Founded in 1974, MDRC is committed to improving the lives of people with low incomes. We design promising new interventions, evaluate existing programs, and provide technical assistance to build better programs.
MDRC develops evidence about solutions to some of the nation’s most difficult problems. Explore our projects and variety of products, including publications, videos, podcast episodes, and resources for researchers and practitioners.
This brief from the Readiness of Children for School study describes trends in family and child well-being in Guilford County, NC, over the last decade.
Resources to Design Comprehensive Assessments for All Learners
This repository includes tools to help assessment developers create inclusive learning assessments for young children that focus on users’ perspectives and needs.
This brief presents key design considerations for conducting cost studies on workforce development strategies in the child care and early education field.
This brief presents a theory-of-change model to explain how scholarship strategies can lead to better outcomes for the child care and early education field.
Lessons from a Partnership between NPower and Urban Alliance
This issue focus discusses the partnership between NPower and Urban Alliance to provide digital literacy and IT training programs to high school seniors.
This report presents interim findings on the SUCCESS program, which aimed to develop an affordable and sustainable student success program for college students.
This paper discusses the need to include small rural colleges in higher-education studies to generate evidence on what works for rural colleges and students.
As an example of how MDRC approaches expanding models, describes MDRC’s work with a state agency and a community college district on a student success program.
Early Findings from the Evaluation of Management Leadership for Tomorrow’s Turn Pro Program
The report discusses the Turn Pro program, which aims to help prepare college students to secure high-quality jobs that match their skills and experiences.
This issue focus presents takeaways from recent research on outcomes-based funding (OBF), a method of allocating state funds to higher education institutions.
In this commentary originally published by Vital City, Leah Nelson, Sarah Picard, and Peter Jones describe how a relatively simple intervention piloted in Birmingham, Alabama, can reduce debt burden, improve compliance, and increase revenue.
