The authors conducted a randomized factorial experiment to determine how displaying school information to parents in different ways affects what schools they choose for their children in a hypothetical school district.
This interim report describes a preliminary set of evaluation findings on the school rehabilitation activity and the training activity for teachers and school directors.
In this report, we present the results of a long-term tracking study that follows 1,177 students who applied to enter 1 of 13 oversubscribed KIPP middle schools through a 5th or 6th grade admissions lottery in 2008 or 2009.
This issue brief presents results of a long-term tracking study that follows 1,177 students who applied to enter 1 of 13 oversubscribed KIPP middle schools through a 5th-or 6th-grade admissions lottery in 2008 or 2009.
In this report, Mathematica researchers present interim findings of a program they evaluated that was designed to increase the number of Georgians with technical skills that are relevant to the local economy.
In this issue brief, Mathematica researchers highlight key findings from their evaluation of school rehabilitation and educator training initiatives in Georgia.
This issue brief provides key findings from a performance evaluation that Mathematica conducted on a technical and vocational education training program in the country of Georgia.
Researchers often wish to test a large set of related interventions or approaches to implementation.
Increasingly, families have a choice of schools instead of just one default neighborhood school. Especially in cities, the number of available choices is often large. For school choice to be good public policy, choosers—typically parents—must be well informed.
This study reports on a factorial experiment using Bayesian hierarchical analysis to test the effects of different ways to present school information to low-income parents choosing schools for their children.
This appendix provides the details of the study that informed the report, “Presenting School Choice Information to Parents: An Evidence-Based Guide.”
Choosing a school for a child can be a rewarding but difficult task for parents. It is important that parents are presented with information that is understandable and user-friendly to help make an informed decision.
This paper evaluates a program sponsored by the Millennium Challenge Corporation to promote civic participation in local governance in Rwanda.
Researchers often wish to test a large set of related interventions or approaches to implementation.
This report provides baseline results for the evaluation of the ILEI activity.
Design report for the evaluation of MCC’s Training Educators for Excellence activity of MCC’s in the Republic of Georgia. The proposed evaluation includes an evaluation of the performance of teacher and school director training and the impact on teacher and school director practices.
The state of Massachusetts introduced a system of standardized testing in its public schools three years before the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 mandated such practices for all 50 states.
Skeptics of the KIPP (Knowledge Is Power Program) charter school network argue that these schools rely on selective admission, attrition, and replacement of students to produce positive achievement results.
A new brief by Mathematica Policy Research shows that students’ scores on the existing high school assessment in Massachusetts predict college performance as well as scores on a new test that was recently developed by a consortium of states to align with Common Core standards.
Detailed explanation of the evaluation design chosen for the Improved Learning Environment Infrastructure component of the Millennium Challenge Corporation’s Improving General Education Quality Project.
The Knowledge Is Power Program (KIPP) is a network of charter schools designed to improve the educational opportunities available to low-income families. KIPP schools seek to boost their students’ academic achievement and ultimately prepare them to enroll and succeed in college.
This article measures the achievement impacts of 41 Knowledge Is Power Program (KIPP) charter middle schools nationwide and found consistently positive and statistically significant test-score effects in reading, math, science, and social studies.
The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) provides supplemental foods, nutrition education, breastfeeding support, and referral to other services for pregnant and postpartum women, and infants and young children.
This report summarizes the research literature on the effects of the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC).
This study describes some of the choices State agencies made as they exercised the flexibility offered during the implementation and describes the resulting food packages.
This PowerPoint presentation was made at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting.
This report responds to the legislative requirement of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (P.L.110-246) to assess the effectiveness of State and local efforts to directly certify children for free school meals under the National School Lunch Program (NSLP).
This memo discusses Mathematica’s design plan for the evaluation of Millennium Challenge Corporation’s Rwanda Threshold Program.