Publications

In 2024, MDRC posted more than 100 reports, briefs, practitioner guides, and other publications—offering research results, profiles of innovative programs, and evidence-backed advice for policymakers and practitioners. Here are 10 of the most popular.

In 2024, MDRC experts wrote commentaries on wide variety of pressing education and social policy issues.

Hosted by Leigh Parise, MDRC’s Evidence First podcast features experts talking about the best evidence available on education and social programs that serve people with low incomes.

This report synthesizes two evaluations comparing methods of determining which incoming college students to place in developmental (remedial) courses.

This report describes MDRC’s evaluation of an initiative supporting interconnected programs and services for young children and their families.

This report describes the implementation of an initiative that aims to support interconnected programs and services for young children and their families.

Results of a study exploring the mental health, well-being, and perceptions of early care educators who participated in a series of stress management workshops.

This report assesses whether New Jersey’s Criminal Justice Reform improved racial equity in the criminal legal system and made people perceive it as fairer.

This brief presents a benefit-cost study of a Los Angeles program that connects people who have been involved in the legal system to community health workers.

This post summarizes three MDRC studies on pretrial supervision showing that more restrictive conditions do not produce better outcomes.

This blog post describes advice from a social services organization about offering a sequence of services to individuals who are diagnosed with substance use disorders.

A summary of findings from the SUCCESS evaluation—which evaluated a comprehensive approaches to student success program—and lessons on coaching students.

A college-completion program in Minnesota is adopting work-based learning to better equip its scholars for careers after graduation.

This report analyzes interviews with child support staff members and parents, focusing on factors that may contribute to disparities and on where there is the potential for bias.

This report explores the impacts of California Partnership Academies on students’ high school graduation, college readiness, and college enrollment.

This guide helps early childhood education coaches establish strong partnerships with teachers when first implementing an initiative.

This issue focus summarizes the current evidence related to career and technical education.

This blog post summarizes two broad findings from MDRC’s research on systems to determine which college students should be in developmental (remedial) courses.

In this commentary originally published by District Administration, Barbara Condliffe and Shira Mattera offer four strategies for implementing “high-dosage” tutoring programs.