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    Behavioral Intervention Materials Compendium

    This compendium of written materials comes from the Behavioral Interventions to Advance Self-Sufficiency (BIAS) project. The collection illustrates how specific concepts from behavioral science were used in different settings and formats by practitioners and program designers in child care, child support, and work-support programs.

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    Supporting Latino College Achievement

    Insights from the LATIDO Roundtable

    Latinos are enrolling in California colleges in rising numbers, but their outcomes lag behind those of white students. The Latino Academic Transfer and Institutional Degree Opportunities project is examining the approaches taken by Hispanic-Serving Institutions in California to improve the rates at which they transfer to universities and complete college.

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    Strengthening Children’s Math Skills with Enhanced Instruction

    The Impacts of Making Pre-K Count and High 5s on Kindergarten Outcomes

    This project tested whether high-quality, aligned math instruction, via an evidence-based curriculum in pre-K and innovative math clubs in kindergarten, could improve children’s outcomes. The effect of two years of enriched math translates into closing more than a quarter of the achievement gap between low-income children and their higher-income peers.

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  1. Application Deadline Extended to May 14 for Summer Doctoral Fellowships in the MDRC Gueron Fund Minority Scholars Program
  2. Free May 3 Webinar: Getting Promise Students Through the First Year: Lessons from the Detroit Promise Path and Beyond
  3. MDRC Experts Presenting at Research and Evaluation Conference on Self-Sufficiency (RECS), May 30-June 1
  4. A Chance for Dropouts, Young and Old, to Go Back to School
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MDRC is committed to finding solutions to some of the most difficult problems facing the nation — from reducing poverty and bolstering economic self-sufficiency to improving public education and college graduation rates. We design promising new interventions, evaluate existing programs using the highest research standards, and provide technical assistance to build better programs and deliver effective interventions at scale.

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