This issue brief describes the programs and systems of the MDRC Center for Data Insights. Ranging from simple descriptive summaries to advanced machine learning algorithms, the Center's eight current projects aim to use institutions' increasingly rich data to provide new insights that can help refine and target their client's services: (1)…

The topic of Pre-Kindergarten (pre-K) education has become very well known throughout the nation, especially with the ever-increasing pressures for schools to produce better and brighter students. Schools are challenged to educate all children adequately, no matter their background (race, socioeconomic status, parental education level, etc.) or…