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Moving Workers from Low-Wage to Living-Wage Jobs
- January, 2019
- Posted by: Pamela Wells
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No CommentsIn early 2016, BakerRipley (formerly Neighborhood Centers, Inc.) launched a workforce development program designed to support underemployed workers to successfully move from low-wage jobs to living-wage, middle-skill jobs that provide financial stability and contribute to the region’s economic growth. The program, ASPIRE, “links together employers, high-quality training opportunities, and hardworking people to fill middle-skill gaps... Read More -
NCR Medical Communications Strategy, Planning and Execution Support
- January, 2019
- Posted by: Pamela Wells
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The National Capital Region Medical Directorate (NCR MD), is responsible for oversight of healthcare delivery operations for the largest Joint Multi-Service Market in all the US Military Health Systems. These responsibilities include developing and implementing transformational solutions and business practices to increase patient enrollment and satisfaction, recapture care and drive down military and private sector... Read More -
Impact Evaluation of Program to Improve Educator Effectiveness
- January, 2019
- Posted by: Pamela Wells
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DIR, under subcontract to Mathematica Policy Research, will support the evaluation of the Teacher and School Leader Incentive Program (TSL). The TSL program is designed to improve educator effectiveness by assisting states, local educational agencies (LEAs), and nonprofits to develop, implement, improve, or expand human capital management systems that measure performance and guide ongoing, targeted... Read More -
Evaluation of the Procedural Justice Informed Alternative Contempt (PJAC) Demonstration
- January, 2019
- Posted by: Pamela Wells
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The national evaluation of the impact of the Procedural Justice Informed Alternatives to Contempt (PJAC) Demonstration, commissioned by the Office of Administration of Children & Families, will focus on factors such as the amount and regularity of child support payments, child support debt, the use of enforcement actions, and the employment and earnings of parents... Read More -
Follow-up Surveys to Test Alternative Rent Policies
- January, 2019
- Posted by: Pamela Wells
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HUD’s Rent Reform Demonstration gives participating housing agencies the opportunity to adopt new policies on a trial basis and to learn from a careful evaluation whether they achieve benefits for tenants and the housing agency. The primary goal of the randomized controlled trial study is to test the effects of an alternative rent policy on... Read More -
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Data Integrity Analysis, Risk Management and Program Evaluation (DRE)
- January, 2019
- Posted by: Pamela Wells
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Job Corps has provided job training to millions of youth in all 50 states, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia. Predicated by the passage of new job training legislation, the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), the Department of Labor’s Office of Job Corps (OJC) implemented an overhaul of program management tools and reports.... Read More -
Peer Review and Support for Regional Educational Laboratories (2017–2022)
- January, 2019
- Posted by: Pamela Wells
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DIR serves as part of the REL Peer Review contract team to IES for the 2017-2022 contract cycle under subcontract to Mathematica Policy Research. DIR staff (1) serve as lead, contributory, relevance, and usability reviewers for REL research proposals and reports; (2) lead the logistics and support task for REL Directors Meetings; and (3) provide... Read More -
Evaluation of the Impact of Teacher Preparation Models
- January, 2019
- Posted by: Pamela Wells
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Decision Information Resources (DIR) participated in the national evaluation of the Impact of Teacher Preparation Models, under subcontract to Mathematica Policy Research. The study evaluated how differences among alternative teacher certification (AC), traditional certification (TC) routes, and teaching practices impacted student achievement in more than 60 schools nationwide. We worked closely with our partner, Mathematica... Read More -
Providing Technical Assistance to the Regional Educational Laboratory (REL) West
- January, 2019
- Posted by: Jose Gonzalez
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The Regional Educational Laboratory (REL) West serves the states of Arizona, California, Nevada, and Utah. In support to the REL West, DIR developed memos as part of the “Ask-a-REL” Reference Desk in response to requests and questions submitted through a public electronic submission system. The memos were developed from (1) conducting systematic searches for relevant... Read More -
National audit and evaluation of Job Corps Data performance data
- March, 2018
- Posted by: Chau Khong
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The Department of Labor (DOL) National Office of Job Corps (NOJC) contracted with DIR to provide data integrity; program and policy research and evaluation; and statistical support for five years. Job Corps is the nation’s largest residential training program with between 45,000 and 60,000 students participating in academic and career training each year. The program... Read More -
Technical Assistance to Regional Educational Laboratories and other IES researchers
- February, 2018
- Posted by: Chau Khong
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Through our work as the prime contractor with the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) on the Analytic Technical Assistance and Development (ATA&D) project, DIR provides technical assistance (TA) and support to the 10 Regional Educational Laboratories (RELs) and other National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance (NCEE) researchers. An important part of this work... Read More
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