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RAND-Qatar Policy Institute: Capabilities Brochure (Arabic translation) — 2012
A collaboration between the RAND Corporation and the Qatar Foundation, the RAND-Qatar Policy Institute (RQPI) analyzes complex policy problems and helps policymakers create enduring solutions. This publication provides an overview of RQPI, including the research questions examined by the institute, its approach to client relations and quality assurance, its research capabilities, and the public policy areas on which RQPI is focused.
The RAND-Qatar Policy Institute: Capabilities Brochure — 2011
A collaboration between the RAND Corporation and the Qatar Foundation, the RAND-Qatar Policy Institute (RQPI) analyzes complex policy problems and helps policymakers create enduring solutions. This publication provides an overview of RQPI, including the research questions examined by the institute, its approach to client relations and quality assurance, its research capabilities, and the public policy areas on which RQPI is focused.
Recommended Research Priorities for the Qatar Foundation's Environment and Energy Research Institute — 2011
The Qatar Foundation is establishing a national research institute to conduct and collaborate on applied research in energy, environment, and water issues, the Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute. This book recommends research priorities for the new institution and reports on a survey of relevant research institutions in the region.
Promoting Quality and Variety Through the Public Financing of Privately Operated Schools in Qatar — 2010
Developing a School Finance System for K-12 Reform in Qatar — 2009
Reform-minded leaders of Qatar, who have embarked on a sweeping reform of their nation's education system, asked RANReform-minded leaders of Qatar, who have embarked on a sweeping reform of their nation's education system, asked RAND to evaluate the education finance system that has been adopted and to offer suggestions for improvements.D to evaluate their education finance system and offer suggestions for improvements. The authors analyze the system's evolution and resource allocation patterns between 2004 and 2006 and develop analytic tools for performing the evaluation, including a framework that allows assessment of the system in light of six main objectives.
Implementation of the K-12 Education Reform in Qatar's Schools — 2009
To assess progress made in the first years of Qatar's implementation of its K-12 education reform, RAND analyzed data from school-level observations, national surveys, and national student assessments. Findings reveal that the new, Independent schools had implemented many elements of the reform, that students in these schools were performing better than students in Ministry of Education schools, and that much work was still needed to enable students to meet the new, higher standards.
Improving Finance for Qatari Education Reform (Arabic version) — 2009
Qatari education reform, which included implementation of a new finance system, appears to be providing schools with adequate funding but is still struggling with issues of transparency and swift policy shifts that have been difficult to accommodate.
Lessons from the Field: Developing and Implementing the Qatar Student Assessment System, 2002-2006 — 2009
Central to Qatar's education reform was the development of internationally benchmarked curriculum standards and standards-based assessments in four subjects: Arabic, English as a foreign language, mathematics, and science. This report recounts the development of Qatar's standards-based student assessment system, providing important lessons learned for Qatar and other countries that are seeking to implement similar measures on a large scale.
Lessons Learned from Developing and Implementing the Qatar Student Assessment System — 2009
This research brief summarizes the development of a standards-based student assessment system in Qatar, lessons for policymakers in Qatar and elsewhere, and challenges in aligning the assessment with future changes in the curriculum standards.
Lessons Learned from Developing and Implementing the Qatar Student Assessment System (Arabic version) — 2009
This research brief summarizes the development of a standards-based student assessment system in Qatar, lessons for policymakers in Qatar and elsewhere, and challenges in aligning the assessment with future changes in the curriculum standards.
Qatar's K-12 Education Reform Has Achieved Success in Its Early Years — 2009
Describes RAND's evaluation of the progress made in the first years of Qatar's K-12 education reform.
Qatar's K-12 Education Reform Has Achieved Success in Its Early Years (Arabic version) — 2009
Describes RAND's evaluation of the progress made in the first years of Qatar's K-12 education reform.
The Reform of Qatar University — 2009
In 2003, the State of Qatar engaged the RAND-Qatar Policy Institute to assist Qatar University with reform of its major administrative and academic structures, policies, and practices. In this summary of the reform effort, the authors recount the motivation for reform, describe the design of the reform agenda, and detail the early stages of the implementation effort, with an eye toward identifying challenges yet to be met.
Revitalizing Qatar's National University — 2009
Describes the effort, begun in 2003, to reform Qatar University, including the impetus for reform, the design and implementation of the reform agenda, and a review of challenges that have been overcome and those that remain.
Revitalizing Qatar's National University (Arabic version) — 2009
Describes the effort, begun in 2003, to reform Qatar University, including the impetus for reform, the design and implementation of the reform agenda, and a review of challenges that have been overcome and those that remain.
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