RAND Research Topic: Program Evaluation

The Relationship Between Quality of Housing and Quality of Life

2021-06-09T05:45:00Z

This study describes a PSH program administered by a Medicaid managed care plan, serving individuals experiencing homelessness with complex medical histories, and outlines participants' perceptions on the relationship between quality of housing and QOL.

Getting To Outcomes® Operations Guide for Air National Guard Community Action Teams

2021-05-24T06:00:00Z

This Getting To Outcomes guide will help with the planning, implementation, evaluation, continuous quality improvement, and sustainability of Air National Guard Community Action Plans. It includes guidance, resources, and examples of completed tools.

Developing Metrics and Scoring Procedures to Support Mitigation Grant Program Decisionmaking

2021-03-31T05:30:00Z

To develop metrics that can inform decisionmaking for awarding predisaster mitigation grants, the authors established three lines of effort (LoEs) for analysis. Each LoE produced a metric or framework that could support grant decisionmaking.

Methodological Challenges and Proposed Solutions for Evaluating Opioid Policy Effectiveness

2021-01-20T07:00:00Z

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.

Wellcome Sanger Institute and Wellcome Genome Campus Landscape Review

2021-01-19T16:00:00Z

RAND Europe was commissioned by Wellcome to analyse the role and contribution of the Sanger Institute and the Wellcome Genome Campus within the field of genetics and genomics, set within the context of four comparator organisations.

Getting To Outcomes® Operations Guide for U.S. Air Force Community Action Teams

2020-12-14T05:30:00Z

This content area module for Air Force suicide prevention is a companion volume to the Getting To Outcomes Operations Guide for U.S. Air Force Community Action Teams. It includes guidance, resources, and examples of completed tools.

Getting To Outcomes® Operations Guide for U.S. Air Force Community Action Teams

2020-12-14T05:30:00Z

This content area module for Air Force sexual harassment prevention is a companion volume to the Getting To Outcomes Operations Guide for U.S. Air Force Community Action Teams. It includes guidance, resources, and examples of completed tools.

Examining Design and Statistical Power for Planning Cluster Randomized Trials Aimed at Improving Student Science Achievement and Science Teacher Outcomes

2020-11-25T07:15:00Z

In this study, we consider strategies to maximize the efficiency of the study design when both student and teacher effects are of primary interest.

Evaluation of the Ex-Service Personnel in the Criminal Justice System Programme

2020-10-28T05:45:00Z

Narrated presentation describing a RAND Europe project to evaluate the Ex-Service Personnel in the Criminal Justice System Programme, to understand how projects have helped reduce reoffending and provide support to ex-Service personnel.

Evaluation of the Ex-Service Personnel in the Criminal Justice System Programme

2020-10-22T06:00:00Z

RAND Europe was commissioned to evaluate the Ex-Service Personnel in the Criminal Justice System Programme, to understand how projects have helped reduce reoffending and provide support to ex-Service personnel who have come into contact with the CJS.

Addressing Impact Evaluation Gaps in Belt and Road Initiative Projects in Africa

2020-10-07T06:00:00Z

Proposing new directions for evaluation framework development targeting the Belt and Road Initiative projects, using the Standard Gauge Railway project in Kenya as a proof of concept of our proposed evaluation framework.

Evaluation of Initial Progress to Implement Common Metrics Across the NIH Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA) Consortium

2020-10-02T05:45:00Z

Mixed-methods evaluation of the implementation of three Common Metrics and the performance improvement framework by The Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA) Consortium.

Growing Teachers from Within

2020-09-29T06:00:00Z

The authors investigated implementation and costs of the Teacher Effectiveness and Certification (TEACh) initiative in three urban school districts, as well as the program's impact on teacher recruitment, job performance, and retention.

Countering Violent Extremism in the Philippines

2020-09-09T05:45:00Z

In this report, RAND researchers provide a snapshot of the terrorist and extremist threats facing the Philippines and the countering violent extremism efforts that the Philippine government and nongovernmental agencies have undertaken in response.

Promoting Peace as the Antidote to Violent Extremism

2020-09-09T05:45:00Z

This report contains an evaluation of and recommendations from a countering violent extremism (CVE)–themed set of tech camps and fellowships in the Philippines. This report also contains research from a study of CVE radio programming on Mindanao.

Getting To Outcomes® Operations Guide for U.S. Air Force Community Action Teams

2020-08-20T07:00:00Z

This content area module for Air Force sleep health promotion is a companion volume to the Getting To Outcomes Operations Guide for U.S. Air Force Community Action Teams.

Frameworks for Assessing USEUCOM Efforts to Inform, Influence, and Persuade

2020-07-02T07:11:00Z

Campaigns to inform, influence, and persuade a range of foreign audiences are critical to achieving key U.S. national security objectives, but it can be challenging to assess the effectiveness of these efforts. How can assessment design and planning support U.S. European Command (USEUCOM) efforts?

Using Getting To Outcomes® to Build Strong Community Action Plans and Enhance U.S. Air Force Resilience and Violence Prevention Efforts

2020-04-30T05:00:00Z

These Getting To Outcomes® videos help with the planning, implementation, evaluation, continuous quality improvement, and sustainability of U.S. Air Force Community Action Plans.

Getting to Outcomes® Operations Guide for U.S. Air Force Community Action Teams

2020-04-30T05:00:00Z

This Getting To Outcomes guide will help with the planning, implementation, evaluation, continuous quality improvement, and sustainability of U.S. Air Force Community Action Plans.

Getting To Outcomes® Operations Guide for U.S. Air Force Community Action Teams

2020-04-30T05:00:00Z

This content area module for workplace stress prevention and reduction is a companion volume to the Getting To Outcomes Operations Guide for U.S. Air Force Community Action Teams. It includes guidance, resources, and examples of completed tools.