Publications
RAND Education's most recent research briefs, external publications, and reports are listed below. For a complete list of RAND Education publications, go to Books and Publications or do a document search. Many of them can be viewed online or downloaded in PDF format.
Featured New Research
First-Year Principals in Urban School Districts: How Actions and Working Conditions Relate to Outcomes — February 23, 2012
Presents research on first-year principals' experiences, actions, working conditions, and outcomes; the research is intended to inform efforts to promote school improvement and principal retention.
Incorporating Child Assessments into State Early Childhood Quality Improvement Initiatives — February 28, 2012
Challenges and Opportunities Facing Principals in the First Year at a School — February 23, 2012
Perceptions of Charter and Traditional Schools in New Orleans — October 5, 2011
External Publications
Closing Schools in a Shrinking District: Do Student Outcomes Depend on Which Schools Are Closed? — March 1, 2012
Reading Coach Quality: Findings from Florida Middle Schools — January 1, 2012
Accounting for Movement Between Childcare Classrooms: Does It Change Teacher Effects Interpretations? — January 1, 2012
Micropolitics of Implementing a School-Based Bonus Policy: The Case of New York City's Compensation Committees — January 1, 2012
What Are Achievement Gains Worth -- to Teachers? — December 1, 2011
Analysis of Costs in an Algebra I Curriculum Effectiveness Study — April 30, 2012
A Golden Opportunity: Advancing California's Early Care and Education Workforce Professional Development System — February 28, 2012
First-Year Principals in Urban School Districts: How Actions and Working Conditions Relate to Outcomes — February 23, 2012
NCLB Ten Years Out: A Continuing Policy Debate — Jan. 2012
How Can the Federal Government and States Help Improve Schools? — Nov. 2011
Can Summer Learning Programs Prevent Skill and Knowledge Loss? — Sept. 2011
Should Expanded Measures Be Used to Assess School Performance? — May 2011
The Post-9/11 GI Bill: A Snapshot of Students' and Institutions' Perspectives — February 2011
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