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Palmer S.B., Fleming K.K., Summers J.A., Erwin E.J., Maude S.P., Brotherson M.J., Stroup-Rentier V., Haines S.J., Zheng Y.Z., Peck N.F., and Wu H.-Y. (2019).

Foundations for self-determination in early childhood: Preliminary preschool study.

Advances in Neurodevelopmental Disorders.
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Li J., Krenzke T., Mohadjer L., Van de Kerckhove W., Li L., Ren W., and Adbaru H.H. (2018).

Choice of small area models based on sample designs and availability of auxiliary data in PIAAC study.

Proceedings of the Survey Research Methods Section of the American Statistical Association (pp. 2078-2093). Alexandria, VA: American Statistical Association.
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Carpenter D., Hassell S., Mardon R., Fair S., Johnson M., Siegel S., and Nix M. (2018).

Using learning communities to support adoption of health care innovations.

Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety, 44(10), 566-573.
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Tipton E. and Olsen R.B. (2018).

A review of statistical methods for generalizing from evaluations of educational interventions.

Educational Researcher, 47(8), 516-524.
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Gray L. and Lewis L. (2018).

Career and technical education programs in public school districts: 2016-17.

(First Look Report: NCES 2018-028). Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education.
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Hall K.L., Vogel A.L., Huang G.C., Serrano K.J., Rice E.L., Tsakraklides S.P., and Fiore S.M. (2018).

The science of team science: A review of the empirical evidence and research gaps on collaboration in science.

American Psychologist, 73(4), 532-548.
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Daley T.C., Edwards J., Fiore T.A., and Johnson L. (2018).

National Evaluation of the State Deaf-Blind Projects.

NCEE 2018-4006. Washington, DC: National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education.
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Story A.E., Carpenter-Song E.A., Acquilano S.C., Becker D.R., and Drake R.E. (2018).

Mental health leaves of absence in college and therapy: A qualitative study of student experiences.

Journal of College Student Psychotherapy.
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Finster M. and Milanowski A. (2018).

Teacher perceptions of a new performance evaluation system and their influence on practice: A within- and between-level analysis.

Education Policy Analysis Archives, 26(41).
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Decker L.E. (2018).

The relationship between internal teacher profiles and the quality of teacher-child interactions in prekindergarten.

Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 32(1), 32-51.
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Stuart E.A., Bell S.H., Ebnesajjad C., Olsen R.B., and Orr L.L. (2017).

Characteristics of school districts that participate in rigorous national educational evaluations.

Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 10(1), 168-206.
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Riddles J., Burke J., Rivero G., and Rust K.F. (2017).

Adjustments to student weights to account for student nonresponse in the National Assessment of Educational Progress.

Proceedings of the Survey Research Methods Section of the American Statistical Association (pp. 561-570). Alexandria, VA: American Statistical Association.
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Troppe P., Milanowski A., Heid C., Gill B., Ross C., and Johnson E. (2017).

Implementation of Title I and Title II-A Program Initiatives: Results from 2013-14.

(NCEE 2017-4014). Washington, DC: National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education.
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Milanowski A. (2017).

Lower performance evaluation practice ratings for teachers of disadvantaged students: Bias or reflection of reality?.

AERA Open, 3(1), 1-16.
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Lietz P., Cresswell J.C., Rust K.F., and Adams R.J. (2017).

Implementation of large-scale education assessments.

New York, NY: Wiley.
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Jones C.D., Milam A.J., Debnam K.J., and Bradshaw C.P. (2017).

School environments and obesity: The mediating role of personal stress.

Journal of Community Psychology.
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Chen S. and Rust K.F. (2017).

An extension of Kish's formula for design effects to two- and three-stage designs with stratification.

Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology, 5(2), 111-130.
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Piesse A. and Feng C.X. (2017).

On correcting measurement error in the persistence rate estimator.

Communications in Statistics – Simulation and Computation.
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Bell S.H., Olsen R.B., Orr L.L., and Stuart E.A. (2016).

Estimates of external validity bias when impact evaluations select sites nonrandomly.

Education Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 38(2), 318-335.
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Rampey B., Finnegan R., Goodman M., Mohadjer L., Krenzke T., Hogan J., and Provasnik S. (2016).

Skills of the U.S. unemployed, young, and older adults in sharper focus: Results from the Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) 2012/2014: First look.

(NCES 2016-039). Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics.
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Zavadsky H. (2016).

Bringing effective instructional practice to scale in American schools: Lessons from the Long Beach Unified School District.

Journal of Educational Change, 17(4), 505-527.
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Feldman J.M., Dynarski M., and Betts J. (2016).

Evaluation of the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program: Features of schools in DC.

(NCEE 2016-4007). Washington, DC: National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education.
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Gray L. and Lewis L. (2016).

Programs and services for high school English learners in public school districts: 2015-16.

(First Look Report: NCES 2016-150). Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education.
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Smith A., Egan L.C., Tompson K., and Marbach-Ad G. (2016).

Faculty learning communities: A professional development model that fosters individual, departmental, and institutional impact.

In G.C. Weaver, W.D. Burgess, A.L. Childress, and L. Slakey (Eds.), Transforming institutions: Undergraduate STEM education for the 21st century. West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University Press.
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Tourangeau R., Maitland A., and Yan H.Y. (2016).

Assessing the scientific knowledge of the general public: The effects of question format and encouraging or discouraging don't know responses.

Public Opinion Quarterly, 80(3), 741-760.
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Egan L.C., Marbach-Ad G., and Thompson K. (2016).

A disciplinary teaching and learning center: Applying pedagogical content knowledge to faculty development.

