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Measuring Educational Progress through the Common Data Report
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The level of understanding regarding the progress being made by students in secondary school can vary from school to school and state to state. In order to collect and present data trends across Maine, Massachusetts, Vermont, Rhode Island, New Hampshire,…
The MA Early Childhood Support Organization Initiative
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Many initiatives attempting to improve the quality of early education and care settings typically focus on teacher practice versus organizational capacity. The Massachusetts Early Childhood Support Organization initiative (MA ECSO) —a public-private…
New Hampshire Preschool Development Grant Program Performance Evaluation
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In 2019, the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) awarded the state of New Hampshire (NH) a three-year Preschool Development Grant (PDG) Birth through Age 5 (B-5) to continue supporting a comprehensive and coordinated early childhood care and…
Evaluating Guaranteed Income Programs
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Guaranteed income (GI) refers to recurring cash payments made directly to individuals with no strings attached. The concept—along with universal basic income—has regained traction in recent years as a way to address systemic economic inequities. Mayors…
Providing Technical Assistance through the NHSC Pipeline Readiness Initiative
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The demand for healthcare services in the United States is outpacing the number of care providers, and projections show that trend continuing into the future, exacerbating an already overstretched healthcare system. Worse still, the communities most in…
Analyzing the High School Longitudinal Study of 2009
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The Institute of Education Sciences’ National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) is conducting the High School Longitudinal Study of 2009 (HSLS:09), a national study of more than 23,000 students who were in ninth grade in 2009. Students answered…
Fully Accounting for Air Emissions with Massachusetts’ Cumulative Impact Analysis Approach
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Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker signed sweeping legislation to address climate issues and protect environmental justice (EJ) populations. That legislation requires the state, with input from stakeholders, to develop a cumulative impact analysis (CIA…
Developing Best Practices to Assist K-12 Students Struggling with Behavior
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The Institute of Education Sciences’ What Works Clearinghouse wanted a systematic review of evidence on interventions designed to improve the social, emotional, and behavioral outcomes of students in kindergarten to grade 12. Abt Global and our partners…
DMPA Injectable Contraceptive Introduction in India
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India has a high unmet need for FP services, especially contraceptive services for young, newly married, couples with few or no children. The Support to the Public Sector Roll-out of DMPA project addressed this challenge. It provided contraceptive…
Legal Marijuana’s Effect on Justice and Health
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A major shift has occurred over the past two decades in public policies and attitudes toward marijuana use. Between 1996 and 2021, 37 states passed laws legalizing the medical use of marijuana, and 18 states legalized recreational use. However, marijuana…