Working Paper Series

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Working Paper Series

In 2011, Mathematica launched a working paper series to offer timely access to its most current research and in-depth analyses behind our traditional publications. The series makes results available in preliminary form to encourage discussion and suggestions for revision before final peer review and publication. In keeping with Mathematica’s high standards of quality, working papers undergo a rigorous internal quality review.

Disability | Education | Family Support | Health | International | Methods

Disability
"State Differences in the Vocational Rehabilitation Experiences of Transition-Age Youth with Disabilities" (August 2013)
"Lessons for Programs Serving Transition-Age Youth: A Comparative Analysis of the U.S. and 10 Other Countries in the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD)" (April 2013)

Education
"Shrinkage of Value-Added Estimates and Characteristics of Students with Hard-to-Predict Achievement Levels" (April 2013)
"Does Tracking of Students Bias Value-Added Estimates for Teachers?" (March 2013)
"Horseshoes, Hand Grenades, and Treatment Effects? Reassessing Bias in Nonexperimental Estimators" (March 2013)
"Is School Value-Added Indicative of Principal Quality?" (November 2012)
"Student Selection, Attrition, and Replacement in KIPP Middle Schools" (September 2012)
"Statistical Power for Regression Discontinuity Designs in Education: Empirical Estimates of Design Effects Relative to Randomized Controlled Trials" (June 2012)
"Methods for Accounting for Co-Teaching in Value-Added Models" (June 2012)
"Assessing the Rothstein Test: Does It Really Show Teacher Value-Added Models Are Biased?" (February 2012)
“Do Charter Schools Improve Student Achievement? Evidence from a National Randomized Study” (December 2011)
“False Performance Gains: A Critique of Successive Cohort Indicators” (December 2011)

Family Support
"Programs to Reduce Teen Pregnancy, Sexually Transmitted Infections, and Associated Sexual Risk Behaviors: A Systematic Review" (April 2013)

Health
"The ACA, Health Care Costs, and Disparities in Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance" (March 2013)
"Perceptions of Electronic Health Records and Their Effect on the Quality of Care: Results from a Survey of Patients in Four States" (November 2012)
"Rewarding Physicians for Their Patients' Health Outcomes: What Can Medicare Learn from Education's Value-Added Models?" (June 2012)

International
"Should Foreign Aid Fund Agricultural Training? Evidence from Armenia," Working Paper (August 2013)

Survey Methodology
"Predicting Objective Physical Activity from Self-Report Surveys: Limitations Based on a Model Validation Study Using Estimated Generalized Least Squares Regression" (June 2013)
"Measurement Models for Behavioral Frequencies: A Comparison Between Numerically and Vaguely Quantified Reports" (September 2012)
"Conducting Surveys with Proxies: Evaluating a Standardized Measure to Determine Need" (July 2012)
"Is There a Trade-off Between Quality and Cost? Telephone Versus Face-to-Face Interviewing of Persons with Disabilities" (February 2012)
“RDD Unplugged: Findings from a Household Survey Using a Cell Overlap Design” (December 2011)