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Research Briefs

RAND research briefs present policy-oriented summaries of individual published, peer-reviewed documents or of a body of published work.

2009

Are Charter Schools Making a Difference?: A Study of Student Outcomes in Eight States

Ron Zimmer, Brian Gill, Kevin Booker, Stephane Lavertu, Tim R. Sass, John Witte

Are Communities Ready to Conduct Rapid and Large-Scale Dispensing of Medications During a Public Health Emergency?

Henry H. Willis, Christopher Nelson, Shoshana R. Shelton, Andrew M. Parker, John A. Zambrano, Edward W. Chan, Jeffrey Wasserman, Brian A. Jackson

Assessing Parolees' Health Care Needs and Potential Access to Health Care Services in California

Lois M. Davis, Nancy Nicosia, Adrian Overton, Lisa Miyashiro, Kathryn Pitkin Derose, Terry Fain, Susan Turner, Paul Steinberg, Eugene Williams, III

The Capabilities That Medium-Armored Forces Bring to the Full Spectrum of Operations

David E. Johnson, Adam Grissom, Olga Oliker

Care to Care?: Assessing the challenges of integrating migrant women into Europe's labour force

Jennifer Rubin, Michael S. Rendall, Lila Rabinovich, Flavia Tsang, Constantijn van Oranje-Nassau, Barbara Janta

Children's Health in Washington, D.C.: Access and Health Challenges Despite High Insurance Coverage Rates

Anita Chandra, Carole Roan Gresenz, Janice C. Blanchard, Alison Evans Cuellar, Teague Ruder, Alex Y. Chen, Emily Meredith Gillen

Controlling Health Care Spending in Massachusetts

Christine Eibner, Peter Hussey, M. Susan Ridgely, Elizabeth A. McGlynn

The Costs of Methamphetamine Use: A National Estimate

Nancy Nicosia, Rosalie Liccardo Pacula, Beau Kilmer, Russell Lundberg, James Chiesa

The Department of Defense Can Improve Its Response to and Management of Anthrax Incidents

Terrence K. Kelly, Terri Tanielian, Bruce W. Don, Melinda Moore, Charles Meade, K. Scott McMahon, John C. Baker, Gary Cecchine, Deanna Weber Prine, Michael A. Wermuth

Designing Effective Pay-for-Performance in K-12 Education

Laura S. Hamilton

Developing Institutional Standards for Critical Thinking Using the Collegiate Learning Assessment

Chaitra M. Hardison, Anna-Marie Vilamovska

Developing a Process to Build Partner Capacity for Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction

Jennifer D. P. Moroney, Joe Hogler, Benjamin Bahney, Kim Cragin, David R. Howell, Charlotte Lynch, S. Rebecca Zimmerman

Does Imported Oil Threaten U.S. National Security?

Keith Crane, Andreas Goldthau, Michael Toman, Thomas Light, Stuart E. Johnson, Alireza Nader, Angel Rabasa, Harun Dogo

Does the United States Need a New Police Force for Stability Operations?

Terrence K. Kelly, Seth G. Jones, James E. Barnett, Keith Crane, Robert C. Davis, Carl Jensen

Electronic Health Records are Associated with Higher Quality in Primary Care Practices

Mark William Friedberg, Kathryn L. Coltin, Dana Gelb Safran, Marguerite Dresser, Alan Zaslavsky, Eric C. Schneider

Embracing the future: Embedding digital repositories in higher education institutions

Stijn Hoorens, Lidia Villalba van Dijk, Christian van Stolk

Ending Social Promotion in New York City Public Schools Without Leaving Children Behind

Jennifer Sloan McCombs, Sheila Nataraj Kirby, Louis T. Mariano, Al Crego, Catherine DiMartino, Daniel Gershwin, Gina Schuyler Ikemoto, Vi-Nhuan Le, Julie A. Marsh, Scott Naftel, Nailing Xia, Claude Messan Setodji

Enhancing Interoperability Among Enlisted Medical Personnel in the U.S. Military: A Case Study of Military Surgical Technologists

Harry J. Thie, Sheila Nataraj Kirby, Adam C. Resnick, Thomas Manacapilli, Daniel Gershwin, Andrew Baxter, Roland J. Yardley

Expanding Access to Mental Health Counselors Under TRICARE

Lisa S. Meredith, Terri Tanielian, Michael D. Greenberg, Ana Suarez, Elizabeth Eiseman

Explaining Recent Army and Navy Minority Recruiting Trends

Beth J. Asch, Paul Heaton, Bogdan Savych

Film Piracy and Its Connection to Organized Crime and Terrorism

Gregory F. Treverton, Carl Matthies, Karla J. Cunningham, Jeremiah Goulka, Greg Ridgeway, Anny Wong

Health Care Cost Growth and the Economic Performance of U.S. Industries

Neeraj Sood, Arkadipta Ghosh, Jose J. Escarce

Health Care on Aisle 7: The Growing Phenomenon of Retail Clinics

Ateev Mehrotra, Hangsheng Liu, John L. Adams, Margaret C. Wang, Judith Lave, N. Marcus Thygeson, Leif I. Solberg, Elizabeth A. McGlynn, Craig Pollack, Katrina Armstrong, Rena Rudavsky

Helping Research Programs Demonstrate Impact

Valerie L. Williams, Elisa Eiseman, Eric Landree, David M. Adamson

Hold the Salt: Lowering Sodium Intake Would Improve Health and Save Money

Kartika Palar, Roland Sturm

How Can the Military Best Support Guard and Reserve Families During Deployment?

