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Evaluation of the Networks for School Improvement Initiative: Networks and Intermediaries. Interim Report
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Rebecca Herman; Karen Christianson; Peter Nguyen; Susan Bush-Mecenas; Joy S. Moini; Samantha E. DiNicola; Stephani L. Wrabel; Eupha Jeanne Daramola; Pierrce Holmes; Nazia Wolters; Beth C. Gamse; Nadirah Farah Foley; Ramy Abbady; L’Heureux Lewis McCoy; Sarah Zelazny – RAND Corporation, 2024
In an effort to improve high school graduation and college enrollment rates among students who are Black, Latino, or experiencing poverty, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation established the Networks for School Improvement (NSI) initiative and awarded five-year grants to intermediary organizations to develop networks of school teams that work…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Networks, Educational Improvement, Educational Strategies
Designing and Implementing Micro-Credentials to Support STEM Teaching: Lessons from Louisiana's Project to Improve Pre-Engineering and Computer Science Education through Micro-Credentialing. Research Report. RR-A2486-1
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Julia H. Kaufman; Karen Christianson; Rebecca L. Wolfe; Miray Tekkumru-Kisa; Christopher Joseph Doss – RAND Corporation, 2023
In this report, the authors provide a preliminary look at the Improving Pre-Engineering and Computer Science Education Through Micro-Credentialing project to develop and implement micro-credentials as a means of providing scalable, competency-based certification of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) teaching skills in…
Descriptors: Credentials, Program Design, Program Implementation, STEM Education
Learning Creates Australia: Evaluation of the Learner's Journey Social Lab. Research Report. RR-A1139-1
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Bush-Mecenas, Susan; Schweig, Jonathan; Opfer, V. Darleen – RAND Corporation, 2022
Social labs have recently been gaining traction in a wide range of sectors internationally, and have been applied to many complex social problems, including food system security, poverty and labour market revitalisation. Social labs convene participants to collaborate and work collectively on developing prototypes that are iteratively refined and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Laboratories, Program Evaluation, Program Implementation
Networks for School Improvement Evaluation--Networks and Intermediaries. Data Sources and Methodology. Research Report. RR-A242-2
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Samantha E. DiNicola; Rebecca Herman; Stephani L. Wrabel – RAND Corporation, 2024
In an effort to improve high school graduation and college enrollment rates among students who are Black, Latino, or experiencing poverty, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation established the Networks for School Improvement (NSI) initiative and awarded five-year grants to intermediary organizations to develop networks of school teams that work…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Networks, Educational Improvement, Educational Strategies
Redesigning University Principal Preparation Programs: A Systemic Approach for Change and Sustainability--Full Report. RAND Principal Preparation Series. Volume 3, Part 1. Research Report. RR-A413-3
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Herman, Rebecca; Woo, Ashley; Wang, Elaine Lin; Gates, Susan M.; Berglund, Tiffany; Schweig, Jonathan; Andrew, Megan; Todd, Ivy – RAND Corporation, 2022
The job of the school principal has become much more complex and demanding over the past several decades. Many university-based principal preparation programs -- which prepare the majority of school principals -- have struggled with how to make the fundamental changes needed to prepare principals for today's schools. This report shares lessons…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Principals, Recruitment, Personnel Selection
Redesigning University Principal Preparation Programs: A Systemic Approach for Change and Sustainability--Report in Brief. RAND Principal Preparation Series. Volume 3, Part 2. Research Report. RR-A413-4
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Herman, Rebecca; Wang, Elaine Lin; Woo, Ashley; Gates, Susan M.; Berglund, Tiffany; Schweig, Jonathan; Andrew, Megan; Todd, Ivy – RAND Corporation, 2022
This report in brief shares findings from the RAND Corporation's five-year study of The Wallace Foundation's University Principal Preparation Initiative (UPPI). The job of the school principal has become much more complex and demanding over the past several decades. Many university-based principal preparation programs (PPPs)--which prepare the…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Principals, Recruitment, Personnel Selection
Developing Outcome Measures for the National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program. Research Report. RR-A271-5
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Wenger, Jennie W.; Wrabel, Stephani L.; Trail, Thomas E.; Constant, Louay; Chan, Wing Yi; Edwards, Kathryn A.; Moini, Joy S.; Han, Hanna – RAND Corporation, 2022
The National Guard Youth ChalleNGe program is a residential, quasi-military program for youth ages 16 to 18 who are experiencing difficulty in traditional high school. The program provides classroom instruction and other structured activities to young people at 40 different sites. The focus of this report is on determining how sites can measure…
Descriptors: Outcome Measures, Military Training, Armed Forces, High School Students