Rebecca Maynard
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 4457380 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Rebecca Maynard |
| NOMBRES | Rebecca |
| APELLIDO | Maynard |
| FIRMA | MAYNARD R |
| AFILIACIONES | California University of Pennsylvania |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0014-3477 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 17 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 57 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 17 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1981 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2024 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
Sample Size Planning in the Design of Two-Level Randomized Cost-Effectiveness Trials
This study introduces recent advances in statistical power analysis methods and tools for designing and analyzing randomized cost-effectiveness trials (RCETs) to evaluate the causal effects and costs of social work interventions. The article focuses on two-level designs, where, for example, students are nested within schools, with interventions applied either at the school level (cluster design) or student level (multisite design). We explore thr…
Rees
Calls for improving transparency across the social science are increasing. One strategy that is gaining momentum in the quest to increase transparency is the practice of preregistering a study and analysis plan prior to conducting a study. In this article, we examine the potential of preregistration as a strategy for increasing transparency in education studies. We review existing registries within the social sciences and provide a rationale for …
The Role of Federal Agencies in Creating and Administering Evidence-Based Policies
The success of federal agencies in creating and using evidence-based policies hinges on (1) their commitment to include routine use of evidence-including research and program evaluations-in program design and funding decisions and (2) their capacity to adapt their operating practices accordingly. The recent push toward using evidence more deliberately in government meant that federal agencies needed to quickly improve the accessibility of existin…
Social Experiments
Unlocking the Potential of the “What Works” Approach to Policymaking and Practice
Despite bipartisan support in Washington, DC, which dates back to the mid-1990s, the “what works” approach has yet to gain broad support among policymakers and practitioners. One way to build such support is to increase the usefulness of program impact evaluations for these groups. We describe three ways to make impact evaluations more useful to policy and practice: emphasize learning from all studies over sorting out winners and losers; collect …
The relationship between child care subsidies and children's cognitive development
Using the right design to get the ‘wrong’ answer? Results of a random assignment evaluation of a volunteer tutoring programme
Academically focused tutoring programmes for young children have been promoted widely in the US in various forms as promising strategies for improving academic performance, particularly in reading and mathematics. A body of evidence shows the benefits of tutoring provided by certified, paid professionals; however, the evidence is less clear for tutoring programmes staffed by adult volunteers or college students. In this article, we describe a rel…
The Case for Early, Targeted Interventions to Prevent Academic Failure
The persistent achievement gaps among children of different race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status in the United States represent an issue that has commanded public, policy, and research attention on and off for about 100 years now, and it is once again in the forefront of policy-making agendas. Debates nevertheless abound on the most promising and cost-effective strategies to address the problem. We examine critically the available evidence on …
Presidential address
Overcoming the Challenges
Whether a Sociologist, Economist, Psychologist or Simply a Skilled Evaluator
The following is based on a keynote address presented at III Congresso Nazionale Dell’Associazione Italiana Di Valutazione, Torino, Villa Gaulina, 24 March, 2000
Effects of Welfare Reform on Teenage Parents and Their Children
A key question in welfare policy concerns the potential that welfare-to-work programs have to develop in teenage parents the motivation and skills to provide financially for themselves and their children. The Teenage Parent Welfare Demonstration was a major experiment initiated in 1986 by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and evaluated by Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., to test the impact of a welfare-to-work program for teenage…
Teenage childbearing and welfare reform
This paper discusses the causes and consequences of teenage childbearing. It also describes those teenage parents on welfare and their life circumstances that facilitate or impede their success as young parents. The third section describes a major federal demonstration of a mandatory JOBS-type program for teenage parents and its effectiveness in promoting self-sufficiency among this population. The fourth section discusses other initiatives aimed…
Assuring Child Support
Poor Children and Welfare Reform
Introduction What Is a Successful Program? Serving Children and Families Through the Welfare System: Challenges and Opportunities Sites and Services: Programs that Meet the Challenges Strategies for Meeting the Challenges Recommendations for Action Appendix A: The Case Studies Appendix B: Research Approach and Methods Selected Bibliography Index
The Impact of Supported Work on Young School Dropouts
Home Resources and Children's Achievement
IN 1966, the Coleman Report provided compelling evidence of the importance of the home environment in determining children's cognitive skill levels. This evidence, coupled with doubts about the effectiveness of school-based compensatory education programs, has led policymakers to consider programs that aim at improving school achievement by providing additional resources to the families of low achieving children. Efforts to design such programs h…
Effects of Welfare Reform on Teenage Parents and Their Children
A key question in welfare policy concerns the potential that welfare-to-work programs have to develop in teenage parents the motivation and skills to provide financially for themselves and their children. The Teenage Parent Welfare Demonstration was a major experiment initiated in 1986 by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and evaluated by Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., to test the impact of a welfare-to-work program for teenage…
Presidential address
Teenage childbearing and welfare reform
This paper discusses the causes and consequences of teenage childbearing. It also describes those teenage parents on welfare and their life circumstances that facilitate or impede their success as young parents. The third section describes a major federal demonstration of a mandatory JOBS-type program for teenage parents and its effectiveness in promoting self-sufficiency among this population. The fourth section discusses other initiatives aimed…
The relationship between child care subsidies and children's cognitive development
Using the right design to get the ‘wrong’ answer? Results of a random assignment evaluation of a volunteer tutoring programme
