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Nov 21, 2023

International approaches to police performance measurement

This study is an international review of approaches to police performance measurement which examines how police performance is measured in a selection of countries and assesses how police performance measurement in the Netherlands could be improved.

Report

Jun 1, 2023

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Working Conditions Related to Positive Teacher Well-Being Vary Across States: Findings from the 2022 Learn Together Survey

The authors of this report draw on a nationally representative survey of K–12 public school teachers from March and April 2022 to examine working conditions that are related to teacher well-being in the United States.

Journal Article

Nov 10, 2022

Implications of Missingness in Self-Reported Data for Estimating Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Medicaid Quality Measures

This study demonstrates the feasibility of using Bayesian Improved Surname Geocoding (BISG) in a Medicaid population, producing imputed estimates for more than 99% of beneficiaries.

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Sep 15, 2022

Prioritizing Racial Equity Within Social and Emotional Learning in Tacoma: One of Six Case Studies of Schools and Out-of-School-Time Program Partners (Volume 2, Part 6)

This case study explores how Lister Elementary School in Tacoma, Washington, established social and emotional learning and equity as a nonnegotiable foundation for its work with students, staff, and families.

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Sep 15, 2022

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Strengthening Students' Social and Emotional Skills: Lessons from Six Case Studies of Schools and Out-of-School-Time Program Partners (Volume 2, Part 1)

How do elementary schools and out-of-school-time programs partner to deliver social and emotional learning to children? This cross-cutting report summarizes six case studies and highlights shared themes.

Journal Article

Mar 29, 2022

Section 1332 Waiver Evaluation Report: Evaluating the Oregon Reinsurance Program

This report documents findings from the evaluation of Oregon's waiver, through which the state implemented the Oregon Reinsurance Program (ORP).

Journal Article

Dec 15, 2021

Modelling the Impact of Social Distancing and Targeted Vaccination on the Spread of COVID-19 Through a Real City-Scale Contact Network

We use mobile device data to construct empirical interpersonal physical contact networks in the city of Portland, Oregon, both before and after social distancing measures were enacted during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Journal Article

Sep 24, 2021

Professional Development Incentives for Oregon's Early Childhood Education Workforce: A Randomized Study

This study used two trials to test whether sending emails and offering different financial incentives to Oregon ECE workforce members increased career lattice sign-up and increased education and training levels or workplace retention.

Journal Article

Jul 20, 2021

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Can Novel 'Swift-Certain-Fair' Programs Work Outside of Pioneering Jurisdictions? An Analysis of 24/7 Sobriety in Montana, USA

South Dakota USA's 24/7 Sobriety Program appears to work in Montana as well. Certain delivery of immediate but modest sanctions for repeat driving under the influence (DUI) arrestees who violate alcohol abstinence orders appears to be able to reduce future DUI arrests.

Journal Article

Jul 14, 2021

COVID-19 Community Response: Emerging Themes Across Sentinel Communities

Since the onset of COVID-19, RAND researchers contributed to four reports on the impact and response in nine communities (Finney Co., Harris Co., Milwaukee, Mobile, San Juan Co., Sanilac Co., Tacoma, Tampa, and White Plains) and four cross-community reports.

Journal Article

May 4, 2021

Assessment of Variation in Electronic Health Record Capabilities and Reported Clinical Quality Performance in Ambulatory Care Clinics, 2014–2017

Between 2014 and 2017, clinics with EHRs having greater capabilities had better quality measures than other clinics, but clinics that gained EHR capabilities during this time had smaller increases in quality that were not statistically significant.

Journal Article

Apr 13, 2021

How High: Differences in the Developments of Cannabis Markets in Two Legalized States

This paper is the first to examine cannabis market data from Washington alongside that from Oregon, two states that are similar in regard to legalizing retail sales of cannabis but differ in terms of their regulatory frameworks.

U.S. Military Basing and Access in the Indo-Pacific

Is the Market for AI Foundation Models a Natural Monopoly?

Russia Is Riding an Anti-Colonial Wave Across Africa

Is AI Threatening Health Care Jobs? Or Just Changing Them?

Climate Change and Critical Infrastructure: Assessing the Risks and Identifying Mitigation Strategies

The Policy Currents Podcast

Getting to Know Military Caregivers and Their Needs

Managing Escalation in Crisis and War

Assessing and Articulating the Wider Benefits of Research

Improving Access to Early Childhood Education

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International approaches to police performance measurement

Working Conditions Related to Positive Teacher Well-Being Vary Across States: Findings from the 2022 Learn Together Survey

Implications of Missingness in Self-Reported Data for Estimating Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Medicaid Quality Measures

Prioritizing Racial Equity Within Social and Emotional Learning in Tacoma: One of Six Case Studies of Schools and Out-of-School-Time Program Partners (Volume 2, Part 6)

Strengthening Students' Social and Emotional Skills: Lessons from Six Case Studies of Schools and Out-of-School-Time Program Partners (Volume 2, Part 1)

Section 1332 Waiver Evaluation Report: Evaluating the Oregon Reinsurance Program

Modelling the Impact of Social Distancing and Targeted Vaccination on the Spread of COVID-19 Through a Real City-Scale Contact Network

Professional Development Incentives for Oregon's Early Childhood Education Workforce: A Randomized Study

Can Novel 'Swift-Certain-Fair' Programs Work Outside of Pioneering Jurisdictions? An Analysis of 24/7 Sobriety in Montana, USA

COVID-19 Community Response: Emerging Themes Across Sentinel Communities

Assessment of Variation in Electronic Health Record Capabilities and Reported Clinical Quality Performance in Ambulatory Care Clinics, 2014–2017

How High: Differences in the Developments of Cannabis Markets in Two Legalized States

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