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Profiles of News Consumption: Platform Choices, Perceptions of Reliability, and Partisanship

In this report, the authors use survey data to explore how U.S. media consumers interact with news platforms, finding mixed perceptions about the reliability of news and that consumer partisanship broadly shapes news consumption behavior.

Dec 10, 2019

Michael Pollard, Jennifer Kavanagh
Report

Envisioning a Comprehensive Peace Agreement for Afghanistan

In this report, the authors paint a detailed picture of a plausible final comprehensive peace agreement for Afghanistan. The report includes options for and analysis of realistic compromises, presented in the form of a complete peace agreement text.

Dec 10, 2019

Laurel E. Miller, Jonathan S. Blake
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2019 RAND Summer Institute Lecture Series

Video sessions from the 26th Annual RAND Summer Institute, two annual conferences in Santa Monica, California, which addressed critical issues facing our aging population: The Mini-Medical School for Social Scientists on July 8–9, and the Demography, Economics, Psychology, and Epidemiology of Aging conference on July 10–11, 2019.

Dec 9, 2019

Stefan Horvath, Eileen Crimmins, Kristine Yaffe
Journal Article

Journal Article

An Observational Study of Retail Pharmacy Naloxone Prescriptions: Differences Across Provider Specialties and Patient Populations

This article explores variation in pharmacy-dispensed naloxone by prescriber specialty and patient characteristics.

Dec 6, 2019

Rosanna Smart, Caroline Geiger, Christopher M. Jones, Bradley D. Stein
Journal Article

Journal Article

Strengths and Weaknesses of Existing Data Sources to Support Research to Address the Opioids Crisis

We conducted a scoping study to identify data sources and linking strategies commonly used in opioid studies, describe data source strengths and limitations, and highlight opportunities to use data to address public health research questions.

Dec 5, 2019

Rosanna Smart, Courtney Ann Kase, Erin Audrey Taylor, Bradley D. Stein
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Real-Time Crime Centers in Chicago: Evaluation of the Chicago Police Department's Strategic Decision Support Centers

The Chicago Police Department's Strategic Decision Support Centers (SDSCs) serve as command, control, and communications hubs. In this report, the authors evaluate the processes, organizational structures, and technologies employed in the SDSCs.

Dec 4, 2019

John S. Hollywood, Kenneth N. McKay, Dulani Woods, Denis Agniel
Brochure

Brochure

RAND Arroyo Center Annual Report 2018-2019

This Annual Report illustrates the depth and breadth of the research conducted for the Army in fiscal year 2019.

Dec 4, 2019
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Student Growth Percentiles 101: Using Relative Ranks in Student Test Scores to Help Measure Teaching Effectiveness

The author defines student growth percentiles (SGPs) and discusses how they are used to rank student test-score growth compared with peers and to produce a score for a teacher.

Dec 4, 2019

Christopher Joseph Doss
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Teachers Matter: Understanding Teachers' Impact on Student Achievement

The author articulates how research suggests that teachers are important to student achievement and how statistical methods can provide valuable but imprecise estimates of teacher effectiveness.

Dec 4, 2019

Isaac M. Opper
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Report

Measuring Teacher Effectiveness: Understanding Common, Uncommon, and Combined Methods

The author describes the three most-common methods for measuring teacher effectiveness in the United States and discusses the importance of carefully considering the ways that measures are combined to create an overall index.

Dec 4, 2019

Jonathan Schweig
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Report

Beyond Achievement: How Teachers Affect Outcomes Other than Test Scores

Research shows that teachers matter for both test and nontest score outcomes. Teachers who excel at raising test scores do not necessarily excel at improving other outcomes.

Dec 4, 2019

Sy Doan
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Report

Stakeholder Feedback Surveys as Indicators of Teaching Effectiveness

According to the author, stakeholder surveys address a broad range of topics related to school and classroom climate. Some types of surveys can be used for teacher-level feedback.

Dec 4, 2019

Jonathan Schweig, Laura S. Hamilton
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Report

Teachers' Broad Impact: Understanding How Teachers Influence Students They Do Not Teach

The author discusses the potential ways that teachers can affect students whom they do not teach and how research suggests that a teacher's indirect reach could account for a large proportion of his or her overall contribution to student learning.

Dec 4, 2019

Isaac M. Opper
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Value-Added Modeling 101: Using Student Test Scores to Help Measure Teaching Effectiveness

The author discusses the use of value-added models (VAMs) to estimate teacher contribution to student progress, account for students' prior characteristics, and enable relative judgments, as well as the limitations of VAMs.

Dec 4, 2019

Isaac M. Opper
Journal Article

Journal Article

A Comprehensive Theory of Integration

This article presents a comprehensive theory describing how integrating structures, processes, and people within and across organizations might lead to integrated patient care and improved outcomes, including technical quality, efficiency, patient health, and both patient and provider experience.

Dec 3, 2019

Sara J. Singer, Michaela J. Kerrissey, Mark W. Friedberg, Russell S. Phillips
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Report

Army Fires Capabilities for 2025 and Beyond

To assist the Army in its reorientation toward conventional combat operations, the authors of this report identify capability gaps in the field artillery and actions that the Army should consider taking from today to roughly 2030.

Dec 3, 2019

John IV Gordon, Igor Mikolic-Torreira, D. Sean Barnett, Katharina Ley Best, Scott Boston, Dan Madden, Danielle C. Tarraf, Jordan Willcox
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Report

Navigating Current and Emerging Army Recruiting Challenges: What Can Research Tell Us?

The author draws on a large body of research on recruiting and examines tools and resources—including recruiters and recruiting management, eligibility criteria, and pay and bonuses—that can help the Army meet recruiting challenges.

Dec 3, 2019

Beth J. Asch
Journal Article

Journal Article

Using Health IT to Coordinate Care and Improve Quality in Safety-Net Clinics

The use of health information technology (HIT) for such activities as arranging enabling services and engaging patients are underused tools for care coordination. There may be opportunities to improve quality of care for vulnerable patients by promoting health centers' use of HIT capabilities.

Dec 3, 2019

Ashley M. Kranz, Sarah Dalton, Cheryl L. Damberg, Justin W. Timbie
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Report

Improving 21st Century Skills in the U.S. Air Force

For a 21st century workforce, you need 21st century skills. The authors of this Perspective offer recommendations to the U.S. Air Force to use lessons learned in different sectors to develop a strategy for airmen to learn and use 21st century skills.

Dec 2, 2019

Rebecca Herman, Samantha E. DiNicola, Charles P. Armentrout, Shirley M. Ross
Journal Article

Journal Article

Specialty Care Access for Medicaid Enrollees in Expansion States

In a survey of community health center medical directors in 9 Medicaid expansion states and DC, nearly 60% reported difficulty obtaining new specialist visits and multiple access barriers on behalf of their patients.

Nov 27, 2019

Justin W. Timbie, Ashley M. Kranz, Ammarah Mahmud, Cheryl L. Damberg

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