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  • Issue Focus

    A Q&A with Adriana Villavicencio, 2009 MDRC Doctoral Fellow

    Where Are They Now?

    This is the seventh in a series of Q&As with past participants in MDRC’s Gueron Scholars Program in which they reflect on their experiences at MDRC and discuss what they’re up to today.

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  • Brief

    Building Basic Math Skills

    Boot Camp at Tarrant County College

    This study examined a “Boot Camp” program designed to reinforce basic mathematics functions for college students with limited math, reading, and writing skills, to prepare them for developmental-level courses. Three features made the program unique: computer-assisted, self-paced learning; a focus on individual learner progress; and in-class help from College-Readiness Advisors.

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  • Report

    The Rent Reform Demonstration: Interim Findings on Implementation, Work, and Other Outcomes

    This report presents 27- to 30-month impacts of an alternative rent policy for housing voucher recipients in four locations. Voucher program tenure and monthly housing subsidies increased for recipients, and housing agencies’ administrative burdens decreased. Average earnings did not rise overall, but earnings increased in two locations and employment increased in one.

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  1. MDRC Awarded Project on Using Learning Cycles to Strengthen the Implementation of Responsible Fatherhood Programs
  2. MDRC Center for Effective Career and Technical Education Receives Grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York
  3. Don’t Give Up on Criminal Justice Reform
  4. MDRC’s Rekha Balu Joins Board of the Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness
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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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