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Evaluating the Benefits of Additional College Loan Counseling
Project
Roughly two-thirds of students take loans to pay for college, and many have difficulty repaying them; more than 500,000 students default on their loans each year. To reduce repayment challenges and in response to a presidential directive to help…
Evaluating Australia’s Rural Primary Health Services
Project
There is clear evidence that individuals living within rural and remote areas are more likely to suffer from disease compared to metropolitan areas. The lack of health services prompted Australia’s Department of Health to implement the Rural Primary…
Technology-Based Coaching in Adult Education (TBCAE) Toolkit
Publication
The TBCAE Toolkit helps adult education program staff use text messaging to support adult learners’ participation and their attainment of education outcomes.
Evaluation of SkilledKC
Project
Widening skills gaps in high-demand occupations indicate the need to develop training programs that better fit industry needs and the circumstances of individuals who could fill those needs.
School Meal Reforms’ Impacts on Nutrition and Costs
Project
The National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs (NSLP/SBP) underwent widespread changes beginning in school year 2012-2013. USDA needed to know how these food, nutrition and price reforms affected school food authorities and student participation.
Leadership Development & Systems Thinking in the Charter School Sector
Blog
Public charter schools may operate independently of local district requirements, but a systems-thinking approach to leadership development still makes sense.
Evaluating the Healthy Incentives Pilot Demonstration
Project
Most U.S. adults do not meet the Dietary Guidelines for fruit and vegetable intake, especially people who receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits and other low-income Americans. While evidence suggests that improved diet quality…
How do renters survive unaffordability? Household-level impacts of rent burden in Los Angeles
Publication
Abt was part of a team that examined how housing affordability affects renters, and the tactics that people use to survive.
Use of Monte Carlo Simulation to Inform Design Decisions for Pairwise Cluster Randomization
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