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Journal Article
Section 1332 Waiver Evaluation Report: Evaluating the Oregon Reinsurance Program
This report documents findings from the evaluation of Oregon's waiver, through which the state implemented the Oregon Reinsurance Program (ORP).
Mar 29, 2022
Journal Article
Modelling the Impact of Social Distancing and Targeted Vaccination on the Spread of COVID-19 Through a Real City-Scale Contact Network
We use mobile device data to construct empirical interpersonal physical contact networks in the city of Portland, Oregon, both before and after social distancing measures were enacted during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Dec 15, 2021
Journal Article
Professional Development Incentives for Oregon's Early Childhood Education Workforce: A Randomized Study
This study used two trials to test whether sending emails and offering different financial incentives to Oregon ECE workforce members increased career lattice sign-up and increased education and training levels or workplace retention.
Sep 24, 2021
Journal Article
How High: Differences in the Developments of Cannabis Markets in Two Legalized States
This paper is the first to examine cannabis market data from Washington alongside that from Oregon, two states that are similar in regard to legalizing retail sales of cannabis but differ in terms of their regulatory frameworks.
Apr 13, 2021
Research Brief
Dual-Language Immersion Programs Raise Student Achievement in English
Portland Public Schools students randomly assigned to dual-language immersion programs outperformed their peers on state reading tests by 13 percent in grade 5 and by 22 percent in grade 8. Students gained proficiency in a second language with no drop in their performance in math or science.
Nov 3, 2017
Report
Financing Health Care in Oregon: Four Policy Options
This presentation describes four options for financing health care for residents of the state of Oregon and compares the projected impacts and feasibility of each option.
May 17, 2017
News Release
Oregon Has Options to Move Toward Universal Health Coverage; Repeal of the Affordable Care Act Would Make All Options ...
Oregon has options for reforming health care financing to expand coverage and meet broader goals, though they differ in their feasibility, tradeoffs and financing requirements.
Jan 19, 2017
Report
Oregon's Options for Financing Health Care
Federal health care reform had just begun in 2013 when Oregon authorized a study to improve how the state pays for health care. A comparison of the projected impacts and feasibility of four options can help Oregon's stakeholders choose the option that best suits their needs.
Jan 19, 2017
Research Brief
Oregon's Options to Overhaul Health Care Financing: Health Care Reform 2.0?
This analysis of three options to reform health care payment in Oregon (two state-based plans that would ensure coverage for all state residents and a state-sponsored plan offered in Oregon's nongroup market) found benefits and trade-offs for each.
Jan 19, 2017
Research Brief
Implementing Two-Way Dual-Language Immersion Programs: Classroom Insights from an Urban District
Teachers in two-way dual-language immersion classrooms consistently implemented key instructional practices targeted by the school district. Teachers strongly adhered to guidelines on language use. Students were less consistent in their language use.
Oct 17, 2016
Journal Article
Teaching Practices and Language Use in Two-Way Dual Language Immersion Programs in a Large Public School District
This article provides a descriptive view of what is happening in two-way dual language immersion classrooms in a large, urban U.S. school district.
Jul 28, 2016
Commentary
Oregon Standoff Shouldn't Have an Anti-Terrorism Twist
Dwight and Steven Hammond were charged under a law enacted to fight terrorism, not rein in wayward ranchers. Anti-terrorist laws should not be used to strengthen prosecutors' hands in nonterrorist prosecutions—it makes national security needs look like an instrument of oppression.
Jan 13, 2016
Journal Article
Use of Pooled State Administrative Data for Mental Health Services Research
State mental health authorities routinely devote resources to collect data for state planning and reporting purposes. However, these data are rarely used in cross-state comparisons to inform state or federal policy development.
Feb 26, 2015
Report
National Evaluation of Safe Start Promising Approaches: Assessing Program Outcomes
Shares the results of Safe Start Promising Approaches, a community-based initiative that implemented and evaluated promising and evidence-based programs to prevent and reduce the impact of children's exposure to violence in 15 U.S. program sites.
Jan 4, 2012
Report
National Evaluation of Safe Start Promising Approaches: Assessing Program Outcomes
Shares the results of Safe Start Promising Approaches, a community-based initiative that implemented and evaluated promising and evidence-based programs to prevent and reduce the impact of children's exposure to violence in 15 U.S. program sites.
Aug 25, 2011
Journal Article
Reducing Early Smokers' Risk for Future Smoking and Other Problem Behavior: Insights from a Five-Year Longitudinal Study
Finds risk and protective factors during adolescence that predict future regular smoking and multiple problem behavior among youth who had tried smoking by grade 7. Protective factors include good grades and parental disapproval of smoking/drug use.
Jan 1, 2008
Report
Oregon’s Measure 11 Sentencing Reform: Implementation and System Impact
The impacts of Measure 11 on crime and its prosecution in Oregon.
Dec 13, 2004
Journal Article
Oregon's Lessons for Improving Advance Care Planning
Discusses Oregon's Physicians orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) form.
Jan 1, 2004
Journal Article
Predictors of the Transition to Regular Smoking During Adolescence and Young Adulthood
To identify predictors of the transition from experimentation to regular smoking in middle adolescence, late adolescence, and young adulthood.
Jan 1, 2003
Journal Article
Defining and Implementing Medical Necessity in Washington State and Oregon
This paper reports on a qualitative study of how health care providers in the states of Washington and Oregon define and implement medical necessity.
Jan 1, 1997

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