Author: Gail L. Zellman Michal Perlman
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: implementation, states, issues, lessons, learned, pioneer, five, quality, care, rating, improvement, systems, child
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2008
ISBN-10: 0833045512
ISBN-13: 9780833045515

As demand for child care in the United States has grown, so have calls for improving its quality. One approach that has been gaining momentum involves developing and implementing quality rating and improvement systems (QRISs), multi-component assessments designed to make child-care quality transparent to child-care providers, parents, and policymakers. QRISs provide simple, independent public ratings of child-care quality along with feedback, technical assistance, and improvement incentives. QRIS supporters posit that these systems can inform parental choice and motivate and support quality im

Authors:Brian M. Stecher, Scott Epstein, Laura S. Hamilto
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: three, states, child, implementing, gain, pain
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2008
ISBN-10: 0833046101
ISBN-13: 9780833046109

The Implementing Standards-Based Accountability (ISBA) study was designed to examine the strategies that states, districts, and schools are using to implement standards-based accountability under the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) and how these strategies are associated with classroom practices and student achievement in mathematics and science. This monograph presents the final results of the ISBA project. It contains descriptive information regarding the implementation of NCLB in California, Georgia, and Pennsylvania from 2003-2004 through 2005-2006. It is a companion to MG-589-NSF, Standar

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Publisher: RAND
Keywords: new, york, city, case, children, social, promotion, leaving, ending
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2009
ISBN-10: 0833047787
ISBN-13: 9780833047786

Many states and school districts are implementing test-based requirements for promotion at key transitional points in students’ schooling careers, thus ending the practice of

Authors:Tom LaTourrette, David R. Howell, David E. Mosher
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: potential, security, options, analysis, centers, terrorism, risk, shopping, reducing
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2006
ISBN-10: 0833040405
ISBN-13: 9780833040404

Terrorist threat at shopping centers is a prominent concern, with over 60 terrorist attacks against shopping centers in 21 countries since 1998. Shopping center operators are beginning to explore and implement increased security efforts specifically designed to combat terrorism. This report offers qualitative and quantitative modeling approaches to help shopping center operators evaluate candidate security options in terms of their effectiveness at reducing terrorism risk, reaching the following conclusions. First, a strategy to reduce terrorism risk will be similar for most shopping centers.

Authors:Robert S. Tripp, Mahyar A. Amouzegar, Ronald G. M
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: responsiveness, control, capabilities, prediction, integrating, respond, logistics, sense
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2006
ISBN-10: 0833039784
ISBN-13: 9780833039781

This monograph discusses U.S. Air Force progress toward implementing sense and respond logistics or, as defined more broadly, sense and respond combat support. It describes some of the research that has been conducted on the military combat support system, focusing on improvements in prediction capability, responsiveness of supply chains, and a governing command and control system. The report identifies the elements of sense and respond combat support and shows what is necessary to use the concept within the military

Authors:Georges Vernez, Albert A. Robbert, Hugh G. Massey
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: practical, guide, processes, development, planning, workforce
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2007
ISBN-10: 0833040065
ISBN-13: 9780833040060

The Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) develops, acquires, and maintains most Air Force systems and is tailoring its workforce to adapt to changes in technology, weapons, and battlefield requirements. This volume is a practical guide to the main steps in analytical workforce planning and development: determining workforce demand, describing workforce supply, comparing the demand with the supply, and implementing solutions. The authors outline the related policy decisions; describe necessary methods, data, and tools; and recommend divisions of responsibilities among headquarters, business units,

Author: James T. Bartis Eric Landree
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: occupational, safety, health, workshop, planning, workplace, policy, nanomaterials
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2006
ISBN-10: 0833039520
ISBN-13: 9780833039521

What are the challenges the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and related federal agencies face when allocating limited resources so that worker health and safety go hand in hand with innovation and technical progress? This was the central issue addressed at a workshop on nanotechnology and occupational safety and health hosted by the RAND Corporation on October 17, 2005. The workshop focused on policy and planning issues (as opposed to scientific issues) that are key to understanding the options available to NIOSH in formulating and implementing its strategic objec