Qualitative Analysis Support for the Future of Assessment and Accountability Project
Project Overview The National Urban League (NUL) is developing a vision for the next generation of assessments and accountability in K–12 education. The work seeks to develop a plan in the best interests of students of color and vulnerable students that identifies and upends inequity and advances better student outcomes. The plan development process will[...]
Read MoreWIC Product Bundling to Reduce Health Inequities for Women and Children
Project Overview Insight is supporting the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation in its overarching goal of ensuring everyone in America has a fair and just opportunity for health and well-being. This project examines the feasibility of using bundling to improve the experiences of the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) shopper and[...]
Read MoreImplementation and Assessment of the Ascend Policy Acceleration Partnerships
Project Overview More than 3.8 million U.S. undergraduate college students (22 percent) were parents of dependent children as of academic year 2015–2016. Despite the importance of education for students who are parents, their educational outcomes significantly lag behind their peers; just 17 percent of student parents earned an associate’s or bachelor’s degree within 6 years[...]
Read MoreServices in Support of Collection, Analysis, and Disposition of Public Comments
Project Overview The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute’s (PCORI) reauthorization included a new mandate to consider the full range of outcomes data. This mandate is an effort to reflect the potential burdens and economic impacts associated with healthcare utilization (out-of-pocket or nonmedical costs) in PCORI-funded research. PCORI sought comments during a public comment period about how[...]
Read MoreVideo Teleconferencing for Disease Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment: A Rapid Review
Project Overview The COVID-19 pandemic necessitated rapid uptake of telemedicine in the United States as an alternative to in-person visits. Health professionals now rely heavily on synchronous video teleconferencing (VTC) to diagnose and treat patients. VTC is the telehealth delivery format most like traditional in-person visits, and it represents a trend that will extend into[...]
Read MoreNetworks for School Improvement Initiative
Project Overview The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Networks for School Improvements (NSI) initiative provides grants to organizations across the United States to support middle schools and high schools in identifying promising approaches for addressing common challenges. NSI supports continuous improvement projects for over 20 networks across more than 400 K–12 schools. Insight is leading[...]
Read MoreLandscape: Bias in Early Childhood Learning Assessments
Project Overview Students of color, English learners, and students with low socioeconomic status have lower educational assessment scores than their peers across many domains. Although many potential causes for the gaps between these vulnerable subpopulations and their peers are apparent, one potential explanation of increasing public and research attention is systemic bias in the educational[...]
Read MoreWIC State Agency Profiles
Project Overview Insight partnered with the National WIC Association (NWA) to automate the development of 89 state agency profiles for the annual State of WIC report. Insight designed and developed the profiles within a few weeks. The profiles display information on WIC participant characteristics; breastfeeding trends; childhood obesity rates; and mortality and birth outcomes for[...]
Read MoreResearch Initiatives for the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America
Project Overview Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) represents the country's leading innovative biopharmaceutical research companies, which are devoted to discovering and developing medicines that enable patients to live longer, healthier, and more productive lives. Insight conducted the following health research initiatives in support of this mission: Opioid Epidemic Literature Review. The Insight team conducted an[...]
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