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Evaluation of Delaware's Opportunity Funding and Student Success Block Grant Programs: Early Implementation

The authors examine the 2019-2020 implementation of two newly expanded Delaware weighted education funding programs, the Opportunity Fund and Student Success Block Grant, and emerging best practices, as reported by local education agency leaders.

Jan 21, 2021

Sy Doan, Heather L. Schwartz, Daniella Henry, Lynn A. Karoly
Report

Identifying Systemic Bias in the Acquisition of Machine Learning Decision Aids for Law Enforcement Applications

This Perspective describes ways the U.S. Department of Homeland Security can identify and address bias in law enforcement systems that use machine learning and how to prevent such bias at various points in the process of acquiring such systems.

Jan 21, 2021

Douglas Yeung, Inez Khan, Nidhi Kalra, Osonde A. Osoba
Report

Implementing Restraint: Changes in U.S. Regional Security Policies to Operationalize a Realist Grand Strategy of Restraint

Under a realist grand strategy of restraint, the United States would cooperate more with other powers, reduce its forward military presence, and end some security commitments. The authors identify unanswered questions about such a strategy.

Jan 21, 2021

Miranda Priebe, Bryan Rooney, Nathan Beauchamp-Mustafaga, Jeffrey Martini, Stephanie Pezard
Journal Article

Impact of Medicare's Nonpayment Program on Venous Thromboembolism Following Hip and Knee Replacements

This article determines whether Medicare's Nonpayment Program was associated with decline in venous thromboembolism following hip and knee replacements, and whether the decline was greater among hospitals at risk of larger financial losses from the Program.

Jan 21, 2021

Caroline P. Thirukumaran, Laurent G. Glance, Meredith B. Rosenthal, Helena Temkin-Greener, Rishi Balkissoon, Addisu Mesfin, Yue Li
Journal Article

Injury Scoring: Then, Now, and Into the 21st Century

In this essay we review the recent history of injury outcome prediction and suggest how the future may play out.

Jan 21, 2021

Turner M. Osler, Laurent G. Glance, Jeffery S. Buzas, David W. Hosmer
Journal Article

Performance Of Safety-Net Hospitals In Year 1 Of The Comprehensive Care For Joint Replacement Model

This article finds safety-net hospitals were less likely to receive rewards in year one of the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement model because of their quality and spending performance.

Jan 21, 2021

Caroline P. Thirukumaran, Laurent G. Glance, Xueya Cai, Rishi Balkissoon, Addisu Mesfin, Yue Li
Report

Regional Responses to U.S.-China Competition in the Indo-Pacific: Indonesia

In this report, the author examines whether and how the United States can increase its cooperation with Indonesia in order to manage China's rise as a strategic competitor to the United States in the Indo-Pacific region.

Jan 21, 2021

Jonah Blank
Report

Australia's Third Action Plan of the National Plan to Reduce Violence Against Women and Their Children, Priority Area 2: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women and Their Children — Final Report

The authors discuss their evaluation of the Australian government's Third Action Plan of the National Plan to Reduce Violence Against Women and Their Children, designed to address family violence in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.

Jan 20, 2021

Meagan Cahill, Ryan Andrew Brown, Garrett Baker, Dionne Barnes-Proby, Hannah Sandrini
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Measuring Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Effectiveness at the United States Central Command

The authors developed a repeatable process to measure the effectiveness of U.S. Central Command intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance operations; evaluate current performance; and plan for, influence, and resource future operations.

Jan 20, 2021

David Luckey, Bradley Knopp, Sasha Romanosky, Amanda Wicker, David Stebbins, Cortney Weinbaum, Sunny D. Bhatt, Hilary Reininger, Yousuf Abdelfatah, Sarah Heintz
Journal Article

Variability in Case Durations for Common Surgical Procedures

This is an exploratory study to quantify the facility-level variation in surgical case duration for common surgeries.

