Research Reports

Issue Briefs

• The eEnergy Vermont Collaborative: Bringing the Smart Grid to the State of Vermont (February 2013)
• Why a Comprehensive Approach to Educational Reform is Necessary (January 2013)
• Educational Productivity and Opportunities to Learn (September 2012)
• Addressing the Needs of Children of Incarcerated Parents (February 2012)
• Student Mobility and Opportunity to Learn: Money Matters (January 2012)
• Can Voluntary School District Mergers Succeed? (October 2011)
• Parent Information Resource Centers and Title I Compliance (June 2011)

Projects and Reports

The Jeffords Center provides independent evaluation of policy initiatives and their implementation for state and local governments, private agencies and academic institutions.

Human Services

• Identifying Opportunities for Integrated Service Delivery to Children, Youth, and Young Adults with Disabilities (February 2012)
• Lamoille Community Justice Project Program Evaluation: Fall 2009 - Summer 2010 (August 2010)
• Homelessness Phase V Report: Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program: Final Report (March 31, 2010)
• General Assistance (GA) Pilot: Phase 3 Evaluation Report (August 2009)
• General Assistance (GA) Pilot: Phase 3 Executive Summary (August 24, 2009)
• General Assistance (GA) Pilot: Phase 2 Evaluation Report (January 2009)
• General Assistance (GA) Pilot: Phase 2 Executive Summary (January 21, 2008)
• General Assistance (GA) Housing Benefits Flexibility Pilot Programs Evaluation: Phase 1 (November 15, 2007)
• General Assistance (GA) Housing Benefits Flexibility Pilot Programs Evaluation: Phase 1 - Executive Summary (November 2007)
• A Study of Consumer Satisfaction with Services and Supports Provided by the Agency of Human Services, 2005 (2005)
• A Study of Staff Satisfaction at the Vermont Agency of Human Services, 2005 (2005)

Corrections

• Windsor County Sparrow Project Program Evaluation: Final Report of Year One Findings, June 1, 2009 - June 30, 2010 (May 2011)
• Incarcerated Women's Initiative (IWI) (June 2007)

Education

• Interim Report on Act 153 (CY 2012): An Act Relating to Voluntary School District Merger, Virtual Merger, Supervisory Union Duties, and Including Secondary Students with Disabilities in Senior Year Activities and Ceremonies (January 2013)
• Educational Opportunities Working Group Report on Aligning Funding, Opportunities to Learn and Outcomes of the Educational System (December 2012)
• Interim Report on Act 153 (CY 2011): An Act Relating to Voluntary School District Merger, Virtual Merger, Supervisory Union Duties, and Including Secondary Students with Disabilities in Senior Year Activities and Ceremonies (July 2012)
• Identifying Opportunities for Integrated Service Delivery to Children, Youth, and Young Adults with Disabilities (February 2012)
• Report on Voluntary School District Merger Activity and Process (CY10), Executive Summary (March 23, 2011)
• Vermont Teacher Diversity Report 2010: Study of Diversity of School Personnel and Recruiting Practices (2010)
• Evaluation of the "Quantum Leap" Truancy and Dropout Prevention Programs Mount Anthony Union High School, Bennington Vermont: Final Evaluation Report (March 2006)

Transportation

• Windham Region Mobility Study: Coordination of Transportation Services to Improve Mobility for All of the Windham Region's Residents. (November 2012)

 

Vermont Mathematics Initiative (VMI)

• The Vermont Mathematics Initiative: Student Acheivement from Grade 4 to Grade 10 2000 to 2006 (March 2008)
  • Evaluating the Vermont Mathematics Initiative in a Value Added Context (this is a powerpoint presentation of the March 2008 paper)
• Vermont Mathematics Initiative Program Evaluation (May 2005)
  • Executive Summary VMI Evaluation (Executive Summary of the May 2005 Evaluation)

Vermont Legislative Research Service (VLRS) Policy Briefs

The Vermont Legislative Research Service (VLRS), formerly the Vermont Legislative Research Shop, was founded in 1998 and became part of the UVM Jeffords Center in 2010. The VLRS strives to provide non-partisan policy research support to state legislators while concurrently promoting students' research skills. Students work in research teams to produce reports answering questions posed by Legislators or create new reports based on current issues in the Legislature, under the supervision of Professor Anthony Gierzynski, Director of the VLRS.

• Agriculture
• Criminal Justice and Corrections
• Economic Issues
• Education
• Energy
• Environment
• Health
• Instant Runoff Voting (IRV) Report
• Politics and Government
• Safety
• Other

Submit a Research Request

Legislators may request full policy reports (approximately 5 pages, fully researched and documented) and/or "quick hit" memos that answer specific questions. For more information or to submit a request, please see the VLRS Request webpage.