In G.C. Weaver, W.D. Burgess, A.L. Childress, and L. Slakey (Eds.), Transforming institutions: Undergraduate STEM education for the 21st century. West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University Press.
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Feldman J.M., Betts J., and Dynarksi M. (2016).

Applying to the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program: How do parents rate their children's current schools at time of application and what do they want in new schools?.

(NCEE 2016-4003). Washington, DC: National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education.
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Gray L. and Lewis L. (2015).

Public-use data files and documentation (FRSS 106): School Safety and Discipline: 2013-14.

(NCES 2015-052). Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education.
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Gersten R., Rolfhus E., Clarke B., Decker L.E., Wilkins C., and Dimino J. (2015).

Intervention for first graders with limited number knowledge: Large-scale replication of a randomized controlled trial.

American Educational Research Journal, 52(3), 516-546.
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Malen B., Dayhoff J., Egan L.C., and Croninger R.G. (2015).

The challenges of advancing fiscal equity in a resource-strained context.

Educational Policy.
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Tsakraklides S.P., Raue K., Spiegelman M., Faupel-Badger J.M., Nelson D.E., Izmirlian G., Ross K.H., and Miyaoka A. (2015).

Independent association of postdoctoral training with subsequent careers in cancer prevention.

PLoS ONE, 10(12), e0144880.
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Tsakraklides S.P., Raue K., Faupel-Badger J.M., and Nelson D.E. (2015).

Alumni perspectives on career preparation during a postdoctoral training program: A qualitative study.

CBE - Life Sciences Education, 14(1).
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Egan L.C., Tompson K., and Marbach-Ad G. (2015).

A discipline-based teaching and learning center: A model for professional development.

New York, NY: Springer.
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Lohr S. (2015).

Red beads and profound knowledge: Deming and quality of education.

Education Policy Analysis Archives, 23(80), 24-Jan.
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Frechtling J.A., Merlino F.J., and Stephenson K. (2015).

The call to transform postsecondary STEM educational practices and institutional policies.

American Journal of Educational Studies, 7(1), 27-42.
Roey S., Krenzke T., and Perkins R. (2015).

O privacy, where art thou?: Can 'dirty' data be your friend? Considering the impact on disclosure risk as illustrated in the education data context.

Chance, 28(4), 55-59.
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Brezis R.S., Weisner T., Daley T.C., Singhal N., Barua M., Chollera S., Fiore T.A., Becker E.A., Nero R.C., Tyree R.B., and Cook R.A. (2015).

Parenting a child with autism in India: narratives before and after a parent-child intervention program.

Culture, Medicine, and Psychiatry, 39(2), 277-298.
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Boekeloo B.O., Jones C.D., Bhagat K., Siddiqui J., and Wang M.Q. (2015).

The role of intrinsic motivation in the pursuit of health science-related careers among youth from underrepresented low socioeconomic populations.

Journal of Urban Health, 92(5), 980-994.
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Troppe P., Milanowski A., Garrison-Mogren R., Webber A., Gutmann B., Reisner E., and Goertz M. (2015).

State, district, and school implementation of reforms promoted under the Recovery Act: 2009-10 through 2011-12.

(NCEE 2015-4016). Washington, DC: National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education.
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Raue K. and Gray L. (2015).

Career paths of beginning public school teachers: Results from the first through fifth waves of the 2007-08 Beginning Teacher Longitudinal Study.

(NCES 2015-196). Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics.
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Gray L. and Lewis L. (2015).

Public school safety and discipline: 2013-14.

(NCES 2015-051). Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics.
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Gray L. and Taie S. (2015).

Public school teacher attrition and mobility in the first five years: Results From the first through fifth waves of the 2007-08 Beginning Teacher Longitudinal Study.

(NCES 2015-337). Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics.
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Dougherty R.H., Lyman D.R., George P., Ghose S.S., Daniels A.S., Delphin-Rittmon M.E., and Braude L. (2014).

Consumer and family psychoeducation: Assessing the evidence.

Psychiatric Services, 65(4), 416-428.
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O'Hara N., Munk T.E., Reedy K., D'Agord C., Inglish J., and DuRant S. (2014).

Equity, inclusion, and opportunity: Addressing success gaps, rubric.

Rockville, MD: IDEA Data Center, Regional Resource Center Program, National RTI Center, Data Accountability Center.
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O'Hara N., Munk T.E., Reedy K., D'Agord C., Inglish J., and DuRant S. (2014).

Equity, inclusion, and opportunity: Addressing success gaps, white paper.

Rockville, MD: IDEA Data Center, Regional Resource Center Program, National RTI Center, Data Accountability Center.
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Gutmann B., Feldman J.M., Lucas-McLean J., Dynarski M., and Betts J. (2014).

Evaluation of the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program: An early look at applicants and participating schools under the SOAR Act.

Institute of Education Sciences (NCEE 2015-4000). Washington, DC: National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education.
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Egan L.C. and King J.R. (2014).

Foregone earnings.

In D. Brewer and L. Picus (Eds.), Encyclopedia of education economics and finance. New York, NY: Sage.
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Feldman J.M., Koenig K., Siegel D., and Cohen S. (2014).

Issues in implementing a comprehensive intervention for public school children with autism spectrum disorders.

Journal of Prevention and Intervention in the Community, 42(4), 248-263.
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Katterfeld K. (2014).

Measuring leadership of math instruction: Investigating the validity of a survey scale for principals’ leadership of middle school mathematics.

Journal of School Leadership, 24(6), 1125-1154.
Lohr S., Schochet P., and Sanders E. (2014).

Partially nested randomized controlled trials in education research: A guide to design and analysis.

(NCER 2014-2000). Washington, DC: National Center for Education Research, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education.
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