2012-05-24T14:52:03Z Copyright (c) 2012, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/topics/program-evaluation.html http://www.rand.org/randeurope/research/evaluation.html Aug 4, 2010 Aug 4, 2010

RAND Europe's Evaluation and Performance Audit program helps decision- and policymakers improve the analysis underlying their choices. The research team works across a range of topical disciplines and uses mixed methods of inquiry involving both qualitative and quantitative approaches.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR1164.html Mar 22, 2012 Mar 22, 2012

This report is the result of an evaluation of the 16 DH integrated care pilots (ICPs).

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR1164z2.html Mar 22, 2012 Mar 22, 2012

This report contains appendices to the result of an evaluation of the 16 DH integrated care pilots (ICPs).

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR1164z1.html Mar 22, 2012 Mar 22, 2012

This report is a summary of the result of an evaluation of the 16 DH integrated care pilots (ICPs).

http://www.rand.org/commentary/2012/03/21/IS.html Mar 21, 2012 Mar 21, 2012

Many organizations that we have worked with indicate that this approach has helped improve reporting and communication both within and external to their organization, writes Sarah Hunter.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR1162.html Mar 8, 2012 Mar 8, 2012

RAND Europe evaluated the National Institute for Health Research Leadership Programme to help the English Department of Health consider the extent to which the programme has helped to foster wider research aims and extract lessons for the future.

http://www.rand.org/randeurope/research/projects/drug-alcohol-recovery-programme-evaluation.html Feb 13, 2012 Feb 13, 2012

RAND Europe is conducting an independent evaluation of the Department of Health's drug and alcohol recovery payment-by-results pilots to determine whether market forces can encourage the development of better recovery programmes.

http://www.rand.org/randeurope/research/projects/impactfinder.html Jan 20, 2012 Jan 20, 2012

UK Higher Education Funding Councils will begin using a new Research Education Framework in 2014 to assess the quality and impact of a university's research before providing further funding. RAND Europe's ImpactFinder can help UK higher education institutions evaluate their research impact.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20120029.html Jan 1, 2012 Jan 1, 2012

The objective of this paper is to delineate a set of standards for conducting benefit-cost analyses (BCAs) of early childhood programs.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20120087.html Jan 1, 2012 Jan 1, 2012

Community practitioners can face difficulty in achieving outcomes demonstrated by prevention science.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9637.html Dec 14, 2011 Dec 14, 2011

RAND Europe has evaluated the world's first Social Impact Bond (SIB), an innovative payment-by-results mechanism to fund public services which aims to reduce reoffending by prisoners. This report presents the initial findings of the evaluation.

http://www.rand.org/labor/centers/clasp/research/projects/social-security-program.html Dec 8, 2011 Dec 8, 2011

Given the worldwide trend of aging populations, it is important to learn about the long- and short-term effects of non-contributory social security programs. With the State of Yucatan, CLASP designed such a program for towns with more than 20,000 inhabitants. The project team is now evaluating its impact on the welfare of residents ages 70 and older.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/corporate_pubs/CP659.html Dec 2, 2011 Dec 2, 2011

Documents RAND's responses to proposed changes in the Common Rule, which regulates Institutional Review Board protection of human research participants.

http://www.rand.org/commentary/2011/11/29/RF.html Nov 29, 2011 Nov 29, 2011

Publicly funded R&D investment is a coherent policy to support long term economic growth. Our only note of caution is about how far and how fast that growth can be delivered because the evidence we have is out of date and skewed towards the experience of just one country, write Jonathan Grant and Jon Sussex.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR1166.html Nov 7, 2011 Nov 7, 2011

At a time when government finances are stretched there is growing interest in finding new ways to fund public services. In 2010 the first ever Social Impact Bond was launched in the UK to provide investors who had funded government interventions for imprisoned offenders with a portion of the resultant savings.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/documented_briefings/DB631.html Oct 10, 2011 Oct 10, 2011

An evaluation by RAND Europe of the Greek research and development (R&D) system has identified opportunities to improve economic growth and social outcomes.

http://www.rand.org/news/press/2011/10/10.html Oct 9, 2011 Oct 9, 2011

An evaluation by RAND Europe of the Greek research and development (R&D) system has identified opportunities to improve economic growth and social outcomes.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR1121.html Sep 14, 2011 Sep 14, 2011

The Global Train and Equip "1206" Program is a multiagency security cooperation program that supports U.S.-led capacity-building activities focused on counterterrorism and stability operations with foreign military partners. Interviews with policymakers and subject-matter experts, combined with a survey of program stakeholders, revealed some challenges and best approaches to establishing an assessment framework for 1206 Program projects.

http://www.rand.org/randeurope/research/innovation_policy/science-policy-research.html Sep 1, 2011 Sep 1, 2011

How does policy support science and how does science in turn support policy? What works in terms of funding science and in maximizing academic, social and economic 'payback' from investment in science? RAND Europe is a leader in understanding the returns from different kinds of investment in science and research.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR998.html Aug 18, 2011 Aug 18, 2011

This report presents results of a preliminary assessment of the National Science Foundation's National Science Digital Library/Distributed Learning (NSDL) program based largely on existing data and makes recommendations for the design of a full formative evaluation. The authors explore the state of health of the STEM resource collections, the availability of web metrics to probe their use, and the potential usability and impact of NSDL-funded materials on STEM teaching and learning.