Jan 20, 2021

Laurent G. Glance, Richard P. Dutton, Changyong Feng, Yue Li, Stewart J. Lustik, Andrew W. Dick
Journal Article

Impact of the Choice of Risk Model for Identifying Low-risk Patients Using the 2014 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Perioperative Guidelines

The aim of this study is to determine how often three risk-prediction tools agree on the classification of patients as low risk (less than 1%) of major adverse cardiac event.

Jan 20, 2021

Laurent G. Glance, Eric Faden, Richard P. Dutton, Stewart J. Lustik, Yue Li, Michael P. Eaton, Andrew W. Dick
Journal Article

Variation in Readmission Rates Among Hospitals Following Admission for Traumatic Injury

We wished to determine if hospitals differed in their adjusted readmission rates following an index hospital admission for traumatic injury.

Jan 20, 2021

Turner M. Osler, Dekang Yuan, Jeremy Holden, Zihao Huang, Alan Cook, Laurent G. Glance, Jeffery S. Buzas, David W. Hosmer
Journal Article

Methodological Challenges and Proposed Solutions for Evaluating Opioid Policy Effectiveness

In this paper, we provide an overview of methodological challenges facing opioid policy researchers when conducting opioid policy evaluation studies using observational data, as well as some potential solutions to those challenges.

Jan 20, 2021

Megan S. Schuler, Beth Ann Griffin, Magdalena Cerdá, Emma E. McGinty, Elizabeth A. Stuart
Journal Article

Empty Lots, Green Spaces, and a Parking Lot: What Happened to the Demolished Uyghur Cemeteries?

This methodology seeks to build upon previous research efforts and help other researchers understand the outcomes of Chinese policies related to Uyghur communities.

Jan 20, 2021

Katherine Pfrommer
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Measuring Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Effectiveness at the United States Central Command: Data Visualization Tool Documentation

The authors used Tableau to create a visualization tool that allows U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) to display the performance and effectiveness of its support to intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) roles, sub-roles, and activities.

Jan 20, 2021

Amanda Wicker, Sasha Romanosky, Cortney Weinbaum, Bradley Knopp, David Luckey
Report

Compensation and Benefits for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Workers: A Comparison of the Federal Government and the Private Sector

The authors compare salary, benefits, and employment for federal and private-sector workers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). They analyze data, present findings on STEM and non-STEM workers, and make recommendations.

Jan 19, 2021

Kathryn A. Edwards, Maria McCollester, Brian Phillips, Hannah Acheson-Field, Isabel Leamon, Noah Johnson, Maria C. Lytell
Brochure

RAND's Impact: 2020 Year in Review

The RAND Corporation's mission is to help improve policy and decisionmaking through research and analysis; this Year in Review reflects on RAND's achievements in 2020.

Jan 19, 2021

Michael D. Rich
Report

Can Artificial Intelligence Help Improve Air Force Talent Management? An Exploratory Application

In this report, RAND researchers explore an application of artificial intelligence that would enable the U.S. Air Force to leverage existing data for improved human resource management policies and practices.

Jan 19, 2021

David Schulker, Nelson Lim, Luke J. Matthews, Geoffrey E. Grimm, Anthony Lawrence, Perry Shameem Firoz
Report

Officer Career Management: Additional Steps Toward Modernization

The authors identify useful steps toward modernization of officer career management in the military, examine constraints on reforms, and propose mitigating strategies and ways forward.

Jan 19, 2021

Albert A. Robbert, Caitlin Lee, William H., II Waggy, Katherine L. Kidder, Natasha Lander, Agnes Gereben Schaefer
Research Brief

Modernizing Officer Career Management: Analyzing Eleven Issues

The authors examine 11 issues related to modernizing officer career management; these involve statutory, policy, cultural, and fiscal constraints. They offer service perspectives on these constraints and present mitigation strategies.

Jan 19, 2021

Albert A. Robbert, Caitlin Lee, William H., II Waggy, Katherine L. Kidder, Natasha Lander, Agnes Gereben Schaefer

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