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Journal Article

New Methods to Implement Multi-Attribute RDM

Many objective robust decision making (MORDM) combines concepts and methods from many objective evolutionary optimization and robust decision making (RDM), along with extensive use of interactive visual analytics, to facilitate the management of complex environmental systems.

Apr 1, 2013
Report

Technology Grant Helps Dallas Police Department Modernize Operations

The Dallas Police Department received a $5 million grant in 2006 to install laptops and video recorders in patrol cars and thus modernize its operations. RAND evaluated the initiative and found it to be generally successful, despite some implementation problems.

Jan 18, 2012
Report

Evaluating the Communities Foundation of Texas's Gift to the Dallas Police Department: The Caruth Police Institute's First Leadership Course

An evaluation of the first course offered by the Caruth Police Institute at Dallas, supported by funds from the Communities Foundation of Texas, considered participants' opinions of the course's impact on various aspects of their jobs.

Jan 18, 2012
Report

National Evaluation of Safe Start Promising Approaches: Assessing Program Outcomes

Shares the results of Safe Start Promising Approaches, a community-based initiative that implemented and evaluated promising and evidence-based programs to prevent and reduce the impact of children's exposure to violence in 15 U.S. program sites.

Jan 4, 2012
Journal Article

Do Incentive Pay Programs Affect Teacher Motivation?

Teacher surveys from three different pay-for-performance programs showed that most teachers did not report their program as motivating. None of the programs changed instruction, increased hours worked or job stress, or damaged collegiality.

Jan 1, 2012
Report

National Evaluation of Safe Start Promising Approaches: Assessing Program Outcomes

Shares the results of Safe Start Promising Approaches, a community-based initiative that implemented and evaluated promising and evidence-based programs to prevent and reduce the impact of children's exposure to violence in 15 U.S. program sites.

Aug 25, 2011
News Release

Links Between Asbestos Bankruptcy Trusts, Tort Cases Examined

Asbestos bankruptcy trusts—created to compensate people injured by the mineral—may be influencing tort cases. The current way that the trusts and the tort cases are linked together may result in payments that are not consistent with the basic principles of the tort liability system.

Aug 18, 2011
Report

Links Between Asbestos Bankruptcy Trusts, Tort Cases Examined

Asbestos bankruptcy trusts—created to compensate people injured by the mineral—may be influencing tort cases. The current way that the trusts and the tort cases are linked together may result in payments that are not consistent with the basic principles of the tort liability system.

Aug 18, 2011
Research Brief

Bankruptcy Trusts, Asbestos Compensation, and the Courts

People with asbestos injuries are increasingly receiving compensation from trusts set up by bankrupt asbestos defendants. This brief documents how courts handling these cases consider trust payments when determining compensation.

Aug 18, 2011
Journal Article

Travel Using Managed Lanes: An Application of a Stated Choice Model for Houston, Texas

The mean value of travel time savings obtained from a random parameters logit model estimated using the respondents who received the D-efficient design survey was closer to what is typically found in the literature.

Aug 1, 2011
Report

First Year Evaluation of the Caruth Police Institute at Dallas

The Caruth Police Institute (CPI) provides officer training and serves as the Dallas Police Department's research and problem-solving arm. This report examines the extent to which CPI is meeting its goals, along with obstacles and responses.

May 2, 2011
News Release

How National Health Reform Will Affect a Variety of States

A series of new reports by the RAND Corporation outlines the impact that national health care reform will have on individual states, estimating the increased costs and coverage that are expected in five diverse states once reform is fully implemented in 2016.

Apr 5, 2011
News Release

Health Reform Will Add Coverage for 5 Million in Texas; State Health Spending to Grow by 10 Percent

National health care reform will help 5 million Texas residents obtain health insurance and increase health care spending by state government by about 10 percent when it is fully implemented in 2016.

Apr 5, 2011
Research Brief

How Will Health Care Reform Affect Costs and Coverage? Examples from Five States

Projects how the coverage-related provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will affect health insurance coverage and state government spending on health care in five states.

Apr 1, 2011
Report

The Impact of the Coverage-Related Provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on Insurance Coverage and State Health Care Expenditures in Texas: An Analysis from RAND COMPARE

Projects how the coverage-related provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will affect health insurance coverage and state government spending on health care in Texas through 2020.

Apr 1, 2011
Report

Local Law Enforcement's Counterterrorism Initiatives Have Evolved into All-Hazards Strategies

Law enforcement agencies in areas where terrorist threats are considered to be high have expanded their focus beyond traditional crime prevention and investigation to include counterterrorism and homeland security operations.

Oct 1, 2010
Journal Article

District Awards for Teacher Excellence (D.A.T.E.) Program: Year One Evaluation Report

This report presents findings from the first year of District Awards for Teacher Excellence (D.A.T.E.) (2008-09 school year), with emphasis on program participation decisions made by districts, the local design preferences for performance pay plans, and the early implementation experiences of D.A.T.E. participants.

Jan 1, 2010
Journal Article

Students Left Behind: Measuring 10th to 12th Grade Student Persistence Rates in Texas High Schools

The authors propose several guidelines for using existing graduation and persistence rate data and argue that a national effort to track students as they progress through high school is essential to reconcile conflicting estimates.

Jan 1, 2010
Report

Measuring the Performance of the Dallas Police Department: 2008-2009 Results

Describes the state of policing in Dallas, Texas, based on the results of four surveys carried out in 2008-2009.

Oct 15, 2009
Journal Article

Texas Educator Excellence Grant (TEEG) Program: Year Three Evaluation Report

This report builds on the previous Texas Educator Excellence Grant (TEEG) program evaluation reports, presenting findings from three years of the TEEG program. Overall, the report discusses the participation decisions of eligible schools, the implementation experiences of TEEG participants, the manner in which performance pay plans were designed, and the program's outcomes.

Jan 1, 2009

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