2012-05-25T11:31:04Z Copyright (c) 2012, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/pubs/online/education-and-the-arts.html http://www.rand.org/pubs/testimonies/CT376.html 2012-05-17T15:15:00.000-04:00 2012-05-17T15:15:00.000-04:00

Testimony submitted before the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity on May 16, 2012.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/documented_briefings/DB647.html 2012-05-01T11:15:00.000-04:00 2012-05-01T11:15:00.000-04:00

This briefing uses existing statewide and county data to provide California early care and education quality rating and improvement system (QRIS) planners and other stakeholders with important information about some fundamentals of the proposed QRIS rating scheme that could inform California's QRIS design in advance of field-based pilot efforts.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR1171.html 2012-04-30T12:30:00.000-04:00 2012-04-30T12:30:00.000-04:00

Carnegie Learning's Cognitive Tutor Algebra I (CTAI) curriculum is a technology-based curriculum that combines classroom instruction with individualized instruction by a computer-based tutor. This report examines the cost of implementing CTAI and comparison algebra I curricula, including costs associated with textbooks and software, computers, and teacher training.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20120095.html 2012-04-01T12:00:00.000-04:00 2012-04-01T12:00:00.000-04:00

This paper explores the potential of the art market for open-source intelligence assessments of cultural security.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20120030.html 2012-04-01T12:00:00.000-04:00 2012-04-01T12:00:00.000-04:00

The availability of junk food does not significantly increase BMI or obesity among a group of fifth-graders even though they are likely to buy junk food.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG1136z1.html 2012-03-28T09:45:00.000-04:00 2012-03-28T09:45:00.000-04:00

In consideration of the many challenges associated with Qatar's continued growth and demographic changes, the government of Qatar is interested in updating its school transportation system (STS). This volume assesses parents' and school administrators' perspectives on Qatar's STS, identifies a vision and goals for the STS, and discusses strategies to achieve the vision and better align Qatar's STS with international norms. This is the Arabic-language version.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WR921-1.html 2012-03-02T12:45:00.000-05:00 2012-03-02T12:45:00.000-05:00

Meta-analyzes enrollment, attendance and dropout effect estimates from forty two references of conditional cash transfer program evaluations in fifteen developing countries.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20120009.html 2012-03-01T12:00:00.000-05:00 2012-03-01T12:00:00.000-05:00

This study examines an anonymous urban district that, faced with declining enrollment, chose to make student achievement a major criterion in determining which schools would be closed. The district targeted low-performing schools in its closure plan, and sought to move their students to higher-performing schools.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR1193.html 2012-02-28T10:00:00.000-05:00 2012-02-28T10:00:00.000-05:00

The National Guard Youth ChalleNGe program is a residential program coupled with post-residential mentoring that seeks to alter the life course of high school dropouts ages 16-18. A cost-benefit analysis employing estimates of the program's effectiveness from a random assignment program evaluation indicates that every dollar invested in the ChalleNGe program yields $2.66 in social benefits, an estimated return on investment of 166 percent.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9641.html 2012-02-28T10:00:00.000-05:00 2012-02-28T10:00:00.000-05:00

A cost-benefit analysis of the National Guard Youth ChalleNGe program, a program serving high school dropouts, indicates that every dollar invested in the program yields $2.66 in social benefits, an estimated return on investment of 166 percent.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG1188.html 2012-02-28T08:45:00.000-05:00 2012-02-28T08:45:00.000-05:00

This study focuses on the education, training, and ongoing professional development of early care and education (ECE) caregivers, teachers, and administrators who work with infants, toddlers, and preschool-age children from birth to kindergarten entry in California. It aims to provide a comprehensive assessment of the state's ECE workforce professional development system and a set of recommendations for improving the system's effectiveness.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9639.html 2012-02-28T08:45:00.000-05:00 2012-02-28T08:45:00.000-05:00

Identifies five strategies for incorporating child assessments into the design, implementation, and evaluation of initiatives designed to raise the quality of care in early care and education settings such as quality rating and improvement systems.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/occasional_papers/OP364.html 2012-02-28T08:45:00.000-05:00 2012-02-28T08:45:00.000-05:00

Better child outcomes are the ultimate goal of early care and education (ECE) quality improvement (QI) efforts, but assessing these outcomes is difficult and rarely done. This study identifies five strategies for incorporating child assessments into the design, implementation, and evaluation of QI initiatives such as quality rating and improvement systems. The study assesses the merits of each strategy and offers guidance for its use.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/occasional_papers/OP356.html 2012-02-28T08:45:00.000-05:00 2012-02-28T08:45:00.000-05:00

Uses two sources of representative data, the 2005 National Household Education Survey and the 2007 RAND California Preschool Study, to describe child care and early learning arrangements for the approximately 2.8 million California children ages 0 to 5 who are younger than the age at which they would enter kindergarten.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9638.html 2012-02-28T08:45:00.000-05:00 2012-02-28T08:45:00.000-05:00

Offers recommendations for improving the education and training of California's early childhood workforce.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9643.html 2012-02-23T08:15:00.000-05:00 2012-02-23T08:15:00.000-05:00

Presents a summary of 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.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR1191.html 2012-02-23T08:15:00.000-05:00 2012-02-23T08:15:00.000-05:00

Principals new to their school face a variety of challenges that can influence their likelihood of improving their schools' performance and their likelihood of remaining the principal. The authors present 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.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/testimonies/CT372.html 2012-02-16T10:00:00.000-05:00 2012-02-16T10:00:00.000-05:00

Testimony presented before the Council of the District of Columbia, Committee of the Whole on February 16, 2012.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9642.html 2012-02-13T08:45:00.000-05:00 2012-02-13T08:45:00.000-05:00

Describes a vision for updating Qatar's school transportation system and identifies strategies for achieving the proposed vision.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG1136.html 2012-02-13T08:45:00.000-05:00 2012-02-13T08:45:00.000-05:00

In consideration of the many challenges associated with Qatar's continued growth and demographic changes, the government of Qatar is interested in updating its school transportation system (STS). This volume assesses parents' and school administrators' perspectives on Qatar's STS, identifies a vision and goals for the STS, and discusses strategies to achieve the vision and better align Qatar's STS with international norms.