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Commentary

Every Second Counts with Missile Alerts

The false alarm about a ballistic missile attack on Hawaii raises important questions. How much warning time would the public get before a missile hit? And how should the system be improved?

Jan 24, 2018
Report

Assessing the Need for Supercomputing Resources Within the Pacific Area of Responsibility

This report evaluates the capabilities, challenges, and future options for the Maui High Performance Computing Center, providing important context about the center as decisionmakers work toward resolving its budget gap.

Feb 9, 2017
Report

Best Practices for Sustainable Operations at the Air Force's Observatory on Maui

The Air Force Maui Optical and Supercomputing Site on the Hawaiian island of Maui is a major site of U.S. space surveillance activity. A study of best practices implemented at similar research institutions offers suggestions for how the Air Force might further streamline its operations and lower operating costs.

Apr 22, 2016
Commentary

Hawaii Reading Scores Improved After 'Preschool to Third Grade' Initiative

Hawaii's “preschool to third-grade” initiative significantly improved third-grade reading scores. The P-3 approach is a promising education reform that should be considered by those seeking to improve early education performance.

Dec 21, 2015
Commentary

A Comprehensive Approach to Early Education

A relatively new approach to improving long-term educational outcomes, called “preschool to third grade,” or P-3, focuses on the youngest students. Hawaii's recent initiative has been successful at raising third-grade reading scores.

Nov 23, 2015
Report

Preschool to Third Grade (P-3) Education Reform in Hawai'i

The P-3 education reform movement aims to improve students' kindergarten readiness and sustain high-quality early education experiences through elementary school. Hawai'i's P-3 initiative aimed to have every child reading at grade level by third grade. How well did it work?

Oct 7, 2015
Research Brief

The Hawai'i Preschool-Third Grade Education Reform Initiative: How Well Did P–3 Work?

Summarizes findings from an evaluation of Hawai'i's statewide preschool through third grade (P-3) initiative, which aims to have every child in Hawai'i read at grade level by third grade.

Oct 7, 2015
Report

A Sixty-Year Timeline of the Air Force Maui Optical and Supercomputing Site

Since it was built in the 1950s, the Air Force Maui Optical and Supercomputing Site's mission, management structure, and operational partners have changed several times to accommodate the contemporary challenges and research tools. This timeline documents some of those historical changes.

Dec 16, 2013
Report

Hawai'i P–3 Initiative: Findings from the First Year of the Evaluation

In 2007, Hawai'i launched its P-3 initiative, which aims for every child to read at grade level by third grade. The first year of RAND's evaluation examined plans, activities, and policy in two demonstration sites and for the initiative as a whole.

Jun 20, 2011
Report

Military Spending Linked to 18 Percent of Hawaii's Economy

Up to 18 percent of Hawaii's economy can be linked to spending by the U.S. Department of Defense — an average of $6.5 billion per year during fiscal years 2007-2009. Of that, $4.1 billion was for personnel and $2.4 billion for the purchase of goods and services in Hawaii.

Jun 1, 2011
News Release

Military Spending Linked to 18 Percent of Hawaii's Economy

Up to 18 percent of Hawaii's economy can be linked to spending by the U.S. Department of Defense — an average of $6.5 billion per year during fiscal years 2007-2009. Of that, $4.1 billion was for personnel and $2.4 billion for the purchase of goods and services in Hawaii.

Jun 1, 2011
Journal Article

Identifying Widely Covered Drugs and Drug Coverage Variation Among Medicare Part D Formularies

Clinicians find it difficult to know which drugs are covered for their Medicare patients because formularies vary widely among Medicare Part D plans

Jan 1, 2007