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Can incentives for parents and students change educational inputs? Experimental evidence from summer school by Martorell, Paco, Miller, Trey, Santibañez, Lucrecia, Augustine, Catherine H.

“…•Combined parent and student incentives increased student attendance at a summer program.•Student-only incentives had a smaller effect on attendance than…”
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Improving school leadership: The promise of cohesive leadership systems by Augustine, Catherine H, Gonzalez, Gabriella, Ikemoto Schuyler, Gina, Russell, Jennifer, Zellman, Gail L, Constant, Louay, Armstrong, Jane, Dembosky, Jacob W

“…Improving the nation's public schools is one of the highest priorities of federal, state, and local government in America. Recent research has shown that the…”
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Revitalizing Arts Education Through Community-Wide Coordination by Bodilly, Susan J, Augustine, Catherine H, Zakaras, Laura

“…Initiatives to coordinate schools, cultural institutions, community-based organizations, foundations, and/or government agencies to promote access to arts…”
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Ready for Fall? Near-Term Effects of Voluntary Summer Learning Programs on Low-Income Students' Learning Opportunities and Outcomes by McCombs, Jennifer Sloan, Pane, John F, Augustine, Catherine H, Schwartz, Heather L, Martorell, Paco

“…The Wallace Foundation’s National Summer Learning Study, conducted by RAND and launched in 2011, offers the first assessment of district-run voluntary summer…”
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Focus on the wonder years: Challenges facing the American middle school by Juvonen, Jaana, Le, Vi-Nhuan, Kaganoff, Tessa, Augustine, Catherine H, Constant, Louay

“…Young teens undergo multiple changes that seem to set them apart from other students. But do middle schools actually meet their special needs? The authors…”
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Promoting Quality and Variety Through the Public Financing of Privately Operated Schools in Qatar by Constant, Louay, Goldman, Charles A., Zellman, Gail L., Augustine, Catherine H., Galama, Titus, Gonzalez, Gabriella, Guarino, C. A., Karam, Rita, Ryan, Gery W., Salem, Hanine

“…In 2002, Qatar began establishing publicly funded, privately operated "independent schools" in parallel with the existing, centralized Ministry of Education…”
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Use of the Occivator for the Correction of Forward Head Posture, and the Implications for Temporomandibular Disorders: A Pilot Study by Augustine, Catherine, Makofsky, Howard W., Britt, Christina, Adomsky, Barbara, Martire Deshler, Jennifer, Ramirez, Paula, Douris, Peter

“…Numerous studies suggest that temporomandibular disorders may be associated with forward head posture. The current study presents a need for an intervention…”
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Making Summer Count: How Summer Programs Can Boost Children's Learning by McCombs, Jennifer Sloan, Augustine, Catherine H, Schwartz, Heather L, Bodilly, Susan J, McInnis, Brian

“…Research has shown that students' skills and knowledge often deteriorate during the summer months, with low-income students facing the largest losses. School…”
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External and Internal Influences on Institutional Approaches to Student Assessment: Accountability or Improvement? by Peterson, Marvin W., Augustine, Catherine H.

“…The purpose of this study is to compare the influences of state characteristics related to student assessment, accreditation emphasis on student assessment,…”
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Organizational Practices Enhancing the Influence of Student Assessment Information in Academic Decisions by Peterson, Marvin W., Augustine, Catherine H.

“…Student assessment should not be undertaken as an end in itself but as a means to educational and institutional improvement. The purpose of our study is to…”
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Making Summer Last: Integrating Summer Programming into Core District Priorities and Operations. RAND Summer Learning Series. Research Report. RR-2038-WF by Augustine, Catherine H, Thompson, Lindsey E

“…During the school year leading up to summer 2015, summer leaders in Dallas, Pittsburgh, and Rochester made concerted efforts to integrate their summer learning…”
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Summer Learning Programs Yield Key Lessons for Districts and Policymakers by Augustine, Catherine H, McCombs, Jennifer Sloan

“…The Wallace Foundation is funding a multiyear demonstration project to determine whether voluntary, district summer learning programs can stem summer learning…”
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Investing in Successful Summer Programs: A Review of Evidence under the Every Student Succeeds Act. Research Report. RR-2836-WF by McCombs, Jennifer Sloan, Augustine, Catherine H, Unlu, Fatih, Ziol-Guest, Kathleen M, Naftel, Scott, Gomez, Celia J, Marsh, Terry, Akinniranye, Goke, Todd, Ivy

