based on survey data and findings from interviews and observations, this report describes the First Things First reform initiative and its first year of implementation at seven secondary schools, with a focus on three key components: small learning communities, a family advocacy system, and instructional improvement strategies.
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School, Work and Family Planning
Interim Impacts in Project Redirection
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1983. Denise Polit, Michael Tannen, Janet Kahn.
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Schooling and Work Among Youths from Low-Income Households
A Baseline Report from the Entitlement Demonstration
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1979. Suzanne Barclay, Christine Bottom, George Farkas, Ernst Stromsdorfer, Randall Olsen.
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Self-Employment for Welfare Recipients
Implementation of the SEID Program
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1991. Cynthia A. Guy, Fred Doolittle, and Barbara L. Fink.
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Service Delivery and Institutional Linkages
Early Implementation Experiences of Employment Retention and Advancement Programs
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2003. Jacquelyn Anderson, Karin Martinson.
Describing the initial experiences of 15 Employment Retention and Advancement programs in 8 states, this report emphasizes implementation issues and focuses on connections among the agencies and institutions that deliver retention and advancement services to low-income workers and hard-to-employ populations.
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Social Service Organizations and Welfare Reform
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2001. Barbara Fink, Rebecca Widom with Richard Beaulaurier, Gilbert Contreras, Lorna Dilley, Rebecca Joyce Kissane.
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SSP Plus at 36 Months
Effects of Adding Employment Services to Financial Work Incentives
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Social Research and Demonstration Corporation.
2001. Ying Lei, Charles Michalopoulos.
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Stability and Change in Child Care and Employment
Evidence from Three States
Working Paper
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2005. Cynthia Miller.
In a study of over 3,500 women in welfare-to-work programs in three states, child care instability did not appear to be a major cause of employment instability.
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State- and District-Level Support for Successful Transitions into High School
Policy Brief
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National High School Center.
2007. Corinne Herlihy.
This policy brief, published by the National High School Center, focuses on five key challenges that states, districts, and schools should address to support a successful transition into high school.
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Staying in Work and Moving Up
Evidence from the UK Employment Retention and Advancement Demonstration
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UK Department for Work and Pensions.
2006. Lesley Hoggart, Verity Campbell-Barr, Kathryn Ray, and Sandra Vegeris.
This study for the UK Department for Work and Pensions explores the attitudes of a sample of participants in the UK Employment Retention and Advancement program. This rare employment study on low-paid workers in the United Kingdom offers a foundation for understanding the receptivity of low-paid workers to programs that help them remain employed and advance.
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Staying or Leaving
Lessons from Jobs-Plus About the Mobility of Public Housing Residents and Implications for Place-Based Initiatives
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2003. Nandita Verma.
This paper begins to fill a void in the understanding of residential mobility in low-income communities by examining intended and actual out-migration patterns of a cohort of residents of five public housing developments.
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Staying Single
The Effects of Welfare Reform Policies on Marriage and Cohabitation
Working Paper
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2003. Lisa A. Gennetian and Virginia Knox.
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Steady Work and Better Jobs
How to Help Low-Income Parents Sustain Employment and Advance in the Workforce
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2000. Julie Strawn, Karin Martinson.
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Stepping Up to the Challenge
Case Studies of Educational Improvement and Title I in Secondary Schools
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U.S. Department of Education.
2000. Michael C. Rubenstein, Jessica K. Wodatch. Policy Studies Associates, Inc.
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Strengthening Services for Teen Mothers
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1985. James A. Riccio with Delia L. Council.
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Striking the Balance
Career Academies Combine Academic Rigor and Workplace Relevance
Policy Brief
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National High School Center.
2008. Thomas J. Smith.
This “snapshot,” published by the National High School Center, takes a close look at implementation of the Career Academy model in one high school in Oakland, California.
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Striving for Student Success
The Effect of Project GRAD on High School Student Outcomes in Three Urban School Districts
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2006. Jason C. Snipes, Glee Ivory Holton, Fred Doolittle, and Laura Sztejnberg.
This report describes the effects of Project GRAD, an ambitious education reform that targets high schools and the elementary and middle schools that feed into them, on a variety of student outcomes in high schools in Houston, Texas; Atlanta, Georgia; and Columbus, Ohio.
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Structures of Opportunity
Developing the Neighborhood Jobs Initiative in Fort Worth, Texas
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2002. Tony Proscio.
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Student Context, Student Attitudes and Behavior, and Academic Achievement
An Exploratory Analysis
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2006. Theresa M. Akey
This analysis of data collected in MDRC’s evaluation of the First Things First reform initiative confirms that high school students’ engagement in school and perceptions of their own academic competence influence their mathematics achievement. The study also suggests that perceived academic competence may be more influential than engagement in boosting achievement in both mathematics and reading.
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Subgroup Impacts and Performance Indicators for Selected Welfare Employment Programs
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1988. Daniel Friedlander.
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Subsidized Housing and Employment
Building Evidence About What Works to Improve Self-Sufficiency
Working Paper
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2007. James A. Riccio.
This working paper argues for building a stronger base of evidence in the housing-employment policy arena through an expanded use of randomized controlled trials.
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Summary and Findings of the National Supported Work Demonstration
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1980. The MDRC Board of Directors.
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Support Success
Services That May Help Low-Income Students Succeed in Community College
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2004. Rogéair Purnell and Susan Blank with Susan Scrivener and Reishma Seupersad.
Community colleges can pursue many strategies for enhancing student services, including offering “one-stop shopping,” which provides students with multiple services at the same time and place.
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Supported Work for the Mentally Retarded
Launching the STETS Demonstration
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1982. MDRC.
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Supporting CalWORKs Students at California Community Colleges
An Exploratory Focus Group Study
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2003. Laura Nelson, Rogéair Purnell.
The Opening Doors initiative is designed to help low-wage workers, at-risk youth, and recipients of Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) earn college credentials as the pathway to better jobs and higher earnings. Concentrating on a program implemented in California, this report supplements efforts from an earlier Opening Doors focus group study to gain insights from low-income students on the factors that affect their ability to enroll in school and earn a college credential while balancing work and parenting responsibilities.
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Sustained Employment and Earnings Growth
New Experimental Evidence on Financial Work Incentives and Pre-Employment Services
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2001. Charles Michalopoulos.
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