Report
Collective Simulation-Based Training in the U.S. Army: User Interface Fidelity, Costs, and Training Effectiveness
The U.S. Army uses virtual systems for collective skills training. This report examines the needs for fidelity in simulators and associated costs to support effective and efficient collective training.
Feb 27, 2019
Report
Results from the Teach For America 2015 National Principal Survey
The results of the 2015 National Principal Survey, reported here, show the context in which Teach For America (TFA) corps members work, how principals perceive corps members, and how principals perceive their interactions with TFA.
Sep 24, 2015
Research Brief
Teach for America Gets Mostly High Marks from Principal Survey
The results of the Teach For America (TFA) 2015 National Principal Survey show the context in which TFA corps members work, how principals perceive corps members, and how principals perceive their interactions with TFA.
Sep 24, 2015
Report
Active Component Responsibility in Reserve Component Pre- and Postmobilization Training
This report examines historical readiness problems for the Army reserve component and ways in which Congress and the Army have addressed these, including active component support to RC units, and recommends changes to support future RC training.
Apr 29, 2015
Journal Article
Wearing Many Hats: Lessons About Emergency Preparedness and Routine Public Health from the H1N1 Response
Describes some of the challenges the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (LACDPH) faced during the pH1N1 response associated with simultaneous operation of emergency and routine operations.
Apr 7, 2015
Report
Assessing Conventional Army Demands and Requirements for Ultra-Light Tactical Mobility
The Army often uses vehicles informally classified as ultra-light tactical mobility (UTM). This report assesses the demands, requirements, current ad hoc capabilities, and key considerations for developing and sustaining established Army UTM fleets.
Apr 2, 2015
Journal Article
Equity in Competency Education: Realizing the Potential, Overcoming the Obstacles
Examines equity concerns in competency education through the lens of family income, exploring the effects and implications, as well as proposing potential mitigations.
Nov 1, 2014
Journal Article
Equity in Competency Education: Realizing the Potential, Overcoming the Obstacles: Executive Summary
Equity is both a central goal and fundamental value of competency education. Competency-based approaches are designed to promote equity by preventing students from falling behind or staying behind.
Nov 1, 2014
Research Brief
Competency-Based Education in Three Pilot Programs: What It Is, How It's Implemented, and How It's Working
In 2011, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation extended grants to three organizations involved with competency-based education approaches. RAND examined these organizations' implementation, student experiences, and student outcomes.
Aug 4, 2014
Report
Competency-Based Education in Three Pilot Programs: Examining Implementation and Outcomes
Competency-based education provides students with flexible pacing and opportunities for choice, and it awards credit for evidence of learning. RAND evaluated implementation of three pilot programs, along with students' experiences and performance.
Aug 4, 2014
Report
Equipment Sustainment Data in Standard Army Management Information Systems: Needs, Gaps, and Opportunities
Effective ''cradle-to-grave'' management of weapon and materiel systems requires ongoing assessment of life cycle sustainment data -- information about the operation, support, and disposal of Army equipment -- available in Standard Army Management Information Systems.
Jul 9, 2012
Report
Making Improvements to The Army Distributed Learning Program
Assesses the performance of The Army Distributed Learning Program (TADLP) and looks at ways to strengthen the Army's interactive multimedia instruction (IMI) program by improving both the quality of the product and the efficiency of the process.
Mar 28, 2012
Research Brief
The Advantages and Disadvantages of Seeking Commonality in Military Equipment
Examines the desirable and undesirable trade-offs that U.S. Army decisionmakers must make regarding commonality in military equipment.
Dec 2, 2011
Research Brief
Reducing Costs, Increasing Capability: A New Equipping Strategy for Combat Support Hospitals
Describes a new equipping strategy for the Army's Combat Support Hospitals.
Nov 21, 2011
Report
New Equipping Strategies for Combat Support Hospitals
Describes a new equipping strategy for the Army's Combat Support Hospitals.
Jun 30, 2010
Draft
Decision-Making Modules for the RSS-POD Supply Management Game: A Game-Based Assessment of Crisis Decision Making During Inventory Management and Distribution of Medical Countermeasures
Introduces and explains two new modules for the RSS-POD Supply Chain Management Game, an Excel-based computer simulation game designed to provide practice in managing inventories of medical countermeasures during a largescale public health emergency.
Oct 11, 2009
Draft
The RSS-POD Supply Chain Management Game: An Exercise for Improving the Inventory Management and Distribution of Medical Countermeasures
Introduces and explains the RSS-POD Supply Chain Management Game, a Microsoft Excel-based simulation game designed to provide practice in managing inventory of medical countermeasures during large-scale public health emergency.
Sep 25, 2009
Report
Measuring Crisis Decision Making for Public Health Emergencies
Describes a tool for assessing key features of good crisis decision making that focuses on the processes of decision making -- situational awareness, action planning, and process control -- and can be used for exploratory analysis and process improvement.
Aug 17, 2009
Report
The Prospects for Increasing the Reuse of Digital Training Content
Critically examines current efforts to reuse digital training content as a strategy to reduce the cost of its development, and provides recommendations regarding how the reuse option might be further encouraged.
Mar 3, 2009
Report
Commonality in Military Equipment: A Framework to Improve Acquisition Decisions
Examines the desirable and undesirable trade-offs that U.S. Army decisionmakers must make regarding commonality in military equipment.
Nov 23, 2008
Report
Supporting Training Strategies for Brigade Combat Teams Using Future Combat Systems (FCS) Technologies
Helping the Army identify options to improve its future training strategy in the 2016 timeframe for Brigade Combat Teams (BCTs) equipped with Future Combat Systems (FCS) technologies.
