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Features of High-Quality Pre-K Assessments: Essential Considerations for Leaders www.mdrc.org/work/publica...
Features of High-Quality Pre-K Assessments | MDRC
High-quality child assessments help pre-K leaders see what is working, which children are benefiting, and where support may be needed, among other things. This resource explains which features of pre-...
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September 24, 2026 at 2:52 PM
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Mingyuan Li, Chunyu Liu, Xiao Liu, Yanna Jiang, Guangsheng Yu, Xu Wang, Wei Ni, Ren Ping Liu: MDRC: A Deployable State-Recovery Defense for Traffic Signal Control under Sensor Corruption https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.27528 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2609.27528 https://arxiv.org/html/2609.27528
September 24, 2026 at 6:40 AM
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MDRC Launches New Center for Housing and Communities www.mdrc.org/news/mdrc-la...
MDRC Launches New Center for Housing and Communities | MDRC
MDRC is pleased to announce the creation of the new MDRC Center for Housing and Communities.
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September 22, 2026 at 7:12 PM
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MDRC and NYC: Decades of Evidence-Building to Improve Public Services www.mdrc.org/work/project...
MDRC and NYC: Decades of Evidence-Building to Improve Public Services | MDRC
Founded in New York City more than 50 years ago, MDRC has always collaborated with local public and private agencies to improve services in education, workforce development, youth services, criminal j...
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September 14, 2026 at 9:41 PM
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He was on the board of MDRC and was generally awesome.
September 10, 2026 at 5:22 PM
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MDRC to Partner with @ucirvine.bsky.social on National Center for Writing Research to Improve Teaching Effectiveness with Generative #AI www.mdrc.org/news/mdrc-pa...
MDRC to Partner on National Center for Writing Research to Improve Teaching Effectiveness with Generative AI | MDRC
The federal Institute of Education Sciences recently awarded a five-year grant for a National Center for Writing Research to Improve Teaching Effectiveness with Generative AI (WRITE AI Center). The WR...
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September 9, 2026 at 2:57 PM
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We are excited to welcome Dr. Lisa Michele Barnett as a keynote speaker at the 7th Assembly of the International Motor Development Research Consortium (I-MDRC) in Florianópolis, Brazil, October 29–31, 2026!
September 8, 2026 at 2:03 PM
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NEW! Lessons from a Technology-Assisted Advising Model in Career and Technical Education www.mdrc.org/work/publica...
Lessons from a Technology-Assisted Advising Model in Career and Technical Education | MDRC
This study examines the use of technology-assisted advising tools to help ninth-grade students navigate career and technical education (CTE) pathways in high school. The study finds that the advising ...
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September 4, 2026 at 6:13 PM
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NEW! Evaluating a Lower-Cost Approach to Comprehensive Student Support: Findings from the SUCCESS Demonstration www.mdrc.org/work/publica...
Evaluating a Lower-Cost Approach to Comprehensive Student Support | MDRC
In this working paper, MDRC researchers estimate the causal effects of offering a lower-cost alternative to comprehensive student success approaches. The initiative increased enrollment but did not pr...
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September 4, 2026 at 6:12 PM
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Originally published by the National Association of State Boards of Education, this policy update describes ways that states can strengthen how high school principals are trained, licensed, and supported throughout their careers. www.mdrc.org/work/publica...
Preparing Principals to Lead Innovative High Schools | MDRC
Originally published by the National Association of State Boards of Education, this policy update describes how states can strengthen how high school principals are trained, licensed, and supported th...
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September 3, 2026 at 6:25 PM
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ankle monitors have been touted as “alternatives to incarceration” for decades now, with little evidence that they actually work and lots of evidence that they are actively harmful.

cook county has one the largest and longest-running em programs in the nation.

