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Millimet, Daniel L.; Tchernis, Rusty – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2009
While the rise in childhood obesity is clear, the policy ramifications are not. School nutrition programs such as the School Breakfast Program (SBP) have come under much scrutiny. However, the lack of experimental evidence, combined with non-random selection into these programs, makes identification of the causal effects of such programs…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Nutrition, Breakfast Programs, Context Effect
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Mulvenon, Sean W.; Stegman, Charles E. – Journal of Educational Research & Policy Studies, 2006
As part of No Child Left Behind (NCLB) legislation, many states are using confidence intervals to determine a range of scores for evaluating a school system. More specifically, the states are employing confidence intervals to help minimize measurement error in determining a school system's performance. The methodology and techniques employed in…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Computation, Intervals, Error of Measurement