RAND > Education

Stay Informed - Subscribe now for RAND Education news and announcements by email

Welcome to RAND Education

classroom

For over three decades, RAND Education has applied its expertise to almost every aspect of the education system. RAND Education's staff includes more than 50 experts from a wide range of disciplines. Sponsors of our research include government agencies, foundations, and private-sector organizations.

Our mission is to bring accurate data and objective analysis to education policy. We are a division within RAND, a nonprofit institute that helps improve policy and decisionmaking through research and analysis.

Special Feature

Five Key Education Priorities for the Obama Administration and the 111th Congress

Capitol buliding

The RAND Corporation produced a set of policy briefs that address five key education priorities for the Obama administration and the 111th Congress. Each brief summarizes the current research on the topic and the implications for federal policymakers.

What's New

Charter Schools in Eight States: Effects on Achievement, Attainment, Integration, and Competition

This book examines charter schools in eight states, assessing student characteristics; their effectiveness in raising student achievement, graduation, and college entry; and their competitive effects on achievement in traditional public schools.

Assessing the Future of Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh: Pathways to Sustainability

This report uggests opportunities related to sustainable funding for Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh (CLP)

Achievement and Attainment in Chicago Charter Schools

This groundbreaking report finds that students attending “multi-grade” charter high schools in Chicago attain substantially higher rates of graduation and college entry than do students in traditional public high schools.

Featured Project

Qatar

The leadership of the Arabian Gulf nation of Qatar sees education as the key to Qatar's economic and social progress. Long concerned that the country's education system was not meeting the needs of its society, the Qatari leadership approached the RAND Corporation in 2001, asking it to examine the kindergarten through grade 12 (K-12) education system. Learn More >

Latest Report:

Developing a School Finance System for K-12 Reform in Qatar — 2009

Cassandra M. Guarino, Titus Galama, Louay Constant, Gabriella Gonzalez, Jeffery C. Tanner, Charles A. Goldman

 

RAND Home Stay Informed Search RAND Publications View Cart