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Raising the Bar: Louisiana's Strategies for Improving Student Outcomes. Research Report. RR-2303-BRAF
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Kaufman, Julia H.; Cannon, Jill S.; Culbertson, Shelly; Hannan, Margaret; Hamilton, Laura S.; Meyers, Sophie – RAND Corporation, 2018
Louisiana has received recent attention for some of its new education policies and promising early results. In this report, RAND researchers provide an in-depth description of Louisiana's approach to improving student outcomes since 2012. The authors examine how the state has used various policy levers -- including mandates, resource alignment,…
Descriptors: State Policy, Educational Policy, Outcomes of Education, Academic Achievement
Seeking Balance in the Provision of Technical Assistance: Insights from the National Center to Improve Social and Emotional Learning and School Safety. Research Report. RR-A1161-1
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Wrabel, Stephani L.; Bush-Mecenas, Susan; Woo, Ashley – RAND Corporation, 2021
The U.S. Department of Education funds various types of technical assistance centers with the goal of providing the expertise and resources needed by state education agencies (SEAs), regional education agencies, and local education agencies (LEAs) to effectively implement federal education programs. Given the complexity of technical assistance for…
Descriptors: School Safety, Technical Assistance, School Districts, Federal Programs
Digital Instructional Materials: What Are Teachers Using and What Barriers Exist? Data Note: Insights from the American Educator Panels. Research Report. RR-2575/17-BMGF/SFF/OFF
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Tosh, Katie; Doan, Sy; Woo, Ashley; Henry, Daniella – RAND Corporation, 2020
This Data Note adds new insights from the American Educator Panels--comprised of English language arts (ELA), math, and science teachers--on their use of digital materials. Drawing on data from the spring 2019 American Instructional Resources Survey, researchers share the digital materials that ELA, math, and science teachers across the United…
Descriptors: Instructional Materials, Web Sites, Instructional Effectiveness, Media Selection
The Rise of Virtual Schools: Selected Findings from the Third American School District Panel Survey. Data Note: Insights from the American Educator Panels. Research Report. RR-A956-5
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Diliberti, Melissa Kay; Schwartz, Heather L. – RAND Corporation, 2021
The onset of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has prompted school districts in the United States to offer remote schooling options for their K-12 students. The authors of this report fielded the third American School District Panel (ASDP) survey in June 2021 to assess districts' plans to offer both temporary and more-lasting remote…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, National Surveys, Administrator Surveys
California K-12 School and Community Collaborations: Facilitators, Challenges, and Impact on Student Mental Health
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Woodbridge, Michelle W.; Yu, Jennifer; Goldweber, Asha; Golan, Shari; Stein, Bradley D. – RAND Corporation, 2015
Across the education, public health, and human and social services arenas, there has been renewed interest in bringing agency representatives together to work on the promotion of student mental health and wellness. When effective, it is believed that collaboration among agencies can build cross-system partnerships, improve referral processes and…
Descriptors: Institutional Cooperation, Mental Health, School Community Programs, Health Services
California K-12 Schools and Communities Collaborate to Support Student Mental Health
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Woodbridge, Michelle W.; Goldweber, Asha; Yu, Jennifer; Golan, Shari; Stein, Bradley D. – RAND Corporation, 2013
Across the education, public health, and human and social services areas, there is renewed interest in bringing agency representatives together to work on the promotion of student mental health and wellness. One of the aims of California's Prevention and Early Intervention (PEI) K-12 Student Mental Health (SMH) initiative funded under Proposition…
Descriptors: Institutional Cooperation, Mental Health, School Community Programs, Health Services
Education for a New Era: Design and Implementation of K-12 Education Reform in Qatar. Executive Summary
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Brewer, Dominic J.; Augustine, Catherine H.; Zellman, Gail L.; Ryan, Gery; Goldman, Charles A.; Stasz, Cathleen; Constant, Louay – RAND Corporation, 2007
The leadership of Qatar has a social and political vision that calls for improving the outcomes of the Qatari K-12 education system. With this vision in mind, the leadership asked RAND to examine Qatar's K-12 education system, to recommend options for building a world-class system, and, subsequently, to develop the chosen option and support its…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Instructional Development
Education for a New Era: Design and Implementation of K-12 Education Reform in Qatar. Monograph
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Brewer, Dominic J.; Augustine, Catherine H.; Zellman, Gail L.; Ryan, Gery; Goldman, Charles A.; Stasz, Cathleen; Constant, Louay – RAND Corporation, 2007
The leadership of Qatar has a social and political vision that calls for improving the outcomes of the Qatari K-12 education system. With this vision in mind, the leadership asked RAND to examine Qatar's K-12 education system, to recommend options for building a world-class system, and, subsequently, to develop the chosen option and support its…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Foreign Countries, Leadership, Elementary Secondary Education