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Commentary
The Feds' Role After Legalization
Since Colorado and Washington allow profit-maximizing firms to grow and sell marijuana, there is concern they will use advertising to promote consumption by heavy users. With help from the federal government, the states will be better positioned to head off the negative consequences associated with commercialization.
Jan 15, 2014
Project
Evaluating Robust Water Management Strategies for the Colorado River Basin
RAND worked with the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and Colorado River Basin states to apply innovative robust decision methods to evaluate thousands of plausible futures on the Colorado River and develop and compare strategies to address future vulnerabilities.
Nov 5, 2013
Research Brief
Interactive Examination of How to Adapt to a Changing Colorado River
The Colorado River Basin Study evaluated the river system's resiliency and compared resource management options using the Robust Decision Making methodology.
Nov 5, 2013
Report
Robust Decision Making Enables Colorado River Planners to Ensure Water Reliability
The Colorado River Basin Study evaluated the river system's resiliency and compared resource management options. The Robust Decision Making methodology helped to identify vulnerabilities and compare portfolios of options.
Nov 5, 2013
Journal Article
Six Districts Begin the Principal Pipeline Initiative
This first report describes the initial plans for initiative implementation in the six participating school districts and the first steps taken toward implementation in the first year after grant award in August 2011.
Jul 1, 2013
Journal Article
Quasi-legal Cannabis in Colorado and Washington: Local and National Implications
In November 2012, Washington state and Colorado took the unprecedented step of legalizing commercial production and sale of cannabis for adult use, but all cannabis-related activities remain prohibited under the federal Controlled Substances Act.
May 1, 2013
Blog
Ask Me Anything: Beau Kilmer Answers Drug Policy Questions on Reddit
Beau Kilmer, co-director of the RAND Drug Policy Research Center and coauthor of Marijuana Legalization: What Everyone Needs to Know, hosted an “Ask Me Anything” (AMA) session on Reddit this week. He fielded questions from participants on a variety of drug policy issues.
Apr 26, 2013
Journal Article
Understanding Variation in Classroom Quality Within Early Childhood Centers: Evidence from Colorado's Quality Rating and Improvement System
This study examines variability in quality across classrooms within early childhood centers and its implications for how quality rating systems (QRSs) capture center-level quality.
Jan 1, 2013
Blog
New Colorado River Basin Study Examines Tremendous Challenges of the Coming 50 Years
Growing water needs combined with uncertain but possibly deteriorating future hydrologic conditions could stress the Colorado River system in the coming 50 years. Options that could be effective in improving it include urban conservation, agricultural conservation, and groundwater desalination.
Dec 18, 2012
Report
Lessons from Early Adopters of Child-Care Quality Rating and Improvement Systems
Although child-care quality rating and improvement systems have widespread appeal and are being adopted in many states, there is a dearth of practical knowledge on how to develop and implement them. A review of early-adopter programs highlights lessons learned and offers recommendations.
Aug 24, 2008
Journal Article
Using Artifacts to Describe Instruction: Lessons Learned from Studying Reform-Oriented Instruction in Middle School Mathematics and Science
This report describes a project to develop procedures for characterizing classroom practices in mathematics and science on the basis of collected classroom artifacts.
Jan 1, 2007
Journal Article
Using Classroom Artifacts to Measure Instructional Practices in Middle School Mathematics: A Two-State Field Test
The purpose of this research is to determine whether we can use classroom artifacts as the basis for making valid judgments about the presence of reform-oriented teaching practices in middle-school mathematics classes.
Dec 1, 2005
Journal Article
Artifact Packages for Measuring Instructional Practice: A Pilot Study
A number of educational researchers are currently developing alternatives to survey and case study methods for measuring instructional practice.
Dec 1, 2003
Journal Article
Incidence and Types of Adverse Events and Negligent Care in Utah and Colorado
The incidence and types of adverse events in Utah and Colorado in 1992 were similar to those in New York State in 1984.
Jan 1, 2000
Report
An Analysis of the Deployment of Fire-Fighting Resources in Denver, Colorado
One of a series of case studies documenting deployment analyses of police, fire, and ambulance services in several American cities.
Jan 1, 1975
Report
Water Rights and Assessments: (Proposals Involving Antarctic Icebergs for the Colorado River Basin, California, Mexico and Other Arid Lands)
The use of Antarctic icebergs as a fresh water resource appears particularly attractive for augmenting the world food production to alleviate the stress of the forthcoming world population increase.
Jan 1, 1974