REPORT
Safe Start Promising Approaches (SSPA) is the second phase of a community-based initiative focused on developing and fielding interventions to prevent and reduce the impact of children's exposure to violence. This report shares the results of SSPA, which was intended to implement and evaluate promising and evidence-based programs in 15 program sites across the country.
JOURNAL ARTICLE
This article examines what constitutes, contributes to, and is associated with high-quality coaches and coaching. Authors find that coaches generally held many of the qualifications recommended by state and national experts and principals and teachers rated their coaches highly on many indicators of quality. However, several common concerns about recruiting, retaining, and supporting high-quality coaches emerged.
REPORT
Geographic information system (GIS) mapping software is a promising tool for enhancing priority-setting and resource allocation in local health departments (LHDs) by displaying complex geospatial information in an integrated, visual way, enabling comparison of where health services are needed with where they are provided. The study describes options for accessing GIS data and suggests ways for LHDs to integrate GIS into their planning…
JOURNAL ARTICLE
In this article, the author examines two school districts that are highly decentralized to understand the central-office roles: (1) Edmonton, Canada; and (2) Lake Wales Charter Schools District in central Florida.
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Uptake of new cervical cancer screening protocols can occur quickly among traditionally underserved groups and may be aided by early adoption by specialists.
REPORT
Law enforcement agencies in areas where terrorist threats are considered to be high have expanded their focus beyond traditional crime prevention and investigation to include counterterrorism and homeland security operations.
NEWS RELEASE
Law enforcement agencies in areas where terrorist threats are considered to be high have expanded their focus beyond traditional crime prevention and investigation to include counterterrorism and homeland security operations.
JOURNAL ARTICLE
This article examines the convergence of two popular school improvement policies: instructional coaching and data-driven decision making (DDDM). Drawing on a mixed methods study of a statewide reading coach program in Florida middle schools, the article examines how coaches support DDDM and how this support relates to student and teacher outcomes.
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Although reading coaches are increasingly prevalent in schools nationwide, empirical evidence for their effects on student achievement is scarce. This article helps to address this gap by conducting an evaluation of a statewide reading coach program in Florida middle schools.
REPORT
Along with the growth of the charter school movement has come contentious debate about its effects on both charter students and those in nearby traditional public schools. This study helps determine why previous research has drawn differing conclusions through its examination of charter schools' effect on overall educational attainment.
RESEARCH BRIEF
This research brief reports the results of a study examining the implementation and effectiveness of a middle school reading coach program in Florida.
REPORT
Despite recent progress in reading achievement among primary-grade children, many are not moving beyond basic decoding to fluency and comprehension as they go on to higher grades. RAND evaluated the impact of reading coaches — master teachers who offer ongoing on-site instructional support for teachers — on teaching practices and student outcomes in Florida middle schools.
NEWS RELEASE
November 9, 2006 News Release: RAND Study Finds Most Schools Fail to Fully Adopt Reform Models Designed to Boost Student Achievement.
PROJECT
Established in December 2005 to support hurricane recovery and long-term economic development, the RAND Gulf States Policy Institute is dedicated to developing informed public policy in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama and a better future for the people who live there.
REPORT
An evaluation of Community Voices Miami (CVM), a project aimed at enhancing health care access and quality for the underserved in Miami-Dade County, Florida. The report concludes that CVM affected intermediate outcomes – raising awareness of issues, getting safety-net providers to collaborate, nurturing neighborhood-based solutions, and advocating for establishment of an independent health care planning body; but measurement of…
COMMENTARY
Published commentary by RAND staff.
COMMENTARY
As Florida experience shows, targets of new levy on services have clout and will use it, writes Robert Levine in an commentary.
REPORT
Care for the uninsured is a county responsibility in Florida. This report examines the approaches used by three south Florida counties — Broward, Miami-Dade and Palm Beach — to fund care for the indigent and compares their financing mechanisms, types of services provided, patient travel patterns and costs and productivity across hospital ownership and insurance type.
REPORT
Examines the extent to which uncompensated care is provided by hospitals other than JMH, and whether the greater access to surtax-funded care at JMH might cause patients to pass up facilities much nearer to their homes and travel long distances for care.
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