Academically focused tutoring programmes for young children have been promoted widely in the US in various forms as promising strategies for improving academic performance, particularly in reading and mathematics. A body of evidence shows the benefits of tutoring provided by certified, paid professionals; however, the evidence is less clear for tutoring programmes staffed by adult volunteers or college students. In this article, we describe a rel…
The Role of Federal Agencies in Creating and Administering Evidence-Based Policies
The success of federal agencies in creating and using evidence-based policies hinges on (1) their commitment to include routine use of evidence-including research and program evaluations-in program design and funding decisions and (2) their capacity to adapt their operating practices accordingly. The recent push toward using evidence more deliberately in government meant that federal agencies needed to quickly improve the accessibility of existin…
Unlocking the Potential of the “What Works” Approach to Policymaking and Practice
Despite bipartisan support in Washington, DC, which dates back to the mid-1990s, the “what works” approach has yet to gain broad support among policymakers and practitioners. One way to build such support is to increase the usefulness of program impact evaluations for these groups. We describe three ways to make impact evaluations more useful to policy and practice: emphasize learning from all studies over sorting out winners and losers; collect …
Overcoming the Challenges
Assuring Child Support
Poor Children and Welfare Reform
Introduction What Is a Successful Program? Serving Children and Families Through the Welfare System: Challenges and Opportunities Sites and Services: Programs that Meet the Challenges Strategies for Meeting the Challenges Recommendations for Action Appendix A: The Case Studies Appendix B: Research Approach and Methods Selected Bibliography Index
Home Resources and Children's Achievement
IN 1966, the Coleman Report provided compelling evidence of the importance of the home environment in determining children's cognitive skill levels. This evidence, coupled with doubts about the effectiveness of school-based compensatory education programs, has led policymakers to consider programs that aim at improving school achievement by providing additional resources to the families of low achieving children. Efforts to design such programs h…
The Impact of Supported Work on Young School Dropouts
Assuring Child Support
Poor Children and Welfare Reform
Introduction What Is a Successful Program? Serving Children and Families Through the Welfare System: Challenges and Opportunities Sites and Services: Programs that Meet the Challenges Strategies for Meeting the Challenges Recommendations for Action Appendix A: The Case Studies Appendix B: Research Approach and Methods Selected Bibliography Index
Effects of Welfare Reform on Teenage Parents and Their Children
A key question in welfare policy concerns the potential that welfare-to-work programs have to develop in teenage parents the motivation and skills to provide financially for themselves and their children. The Teenage Parent Welfare Demonstration was a major experiment initiated in 1986 by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and evaluated by Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., to test the impact of a welfare-to-work program for teenage…
Teenage childbearing and welfare reform
This paper discusses the causes and consequences of teenage childbearing. It also describes those teenage parents on welfare and their life circumstances that facilitate or impede their success as young parents. The third section describes a major federal demonstration of a mandatory JOBS-type program for teenage parents and its effectiveness in promoting self-sufficiency among this population. The fourth section discusses other initiatives aimed…
Whether a Sociologist, Economist, Psychologist or Simply a Skilled Evaluator
The following is based on a keynote address presented at III Congresso Nazionale Dell’Associazione Italiana Di Valutazione, Torino, Villa Gaulina, 24 March, 2000
Presidential address
Overcoming the Challenges
The Case for Early, Targeted Interventions to Prevent Academic Failure
The persistent achievement gaps among children of different race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status in the United States represent an issue that has commanded public, policy, and research attention on and off for about 100 years now, and it is once again in the forefront of policy-making agendas. Debates nevertheless abound on the most promising and cost-effective strategies to address the problem. We examine critically the available evidence on …
Using the right design to get the ‘wrong’ answer? Results of a random assignment evaluation of a volunteer tutoring programme
Academically focused tutoring programmes for young children have been promoted widely in the US in various forms as promising strategies for improving academic performance, particularly in reading and mathematics. A body of evidence shows the benefits of tutoring provided by certified, paid professionals; however, the evidence is less clear for tutoring programmes staffed by adult volunteers or college students. In this article, we describe a rel…
The relationship between child care subsidies and children's cognitive development
Social Experiments
Unlocking the Potential of the “What Works” Approach to Policymaking and Practice
Despite bipartisan support in Washington, DC, which dates back to the mid-1990s, the “what works” approach has yet to gain broad support among policymakers and practitioners. One way to build such support is to increase the usefulness of program impact evaluations for these groups. We describe three ways to make impact evaluations more useful to policy and practice: emphasize learning from all studies over sorting out winners and losers; collect …
The Role of Federal Agencies in Creating and Administering Evidence-Based Policies
The success of federal agencies in creating and using evidence-based policies hinges on (1) their commitment to include routine use of evidence-including research and program evaluations-in program design and funding decisions and (2) their capacity to adapt their operating practices accordingly. The recent push toward using evidence more deliberately in government meant that federal agencies needed to quickly improve the accessibility of existin…
Rees
Calls for improving transparency across the social science are increasing. One strategy that is gaining momentum in the quest to increase transparency is the practice of preregistering a study and analysis plan prior to conducting a study. In this article, we examine the potential of preregistration as a strategy for increasing transparency in education studies. We review existing registries within the social sciences and provide a rationale for …
Sample Size Planning in the Design of Two-Level Randomized Cost-Effectiveness Trials
This study introduces recent advances in statistical power analysis methods and tools for designing and analyzing randomized cost-effectiveness trials (RCETs) to evaluate the causal effects and costs of social work interventions. The article focuses on two-level designs, where, for example, students are nested within schools, with interventions applied either at the school level (cluster design) or student level (multisite design). We explore thr…
Psychology (13 obras) · Political science (12 obras) · Economics (10 obras) · Medicine (8 obras) · Sociology (7 obras) · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics (6 obras) · Computer Science (5 obras) · Law (5 obras) · Public Administration (4 obras) · Public relations (4 obras)