2013-05-10T16:41:46Z Copyright (c) 2013, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/about/people/k/kilburn_m_rebecca.html http://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WR632.html 2009-03-31T11:03:00Z 2009-03-31T11:03:00Z

Seeks to assess the current state of the child abuse and neglect prevention field as well as identify potential future directions for the field in terms of emerging priorities and prevention strategies.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20081401.html 2008-09-01T12:00:00Z 2008-09-01T12:00:00Z

The empirical results of this paper imply that such household parental investments compensate for low endowments, as proxied by low birth weight.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WR404-1.html 2008-05-06T12:25:00Z 2008-05-06T12:25:00Z

Child-specific parental resource allocations, especially in families with high socioeconomic status, are more beneficial to relatively poorly endowed siblings.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9413.html 2009-01-27T08:16:00Z 2009-01-27T08:16:00Z

Discusses the large disparities between boys and men of color in California compared with their white counterparts across four broad domains -- socioeconomic, health, safety, and ready to learn.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WR404.html 2006-09-05T05:30:00Z 2006-09-05T05:30:00Z

Child-specific parental resource allocations, especially in families with high socioeconomic status, are more beneficial to relatively poorly endowed siblings.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WR137.html 2004-12-21T12:10:00Z 2004-12-21T12:10:00Z

http://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WR367.html 2006-04-05T15:58:00Z 2006-04-05T15:58:00Z

Using birth weight as a proxy for endowments, this paper estimates how the difference in endowments across siblings impacts specific parental investments.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR921.html 2011-06-20T10:15:00Z 2011-06-20T10:15:00Z

In 2007, Hawai'i launched its P-3 initiative, which aims for every child to read at grade level by third grade. The first year of RAND's evaluation examined plans, activities, and policy in two demonstration sites and for the initiative as a whole.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WR168.html 2004-12-21T12:10:00Z 2004-12-21T12:10:00Z

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP51107.html 2011-04-01T12:00:00Z 2011-04-01T12:00:00Z

This document summarizes RAND's Promising Practices Network on Children, Families and Communities.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP51108.html 2012-03-01T12:00:00Z 2012-03-01T12:00:00Z

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP51106.html 2012-09-01T12:00:00Z 2012-09-01T12:00:00Z

Lessons learned from implementing a randomized trial in a community setting so that other randomized trials can anticipate and prevent some of the challenges encountered.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WR884.html 2011-11-07T14:59:00Z 2011-11-07T14:59:00Z

Proposes measures of successful home visiting program implementation and identifies factors that promote successful implementation or serve as barriers to program initiation based on lessons learned from the replication of the First Born® Program.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9144.html 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

This research brief describes work documented in Early Childhood Interventions: Proven Results, Future Promise (MG-341-PNC).

http://www.rand.org/pubs/conf_proceedings/CF161.html 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

In August 2000, RAND convened a meeting of national experts to discuss issues surrounding cost-benefit and related analyses of Starting Early Starting Smart (SESS).

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR1336.html 2001-01-01T12:01:46Z 2001-01-01T12:01:46Z

The authors identify the conceptual and methodological issues associated with the analysis of costs and outcomes of early intervention programs and review the prior application of these methods to several programs.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG341.html 2005-10-18T15:47:00Z 2005-10-18T15:47:00Z

Presents a review and synthesis of current research that addresses the potential for various forms of early childhood intervention to improve outcomes for participating children and their families.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR1336z1.html 2001-01-01T12:05:15Z 2001-01-01T12:05:15Z

The authors identify the conceptual and methodological issues associated with the analysis of costs and outcomes of early intervention programs and review the prior application of these methods to several programs.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9145.html 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

This research brief describes work documented in Early Childhood Interventions: Proven Results, Future Promise (MG-341-PNC).

http://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WR596.html 2008-06-29T12:41:00Z 2008-06-29T12:41:00Z

The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation's Child Abuse Prevention Program and the RAND Corporation's Promising Practices Network posed a question to six experts regarding the prevention of child abuse and neglect in the United States.