Rebecca A Maynard

Biographic Data

ID3979291
NAMERebecca A Maynard
GIVEN NAMESRebecca A
FAMILY NAMEMaynard
SIGNATUREMAYNARD R A
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Pennsylvania
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS9
TOTAL CITATIONS40
AUTHOR COUNT9
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1981
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2018
H-INDEX3

  • The Role of Federal Agencies in Creating and Administering Evidence-Based Policies

    Open AccessRebecca A Maynard, Rebecca MaynardARTICLEThe Annals of the American…2018Cited by: 2References: 7

    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

    Open AccessLarry L Orr, Rebecca A Maynard et al.CHAPTERInternational Encyclopedia of the…2015

  • The relationship between child care subsidies and children's cognitive development

    Open AccessLaura E Hawkinson, Andrew S Griffen et al.ARTICLEEarly Childhood Research Quarterly2012Cited by: 4References: 14

  • Presidential address: Evidence‐based decision making: What will it take for the decision makers to care

    Open AccessRebecca A Maynard, Rebecca MaynardARTICLEJournal of Policy Analysis and…2006Cited by: 11References: 13

  • Whether a Sociologist, Economist, Psychologist or Simply a Skilled Evaluator: Lessons from Evaluation Practice in the United States

    Open AccessRebecca A Maynard, Rebecca MaynardARTICLEEvaluation2000References: 2

    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

    J Lawrence Aber, Jeanne Brooks-Gunn et al.ARTICLEThe Future of Children1995Cited by: 19References: 3

    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…

  • Assuring Child Support: An Extension of Social Security

    Rebecca A Maynard, Rebecca Maynard et al.ARTICLEJournal of Policy Analysis and…1994Cited by: 2

  • Poor Children and Welfare Reform

    Open AccessRebecca A Maynard, Rebecca Maynard et al.ARTICLEJournal of Policy Analysis and…1994Cited by: 2

    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

    Richard J Murnane, Rebecca A Maynard et al.ARTICLEThe Review of Economics and…1981

    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…