Laura Werber Castaneda, Margaret C. Harrell, Danielle M. Varda, Kimberly Curry Hall, Megan K. Beckett, Stefanie Stern

How Parental HIV Affects Children

Laura M. Bogart, Burton O. Cowgill, David Kennedy, Gery W. Ryan, Jacinta Elijah, Debra A. Murphy, Mark A. Schuster, Rosalie Corona, Megan K. Beckett, Marc N. Elliott, Annie Jie Zhou, Michelle T. Parra, Susan K. Park, Jennifer Patch, , David E. Kanouse, Sally C. Morton, Samuel A. Bozzette, Angela Miu, Gwendolyn B. Scott, Martin F. Shapiro

How Taxpayers Benefit When Students Attain Higher Levels of Education

Stephen J. Carroll, Emre Erkut

Improving Accountability in Public Education

Brian M. Stecher

Improving Finance for Qatari Education Reform

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

Improving Finance for Qatari Education Reform (Arabic version)

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

Improving Los Angeles Police Department Recruiting

Nelson Lim, Carl Matthies, Greg Ridgeway, Brian Gifford

Improving Mass Delivery of Antiretroviral Therapy in Sub-Saharan Africa

Glenn Wagner, Gery W. Ryan, Stephanie L. Taylor

Improving Mental Health Care for Returning Veterans

M. Audrey Burnam, Lisa S. Meredith, Terri Tanielian, Lisa H. Jaycox

Increasing Participation in No Child Left Behind School Choice

Georges Vernez

Integrating U.S. Climate, Energy and Transportation Policies: RAND Workshops Address Challenges and Potential Solutions

Liisa Ecola, Scott Hassell, Michael Toman, Martin Wachs

Lessons Learned from Developing and Implementing the Qatar Student Assessment System

Gabriella Gonzalez, Vi-Nhuan Le, Markus Broer, Louis T. Mariano, J. Enrique Froemel, Charles A. Goldman, Julie DaVanzo

Lessons Learned from Developing and Implementing the Qatar Student Assessment System (Arabic version)

Gabriella Gonzalez, Vi-Nhuan Le, Markus Broer, Louis T. Mariano, J. Enrique Froemel, Charles A. Goldman, Julie DaVanzo

Making It Easier for School Staff to Help Traumatized Students

Lisa H. Jaycox, Audra Langley, Kristin L. Dean, Bradley D. Stein, Marleen Wong, Priya Sharma, Molly M. Scott, Matthias Schonlau, Sheryl H. Kataoka

Measuring the Progress of the Math Science Partnership of Southwest Pennsylvania

John F. Pane, Valerie L. Williams, Stuart S. Olmsted, Kun Yuan, Eleanor Spindler, Mary Ellen Slaughter

Military Reenlistment and Deployment During the War on Terrorism

James Hosek, Francisco Martorell

Modernizing the U.S. Freight-Transportation System for Future Economic Growth

Richard Hillestad, Ben D. Van Roo, Keenan D. Yoho

A New U.S. Policy Paradigm Toward Iran

Frederic Wehrey, David E. Thaler, Nora Bensahel, Kim Cragin, Jerrold D. Green, Dalia Dassa Kaye, Nadia Oweidat, Jennifer Li

No Child Left Behind Educational Options: Availability Expands, But Participation Remains Low

Georges Vernez, Scott Naftel, Karen E. Ross, Kerstin Carlson Le Floch, Christopher Beighley, Brian Gill, Beatrice Birman, Michael Garet, Jennifer O'Day

A Policy-Relevant Picture of California's Ambulatory Surgery Centers

William B. Vogt, John A. Romley

Prescription Drug Cost Sharing: A Powerful Policy Lever to Use with Care

Dana P. Goldman, Geoffrey F. Joyce, Pinar Karaca-Mandic, William B. Vogt, Eric Sun, Anupam B. Jena, Jose J. Escarce, Jennifer E. Pace, Matthew D. Solomon, Pamela B. Landsman, Marianne Laouri, Steven M. Teutsch, Yuhui Zheng

Promoting Effective Preschool Programs

Lynn A. Karoly, Gail L. Zellman

Qatar's K-12 Education Reform Has Achieved Success in Its Early Years

Gail L. Zellman, Gery W. Ryan, Rita Karam, Louay Constant, Hanine Salem, Gabriella Gonzalez, Nate Orr, Charles A. Goldman, Hessa Al-Thani, Kholode Al-Obaidli

Qatar's K-12 Education Reform Has Achieved Success in Its Early Years (Arabic version)

Gail L. Zellman, Gery W. Ryan, Rita Karam, Louay Constant, Hanine Salem, Gabriella Gonzalez, Nate Orr, Charles A. Goldman, Hessa Al-Thani, Kholode Al-Obaidli

Revitalizing Qatar's National University

Joy S. Moini, Tora K. Bikson, C. Richard Neu, Laura DeSisto, Mohammed Al Hamadi, Sheikha Jabor Al Thani

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