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Few studies have looked at the effectiveness of electronic monitoring, particularly when used pretrial. Proponents frequently cite the technology's ability to ensure people show up to court and to keep people from committing new crimes, but research hasn't shown either to be true. A 2017 analysis from the University College London looked at 17 academic papers on electronic monitoring published since 1999 and concluded that the technology "does not have a statistically significant effect on reducing re-offending." A similar survey of research from 2011 concluded that "utilizing EM as a condition of pretrial release does not reduce failure to appear or rearrest." In fact, available research suggests that electronic monitoring may actually lead to more new arrests when compared to people who are not monitored. As Emmett Sanders wrote in a 2023 report, "While EM programs are often depicted as replacing traditional brick-and-mortar incarceration, the reality is these programs are often used to augment and expand the reach of incarceration and may have little effect on the population of the jail itself." A recent study from social policy think tank MDRC suggested that EM might invite a heightened level of scrutiny that criminalizes even trivial technical violations that have no bearing on public safety. Evidence of that can be found in the sheriff's own data. In June 2021, a person under surveillance left home and told authorities he was headed to the police station to pick up his mom, emails show. RISC flagged his alert as "most critical" because Decision Aid placed him within 50 feet of a reported shooting. The man lingered in the area for an hour longer before he left for the police station. "It is possible that the participant was not involved in the shooting," a RISC analyst later wrote in an email, "especially given that he did not leave the area immediately after the shooting and when he did he went to a CPD station as he had informed earlier." The shooting might've even occurred outside his mother's home, the analyst noted. "Nonetheless, the participant was within 50 feet of the shooting and did not have authorized movement." In reply, a sheriff's deputy added a note in bold, capital letters: "REINCARCERATED."
September 3, 2026 at 1:39 PM
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In a commentary originally published by the @hechingerreport.org, Meredith Archer Hatch & Alyssa Ratledge make the case for greater investment in rural colleges and for more evidence about how they can best support students and communities. www.mdrc.org/work/publica...
Why Investing in Rural Education Can Bolster Local Economies and Help Students Build a Future Close to Home | MDRC
In this commentary originally published by The Hechinger Report, Meredith Archer Hatch and Alyssa Ratledge make the case for greater investment in rural colleges and for more evidence about how they c...
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September 1, 2026 at 8:54 PM
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We are delighted to welcome Anna Louise Barnett, PhD as a keynote speaker at the 7th Assembly of the International Motor Development Research Consortium (I-MDRC) in Florianópolis, Brazil, October 29–31, 2026!
September 1, 2026 at 2:02 PM
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NEW! MDRC shares principles guiding its use of generative #AI in implementation research and qualitative analysis, balancing innovation, data privacy, rigor, and transparency. www.mdrc.org/work/publica...
AI and Qualitative Research: Starting with Principles | MDRC
Barbara Condliffe, Mina Addo, and Jonathan Bigelow discuss three principles underlying MDRC’s approach to using generative AI in qualitative research: respecting people, communities, and program partn...
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August 31, 2026 at 7:28 PM
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NEW! The third in a series of profiles of participants in the State IMPACT Collaborative, a project of MDRC & Coleridge to help state agencies tap into their data to answer high-priority policy questions. www.mdrc.org/work/publica...
Spotlight: Mississippi State IMPACT Collaborative Team | MDRC
The State IMPACT Collaborative helps state agencies tap into their data to answer high-priority policy questions, assess program effectiveness, and expand economic opportunity and mobility. This is th...
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August 31, 2026 at 7:24 PM
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1 of the most successful #highered programs, @cuny.edu ASAP (Accelerated Study in Associate Programs, buff.ly/8dP32mW) still shows significantly higher graduation rates 14 yrs after the program, tho not higher earnings: buff.ly/2EC0gmX #AcademicSky @mdrc-news.bsky.social @jscottclayton.bsky.social
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August 31, 2026 at 3:32 PM
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New working paper from the RCT of SUCCESS, a lower-cost approach to student support

Lessons are muddled by the pandemic and spotty implementation, but, nonetheless, priors should probably be revised downward about the effectiveness of such lower-intensity approaches

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Evaluating a Lower-Cost Approach to Comprehensive Student Support | MDRC
In this working paper, MDRC researchers estimate the causal effects of offering a lower-cost alternative to comprehensive student success approaches. The initiative increased enrollment but did not pr...
www.mdrc.org
August 31, 2026 at 1:55 PM
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NEW! MDRC and @wsacouncil.bsky.social mapped 64,000 high school graduates’ school-to-work pathways.

Here's a free GitHub repository with code and guidance to conduct similar analyses. www.mdrc.org/work/publica...
Resource: Documented Code for Mapping the School-to-Work Trajectories of High School Students | MDRC
MDRC and the Washington Student Achievement Council used sequence analysis to map the postsecondary and workforce pathways of nearly 64,000 Washington high school graduates, identifying 12 common rout...
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August 28, 2026 at 6:59 PM
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NEW! Some College, No Credential: Students Who Leave College Before Graduating Are an Untapped Resource

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Some College, No Credential | MDRC
Using Washington State longitudinal data, MDRC and the Washington Student Achievement Council identified 12 pathways students follow after graduating high school. This brief focuses on the most-travel...
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August 28, 2026 at 6:55 PM
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NEW! Tracing Postsecondary Pathways in Washington: Early Insights from the Sequences to Success in Washington State Project

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Tracing Postsecondary Pathways in Washington | MDRC
MDRC and its partners analyzed the pathways Washington state students take after graduating high school. Findings show multiple successful pathways, highlight students with some college but no credent...
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August 28, 2026 at 6:51 PM
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Family Relations Journal Publishes Meta-Analysis on Core Components of Fatherhood Programs www.mdrc.org/news/family-...
Family Relations Journal Publishes Meta-Analysis on Core Components of Fatherhood Programs | MDRC
A meta-analysis on fatherhood programs, “Fatherhood Programs to Improve Father and Family Functioning and Economic Stability: A Core Components Meta-Analysis,” by Sandra Jo Wilson, Allison B. Dymnicki...
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August 28, 2026 at 1:57 AM
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NEW! Findings about families with young children in Guilford County, North Carolina, and how the Ready for School, Ready for Life initiative helps them. www.mdrc.org/work/publica...
Supporting Families with Young Children in Guilford County | MDRC
A brief presents findings from a study of the Ready for School, Ready for Life initiative in Guilford County, North Carolina. It examines the needs of families with newborns and whether families who p...
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August 27, 2026 at 5:54 PM
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Join MDRC at the Tiger Activity Fair! https://old.reddit.com/r/rit/comments/1vxzyho/join_mdrc_at_the_tiger_activity_fair/

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August 25, 2026 at 1:41 PM
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Can virtual high-dosage tutoring boost high school math pass rates? A new @mdrc-news.bsky.social report examines Saga Education's live-online model – highlighting state exam gains & lessons for expanding access.

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Expanding High‑Dosage Tutoring | MDRC
This study of Saga Education’s live-online Algebra I tutoring in New York City high schools found modest gains in exam pass rates, scores, and GPAs. Effects were smaller than they have been for in-person models, especially among boys and students with lower math levels, suggesting delivery mode matters.
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August 21, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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NASBE's latest policy update, in collaboration with researchers from MDRC, explores what effective leadership of innovative high schools looks like and the state policy levers to support it.

Read more: www.nasbe.org/preparing-pr...
August 18, 2026 at 10:28 PM