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Opening School-Based Health Clinics Can Lower Teacher Health Costs

Opening onsite health clinics to provide comprehensive primary care to teachers and their families can lower a school district’s health care costs and decrease teacher absenteeism.

Jun 20, 2018
Report

Reducing Coastal Flood Risk with a Lake Pontchartrain Barrier

A Lake Pontchartrain barrier could provide substantial damage reduction benefits—including reduced flood depths and preventing direct economic damage—for southeastern Louisiana, potentially amounting to billions of dollars saved per year.

Aug 4, 2017
News Release

News Release

Teachers in Louisiana Are More Likely to Teach to State Standards Than Teachers in Other States

Louisiana teachers are more likely to consult classroom resources that address their state standards, and they report teaching and thinking about instruction in ways that differ from the norms seen among teachers in other states.

Oct 13, 2016
Journal Article

Journal Article

Understanding the Potential of Variable Tolling to Smooth Congestion on Downstream Facilities: Applications of a Joint Time-of-Day and Route Choice Model

The aim of this research was to understand the conditions under which time-varying tolls could be used to effectively smooth congestion on a downstream, untolled roadway.

Apr 6, 2016
News Release

News Release

Examining Wages, Employment and STEM Education at County Level for the Appalachia Partnership Initiative

The first-ever county-level examination of wages and employment for workers with STEM training sets a baseline that will help measure the ongoing success of the Appalachia Partnership Initiative's efforts to support long-term economic growth in the region by preparing K-12 students and local workers for jobs in the energy and advanced manufacturing sectors.

Mar 16, 2016
Project

The Appalachia Partnership Initiative

The Appalachia Partnership Initiative seeks to support long-term, sustainable economic growth in the Pittsburgh tri-state area by preparing K-12 students and local workers for jobs in the energy and advanced manufacturing sectors.

Mar 9, 2016
Report

Exploring Funding Allocations to Best Support Louisiana's Flood Risk and Resilience

States that have recently experienced a presidentially declared major disaster can apply for funds through the Natural Disaster Resilience Competition. For Louisiana's application, RAND provided a quantitative analysis of baseline flood risks under different amounts of investment in three parishes.

Mar 1, 2016
Journal Article

Current and Future Flood Risk in Greater New Orleans

This report presents estimates of flood risk in New Orleans and quantifies the accomplishments of the post-Katrina efforts to improve coastal defenses.

Oct 20, 2015
News Release

News Release

Program to Improve School Outcomes and Student Achievement Shows Early Signs of Success

A program intended to boost student achievement by providing teachers two years of professional development, including formal training sessions and meetings with a leadership coach, is showing early signs of success.

Aug 11, 2015
Report

Report

The Impact of Adopting Time-of-Day Tolling: Case Study of 183A in Austin, Texas

This study evaluates the traffic and revenue impacts of moving from a fixed toll rate on the 183A Turnpike in Texas to a toll structure that varies by time of day.

Jun 18, 2015
News Release

News Release

Making It More Difficult to Sue Physicians for Malpractice May Not Reduce 'Defensive Medicine'

Malpractice reform has been advocated by many experts as a key to reining in health care costs. Three states raised the standard for malpractice in the emergency room to gross negligence, but that did not translate into less-expensive care.

Oct 15, 2014
Project

Innovative Preschool Academy Project

RAND is helping bring evidence-based practice into Hopkins House's Innovative Preschool Academy (IPA), an early childhood education center located in Northern Virginia.

Jun 13, 2014
Journal Article

Journal Article

Effectiveness of Cognitive Tutor Algebra I at Scale

This article examines the effectiveness of a technology-based algebra curriculum in a wide variety of middle schools and high schools in seven states.

Jun 1, 2014
Infographic

Infographic: How Arkansas May Fare Under the Affordable Care Act

This infographic presents findings from a RAND analysis of the economic and other effects of the Affordable Care Act on the state of Arkansas.

May 21, 2014
Research Brief

How RAND Supported the Development of Louisiana's Comprehensive Master Plan

To plan the rebuilding of the Louisiana coastline, the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority used a new analytic approach, developed in part by RAND, that incorporates results from state-of-the-art predictive models within a decision tool to formulate and compare alternatives and visualize outcomes and trade-offs for policymakers and stakeholders.

Mar 18, 2014
News Release

News Release

Tools Can Help Policymakers Increase Coastal Resilience to Rising Seas and Storm Surge

Two key analytic tools can be used to evaluate how coastal protection and restoration decisions made now will play out over time, even given an uncertain future.

Feb 21, 2014
Report

Tools Can Help Policymakers Increase Coastal Resilience to Rising Seas and Storm Surge

Two key analytic tools can be used to evaluate how coastal protection and restoration decisions made now will play out over time, even given an uncertain future. For example, a community weighing whether to implement a marsh-building project can see how the project fares against different rates of rising sea levels over time.

Feb 19, 2014
Solution

Shaping State Implementation of the Affordable Care Act

As implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) unfolds, state governments face numerous decisions. With significant amounts of funding and residents' health at stake, states need strong evidence to inform their policy.

Dec 10, 2013
Project

Increasing Community Resilience in the Gulf States Region

Community resilience requires participation from the whole community to improve response and recovery, and to plan for disaster recovery over the long term. This is a lesson that the U.S. Gulf States have learned in the last decade, and their experiences are helping teach other communities across the nation how to become more resilient.

Nov 8, 2013
News Release

News Release

Affordable Care Act Will Reduce Out-of-Pocket Medical Spending for Many Americans

The Affordable Care Act will have a varied impact on health spending by individuals and families, depending primarily on their income and whether they would have been uninsured in 2016 without the program.

Oct 1, 2013

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