Jul 29, 2007
Report
Speaking with a Commonality Language: A Lexicon for System and Component Development
As the U.S. Army becomes increasingly interested in ''commonality'' -- sharing common parts across different entities -- there is a need for a clearer definition of the concept. This report offers a new, more rigorous lexicon and illustrative examples.
Jul 7, 2007
Report
Developing a Standard Update Process for the Army's Annual MOS Availability Factors (AMAFs)
Describes research conducted to develop a standard methodology for updating the U.S. Army's Annual Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) Availability Factors (AMAFs).
Jul 4, 2007
Report
Transformation and The Army School System
Policies and options for The Army School System (TASS) to meet the Army's current and future training demands
Jun 14, 2005
Report
A Microcomputer Assessment System [MAS] for Administering Computer-Based Surveys: Preliminary Results from Administration to Clients at an Impaired-Driver Treatment Program
A Microcomputer Assessment System [MAS] for Administering Computer-Based Surveys: Preliminary Results from Administration to Clients at an Impaired-Driver Treatment Program
2004
Report
Response Times for the CAGE Short-MAST, AUDIT, and JELLINEK Alcohol Scales
Response Times for the CAGE Short-MAST, AUDIT, and JELLINEK Alcohol Scales
2004
Report
Training the 21st Century Police Officer: Redefining Police Professionalism for the Los Angeles Police Department
The authors suggest that the first essential step to improving Los Angeles Police Department training is to establish and communicate a common foundation for police performance.
2003
Report
Exploring the Use of Microworld Models to Train Army Logistics Management Skills
The authors performed a study to assess the effectiveness of using microworlds to train Army logisticians.
2001
Report
Microworld Simulations for Command and Control Training of Theater Logistics and Support Staffs: A Curriculum Strategy
Discusses changes in training structure, content, and methods, with the focus on developing training for CSS staffs operating as staffs, not for individual training.
1999
Report
ESSCOTS For Learning: Transforming Commercial Software Into Powerful Educational Tools
ESSCOTS For Learning : Transforming Commercial Software Into Powerful Educational Tools
1998
Report
Future Leader Development of Army Noncommissioned Officers: Workshop Results
Reports recent efforts by RAND's Arroyo Center and the U.S. Army Noncommissioned Officer corps to examine ways of strengthening NCO professional development.
1998
Draft
Muddy Learning: Evaluating Learning in Multi-User Computer-Based Environments
To support the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency's development and evaluation of innovative education technologies, RAND analyzed several complexities associated with assessing the benefits and implementation challenges of these technologies.
1998
Report
Untangling the Web: Applications of the Internet and Other Information Technologies to Higher Education
Analyzes the role of the emerging global information infrastructure in helping higher-education institutions to improve learning and teaching, improve the creation of learning materials, create communities, compete with new providers, and address policy/planning issues.
1998
Journal Article
Impact of Response Options and Feedback About Response Inconsistencies on Frequency of Alcohol Use Self-Reports by Microcomputer
Studies the Blood Alcohol Concentration level of motor vehicle drivers in California with the use on self-reports of alcohol use by a microcomputer.
1997
Report
Materiel Distribution: Improving Support to Army Operations in Peace and War
Materiel Distribution: Improving Support to Army Operations in Peace and War
1997
Report
Perceptions of intoxication and impairment at arrest among adults convicted on driving under the influence of alcohol
Perceptions of intoxication and impairment at arrest among adults convicted on driving under the influence of alcohol
1995
Report
The impact of response options and location in a microcomputer interview on drinking drivers' alcohol use self-reports
The impact of response options and location in a microcomputer interview on drinking drivers' alcohol use self-reports
1994
Report
Classrooms at Work: Teaching Generic Skills in Academic and Vocational Settings
This study examined how generic skills and work-related attitudes can be taught in academic and vocational high school classrooms.
1993
Draft
The roles of artificial intelligence in education : current progress and future prospects
The roles of artificial intelligence in education : current progress and future prospects
1993
Research Brief
Teaching Generic Skills for the Workplace
The instruction of generic skills and attitudes can occur effectively at schools in traditional standalone classrooms. Thus, policymakers need not restrict generic skills instruction to programs with a workplace component.
1993
Report
Emerging Uses of Computers for Education: An Overview of Tools and Issues for Vocational Educators
Conducted as project of the National Center for Research on Vocational Education (NCRVE), examines emerging computer-based educational technologies and discusses their current penetration into, and potential relevance for vocational education.
1992
Report
Implementing a Novel Computer-Related Algebra Course
Describes the curriculum module for beginning algebra that the authors developed to address in an integrated rather than piecemeal way, some problems of mathematics curriculum content reform, the novel use of computers in the classroom, ...
1992
Report
Overview of Object-Oriented Microworlds for Learning Mathematics Through Inquiry
Discusses computer microworlds that have been designed to support the learning of specific mathematical skills involved in discovering, confirming, explaining, and communicating patterns of relationships among variables in mathematical objects.
1991
Report
Teaching and Learning Generic Skills for the Workplace
Recent school reform seeks to reconceptualize schooling for most students. Reform proposals urge that instruction emphasize "generic skills" as much as, or more than, it does occupation-specific or domain-specific knowledge and skills.
1990
Report
Algebraic Thinking Tools: Supports for Modeling Situations and Solving Problems in Kids' Worlds
Describes several versions of an intelligent tutor for basic algebra that has been in development at RAND since 1986.
1989