“…Research evidence suggests that summer breaks contribute to income-based achievement and opportunity gaps for children and youth. However, summertime can also…”
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Factors influencing the use of institutional research studies from the researchers' perspective by Augustine, Catherine Holmes

“…This study examines institutional researchers' perceptions of how decision-makers within postsecondary institutions use institutional research (IR) study…”
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State of the States: The Search for Ways to Improve Instructional Leadership Zeroes in on 6 Policy Areas by Augustine, Catherine, Russell, Jennifer

“…Through its engagement with grantees on initiatives to improve school leadership, The Wallace Foundation came to recognize the important role that state…”
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Making Summer Count: How Summer Programs Can Boost Children's Learning by McCombs, Jennifer Sloan, Augustine, Catherine, Schwartz, Heather, Bodilly, Susan, McInnis, Brian, Lichter, Dahlia, Cross, Amanda Brown

“…During summer vacation, many students lose knowledge and skills. By the end of summer, students perform, on average, one month behind where they left off in…”
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A System for Phenotype Harmonization in the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Trans-Omics for Precision Medicine (TOPMed) Program by Stilp, Adrienne M, Emery, Leslie S, Broome, Jai G, Buth, Erin J, Khan, Alyna T, Laurie, Cecelia A, Wang, Fei Fei, Wong, Quenna, Chen, Dongquan, D’Augustine, Catherine M, Heard-Costa, Nancy L, Hohensee, Chancellor R, Johnson, William Craig, Juarez, Lucia D, Liu, Jingmin, Mutalik, Karen M, Raffield, Laura M, Wiggins, Kerri L, de Vries, Paul S, Kelly, Tanika N, Kooperberg, Charles, Natarajan, Pradeep, Peloso, Gina M, Peyser, Patricia A, Reiner, Alex P, Arnett, Donna K, Aslibekyan, Stella, Barnes, Kathleen C, Bielak, Lawrence F, Bis, Joshua C, Cade, Brian E, Chen, Ming-Huei, Correa, Adolfo, Cupples, L Adrienne, de Andrade, Mariza, Ellinor, Patrick T, Fornage, Myriam, Franceschini, Nora, Gan, Weiniu, Ganesh, Santhi K, Graffelman, Jan, Grove, Megan L, Guo, Xiuqing, Hawley, Nicola L, Hsu, Wan-Ling, Jackson, Rebecca D, Jaquish, Cashell E, Johnson, Andrew D, Kardia, Sharon L R, Kelly, Shannon, Lee, Jiwon, Mathias, Rasika A, McGarvey, Stephen T, Mitchell, Braxton D, Montasser, May E, Morrison, Alanna C, North, Kari E, Nouraie, Seyed Mehdi, Oelsner, Elizabeth C, Pankratz, Nathan, Rich, Stephen S, Rotter, Jerome I, Smith, Jennifer A, Taylor, Kent D, Vasan, Ramachandran S, Weeks, Daniel E, Weiss, Scott T, Wilson, Carla G, Yanek, Lisa R, Psaty, Bruce M, Heckbert, Susan R, Laurie, Cathy C

“…Abstract Genotype-phenotype association studies often combine phenotype data from multiple studies to increase statistical power. Harmonization of the data…”
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Expanding Afterschool Opportunities: Connecting STEM Afterschool Providers and Schools. American Educator Panels. Data Note. RR-A2837-1 by Augustine, Catherine H, Leschitz, Jennifer T, Kushner, Jonah

“…Children and youth have benefited from afterschool programs in terms of academic, physical health, school attendance, promotion, graduation, and social and…”
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Making Summer Count by Jennifer Sloan McCombs, Augustine, Catherine, Schwartz, Heather, Bodilly, Susan, Mcinnis, Brian

“…How summer programs can boost children's learning…”
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Expanding Afterschool Opportunities: Connecting STEM Afterschool Providers and Schools. Data Note. RR-A2837-1 by Augustine, Catherine H, Leschitz, Jennifer T, Kushner, Jonah

“…Children and youth have benefited from afterschool programs in terms of academic, physical health, school attendance, promotion, graduation, and social and…”
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