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Preparing New Teachers for Day One
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The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education’s Candidate Assessment of Performance (CAP) is designed to assess the overall readiness of teacher candidates. The state wants to identify best practices, tailor guidelines and…
SPECIATE: EPA's Repository of Volatile Organic Gas and Particulate Matter Speciation Profiles of Air Pollution Sources
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The SPECIATE database is the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) repository of volatile organic gas and particulate matter (PM) speciation profiles of air pollution sources. The data are used to guide regulatory analysis and need to be kept up…
Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Evaluation (BPCI)
Project
Under traditional Medicare, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) pays providers separately for each service delivered, which may incentivize medically unnecessary care. Providers who participate in CMS’s Bundled Payment for Care…
Mitigating Pollution from Solid Waste
Project
Cities in developing countries often lack the technical capacity, financial resources and technologies to improve solid waste management. They are often paralyzed by the rapidly growing rates at which waste is generated and needs to be disposed, and…
Preparing Oregonians for a Postsecondary Education
Project
In 2006, the Oregon Department of Community Colleges and Workforce Development (CCWD) launched the Oregon Pathways for Adult Basic Skills Initiative (OPABS) to better help low-skilled adults transition from the state’s Adult Basic Skills (ABS) programs…
Improving Literacy Through Experience
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The AARP Foundation’s Experience Corps (EC) is an evidence-based literacy tutoring program that targets schools within high-need communities where a significant portion of K-3 students are below grade level in reading. EC provides highly-trained,…
Impact of the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Model on Patient Reported Outcomes
Publication
An Abt study in Health Services Research found the CJR model didn’t harm patients’ health, but they were slightly more likely to rely on caregivers for recovery.
The Impact of 20 Years of Pollution Prevention Projects
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Do pollution prevention projects reduce toxic releases? If so, by how much? Understanding their impact would provide valuable input to efforts to protect the nation’s environment. However, the sheer number — approximately 370,000 projects over 20 years —…
Impacts of Workforce Training on School-Work Sequences in a Randomized Controlled Trial
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Abt’s analysis of career trajectories showed that Year Up increased transitions from training to higher-wage jobs but had no effect on persistent disconnection.