Brecher C, Silver D, Searcy C and Weitzman B. (2005). "Following the Money: Using Expenditure Analysis as an Evaluation Tool." American Journal of Evaluation.

Weitzman B, Silver D and Brazill C. (2005). "Efforts to Improve Public Policy and Programs through Improved Data Practices: Experiences in Fifteen Distressed American Cities." Public Administration Review, in press.

Brecher C, Searcy C, Silver D and Weitzman B. (2004). "What Does Government Spend on Children? Evidence from Five Cities." Washington, DC, The Brookings Institution Center on Urban and Metropolitan Policy.

Gallup-Black A, Brecher C and Weitzman B. (2004). "Teen Pregnancy and Urban Youth: Competing Truths, Complacency, and Perception of the Problem." Journal of Adolescent Health 34(5): 266-275.

Brecher C, Searcy C, Weitzman B and Silver D. (2003). Fiscal Analysis as a Tool in the Evaluation of Complex Social Programs. Fourth Annual Meeting of the Urban Health Initiative's Local Evaluators, New York, NY.

Mijanovich T. (2003). Neighborhood effects on the health of adolescents: Findings from the Survey of Adults and Youth. American Public Health Association, San Diego, CA.

Mijanovich T and Weitzman B. (2003). "Which broken windows matter? School, neighborhood and family characteristics association with youths' feelings of unsafety." Journal of Urban Health 80(3): 400-415.

Weitzman B, Guttmacher S, Weinberg S and Kapadia F. (2003). "Low response rate schools in surveys of adolescent risk taking behaviours: possible biases, possible solutions." Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 57(1): 63-67.

Weitzman B and Silver D. (2003). "Facing the Challenge of Evaluating a Complex, Multi-Site Initiative." The Evaluation Exchange Harvard Graduate School of Education IX(3): 9-12.

Weitzman B and Silver D. (2003). The Pros and Cons of a City Level Comprehensive Initiative: The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Urban Health Initiative. Second International Urban Health Conference.

Weitzman B, Silver D and Brazill C. (2003). Improving Public Policy Through Improved Data Practices: Experience in 15 Distressed Cities. Harvard University Urban Seminar Series, Boston, MA.

Brecher C, Weitzman B, Searcy C and Silver D. (2002). Fiscal Analysis as a Tool in the Evaluation of Complex Social Programs. American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.

Gallup-Black A, Jasek JP and Berkson S. (2002). State of the Cities of the Urban Health Initiative: An Interim Report. New York, NY, Center for Health & Public Service Research.

Gallup-Black A, Weitzman B, Jasek J, Mijanovich T and Billings J. (2002). Putting it Together: Understanding the Connections Among Various Policy Outcomes for Young People in Cities. Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, Dallas, TX.

Gould J, Manning C, Silver D and Weitzman B. (2002). Reporting Back: How Civic Leaders Describe Efforts Addressing Youth Violence. American Public Health Association annual meeting, Philadelphia, PA.

Jasek JP, Mijanovich T and Weitzman B. (2002). Parents, Peers, and Prohibitions: Teen Perceptions of Alcohol and Drug Use in Five Disadvantaged US Cities. American Public Health Association annual meeting. J. JP. Philadelphia, PA.

Jasek JP and Weitzman B. (2002). External Threats to the Evaluation System: The Case of 9/11/01. American Evaluation Association Annual meeting. Washington DC.

Mijanovich T and Weitzman B. (2002). Young People's Feelings of Safety in the Wake of September 11th. American Public Health Association annual meeting, Philadelphia, PA.

Silver D, Weitzman B and Brecher C. (2002). "Setting an Agenda for Local Action: The Limits of Expert Opinion and Community Voice." Policy Studies Journal 30(3).

Weitzman B, Silver D and Dillman KN. (2002). "Integrating a Comparison Group Design into a Theory of Change Evaluation: The Case of the Urban Health Initiative." American Journal of Evaluation 23(4): 371-385.

Brecher C and Chellman C. (2001). Fiscal Federalism: Placing the Clinton Years in Context. American Political Science Association annual meeting.

Brecher C and Chellman C. (2001). The Usefulness of Cost Information and Other Reporting Techniques: Children's Budgets' Use in Mixed Methods Program Evaluation. Association of Budgeting and Financial Management, * (conference cancelled due to events of September 11th).

Weitzman B and Silver D. (2001). Better Than Nothing At All: The Case for Using a Comparison Group in a Theory Driven Evaluation. American Evaluation Association annual meeting, St. Louis, MO.

Brecher C and Chellman C. (2000). Cities, States, and Kids: The Importance of City-State Relations to Improving Services for Urban Youth. Association of Budgeting and Financial Management annual meeting.

Brecher C, Weitzman B and Chellman C. (2000). Cities, States and Kids: The Importance of City-State Relations to Improving Services for Urban Youth. New York, NY, Center for Health & Public Service Research.

Dillman KN, Weitzman B, Mijanovich T and Billings J. (2000). Estimating the Counterfactual: Cluster Analysis in the Evaluation of the Urban Health Initiative. Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management annual meeting, Seattle, WA.

Gallup-Black A, Silver D, Mijanovich T, Reid A and Jasek J. (2000). A Shared Understanding: Mass Elite Perceptions of the Problems Facing Children and Youth in Five American Cities. American Association of Public Opinion Research annual meeting, Portland, OR.

Gallup-Black A, Weitzman B, Mijanovich T, Jasek JP and Billings J. (2000). State of the Cities of the Urban Health Initiative: A Baseline Report. New York, NY, Center for Health & Public Service Research.

Silver D, Weitzman B and Brecher C. (2000). Setting an Agenda for Local Action: The Limits of Expert Opinion and Community Voice. Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management annual meeting, Seattle, WA.

Weitzman B and Silver D. (2000). The Interplay of National and Local Evaluators: Meeting the Evaluation Needs of a Foundation on Participating Communities in a National Initiative. Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management annual meeting, Seattle, WA.

Weitzman B and Silver D. (1996). Evaluation Issues for 'America's Promise,' the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Urban Health Initiative. Association of Public Policy & Management annual meeting, Pittsburgh, PA.