About MDRC
As a technical research analyst, Altman manages data efforts such as the acquisition, processing, analysis, and archiving of project data sets. Recently she has been serving as data manager on the Variations in Implementation of Quality Interventions project. In addition, she has been working on the Text Ed Demonstration Project, setting up data systems and helping to facilitate the addition of participants to the intervention. Previously she coordinated the Medicaid data work on the Mother and Infant Home Visiting Program Evaluation (MIHOPE)-Strong Start, and before that she worked with survey data on the Supporting Healthy Marriage project. Before joining MDRC in 2007, Altman researched, analyzed, and produced the biannual volume Keeping Track of New York City’s Children, published by the Citizens’ Committee for Children of New York. She holds a master’s degree in public administration from New York University and a bachelor’s degree in women’s studies from Wesleyan University.
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JoAnn Hsueh, Michelle Maier, Frieda Molina, Sharon Rowser, Samantha Wulfsohn, Marie-Andrée Somers, Electra Small, Sharon Huang, Amena Sengal, Alexandra Bernardi, Marissa Strassberger, Noemi Altman, Ilana Blum, Ebony Scott, Margaret Hennessy, Mervett HefyanThe Variations in Implementation of Quality Interventions ( VIQI ): Examining the Quality-Child Outcomes Relationship in Child Care and Early Education project is a large-scale, rigorous study with several important aims and implications for current child care and early education policy and practices, including:
Determining the effectiveness of interventions for...JoAnn Hsueh, Sharon Huang, Sharon Rowser, Meghan McCormick, Michelle Maier, Rebecca Unterman, Desiree Principe Alderson, Barbara Condliffe, Jocelyn Page, Amena Sengal, Sonia Drohojowska, Ilana Blum, Marissa Strassberger, Marie-Andrée Somers, Noemi Altman, Alexandra Bernardi, Mirjana Pralica, Mervett HefyanWith broad support across the political spectrum, states and localities throughout the country are expanding preschool programs for low-income children. While the public will is strong and the experience to date is encouraging, there is a need for firmer evidence on the most cost-effective ways to produce lasting impacts for children, especially when programs operate...
Virginia Knox, Charles Michalopoulos, Sharon Rowser, JoAnn Hsueh, Helen Lee, Desiree Principe Alderson, Dina A. R. Israel, Erika Lundquist, Kristin Porter, Electra Small, Rebecca Behrmann, Anne Warren, Samantha Xia, Kelly Saunders, Ilana Blum, Jessica Kopsic, Noemi Altman, Caroline MageAdverse birth outcomes result in significant emotional and economic costs for families and communities. One promising avenue for helping expectant women is home visiting programs, which work with parents to promote prenatal care and improve infant health. The Mother and Infant Home Visiting Program Evaluation-Strong Start ( MIHOPE -Strong Start) will evaluate the...
JoAnn Hsueh, Virginia Knox, Desiree Principe Alderson, Barbara S. Goldman, Erika Lundquist, Charles Michalopoulos, Jocelyn Page, Sharon Rowser, Electra Small, Helen Lee, Kristen Faucetta , Meghan McCormick, Noemi AltmanThe Supporting Healthy Marriage project is the first large-scale, multisite, multiyear, rigorous test of marriage education programs for low-income married couples. Supported by the Administration for Children and Families within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ( HHS ), the project is motivated by research that indicates that married adults...