2012-05-10T18:02:47Z Copyright (c) 2012, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/about/people/m/mccombs_jennifer_sloan.html http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG784.html 2008-10-20T19:29:00Z 2008-10-20T19:29:00Z

Presents information regarding the implementation of the No Child Left Behind Act in California, Georgia, and Pennsylvania from 2003-2004 through 2005-2006, including the final results of the Implementing Standards-Based Accountability project.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG506.html 2006-08-16T12:19:00Z 2006-08-16T12:19:00Z

Critically examines the process by which teacher education reform will result in highly qualified teachers capable of producing improvements in student learning.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG589.html 2007-04-29T02:30:00Z 2007-04-29T02:30:00Z

Standards-based accountability provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act have influenced U.S. public schools. This book sheds light on teachers' and administrators' attitudes and actions in response to these accountability policies.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR149.html 2004-12-13T08:41:00Z 2004-12-13T08:41:00Z

Presents first year findings from an evaluation of teacher education reform at four institutions under the Teachers for a New Era initiative.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR180.html 2004-12-13T08:41:00Z 2004-12-13T08:41:00Z

Examines performance of adolescents (grades 4 through 12) on states’ reading or English language arts and writing assessments and on the National Assessment of Educational Progress, and documents the content, format, and performance levels of those assessments and the kinds of skills and competencies states were emphasizing to achieve goals for adolescent literacy.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB7543.html 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Observers within and outside government have speculated that alternative structures--many involving the private sector--may be the key to how government can better perform many of these activities in the future.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB7526.html 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

Are minorities underrepresented and, if so, are there barriers that hinder them from joining Special Operations Forces (SOF)?

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9380.html 2008-11-02T16:20:00Z 2008-11-02T16:20:00Z

This research brief discusses California, Georgia, and Pennsylvania's implementation of the standards-based accountability systems required by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, presenting the views of teachers and administrators in these states.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9259.html 2007-05-15T10:44:00Z 2007-05-15T10:44:00Z

This research brief documents how educators in California, Georgia, and Pennsylvania have responded to the standards-based accountability requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9334.html 2008-03-27T05:03:00Z 2008-03-27T05:03:00Z

This research brief summarizes the progress that has been made in implementing the school choice and supplemental educational services options of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9188.html 2006-07-19T16:48:00Z 2006-07-19T16:48:00Z

This research brief summarizes a RAND Corporation study of Teachers for a New Era (TNE), an ambitious teacher-education reform effort in place in 11 U.S. institutions of higher learning, and the TNE sites' progress in implementing the initiative.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9470.html 2009-10-09T10:32:00Z 2009-10-09T10:32:00Z

RAND researchers conducted a three-year study of New York City's promotion policy, using interviews, case studies, student surveys, and demographic and test score data to determine its effects on the outcomes of 5th-grade students held to the policy.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9059.html 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

This research brief describes work documented in Reforming Teacher Education: A First Year Progress Report on Teachers for a New Era (TR-149-EDU).

http://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WR154.html 2005-09-16T07:01:00Z 2005-09-16T07:01:00Z

A key assumption underlying the No Child Left Behind Act is that districts have the capacity and the knowledge to help schools improve. The authors use data from a national longitudinal survey of Title I schools to shed light on the validity of this ...

http://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WR256.html 2005-04-20T13:44:00Z 2005-04-20T13:44:00Z

http://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WR278.html 2005-07-25T12:48:00Z 2005-07-25T12:48:00Z

Implementing Teachers for a New Era: Some Promising Indicators of Change

http://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WR376.html 2006-07-20T16:30:00Z 2006-07-20T16:30:00Z

Using survey and school site visit data from three states, this study assesses whether educators understand and support the standards-based accountability model that is required under the No Child Left Behind Act.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WR376-1.html 2006-08-18T11:31:00Z 2006-08-18T11:31:00Z

Using survey and school site visit data from three states, this study assesses whether educators understand and support the standards-based accountability model that is required under the No Child Left Behind Act.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reprints/RP1075.html 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Using State School Accountability Data to Evaluate Federal Programs: A Long Uphill Road

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG967.html 2011-02-18T07:30:00Z 2011-02-18T07:30:00Z

Lessons learned in the civilian and government sectors hold importance for transforming the way in which the Military Health System identifies and develops health care officers with high leadership potential for senior executive positions.