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Prioritizing Strategies to Racially Diversify the K-12 Teacher Workforce: Findings from the State of the American Teacher and State of the American Principal Surveys. Research Report. RR-A1108-6
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Steiner, Elizabeth D.; Greer, Lucas; Berdie, Lisa; Schwartz, Heather L.; Woo, Ashley; Doan, Sy; Lawrence, Rebecca Ann; Wolfe, Rebecca L.; Gittens, Allyson D. – RAND Corporation, 2022
All students--particularly students of color--benefit academically and socially from having teachers who are people of color. However, people of color face systemic barriers to becoming and remaining teachers at multiple points throughout their careers. For example, people of color are more likely than their White peers to incur student debt,…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Diversity (Faculty), Minority Group Teachers, Barriers
What New York City's Experiment with Schoolwide Performance Bonuses Tells Us about Pay for Performance. Research Brief
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Li, Jennifer – RAND Corporation, 2011
In the 2007-2008 school year, the New York City Department of Education (NYCDOE) and the United Federation of Teachers (UFT) implemented the Schoolwide Performance Bonus Program (SPBP). With funding from The Fund for Public Schools and the National Center on Performance Incentives, researchers from the RAND Corporation and Vanderbilt University…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Politics of Education, Researchers, Incentives
A Big Apple for Educators: New York City's Experiment with Schoolwide Performance Bonuses. Final Evaluation Report. Monograph
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Marsh, Julie A.; Springer, Matthew G.; McCaffrey, Daniel F.; Yuan, Kun; Epstein, Scott; Koppich, Julia; Kalra, Nidhi; DiMartino, Catherine; Peng, Art – RAND Corporation, 2011
In the 2007-2008 school year, the New York City Department of Education and the United Federation of Teachers jointly implemented the Schoolwide Performance Bonus Program in a random sample of the city's high-needs public schools. The program lasted for three school years, and its broad objective was to improve student performance through…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Incentives, Teacher Salaries, Teacher Effectiveness
Language Matters: The Supply of and Demand for UK Born and Educated Academic Researchers with Skills in Languages Other Than English. Technical Report
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Levitt, Ruth; Janta, Barbara; Shehabi, Ala'a; Jones, Daniel; Valentini, Elizabeth – RAND Corporation, 2009
This report discusses concerns that the future of the UK's world class research base might be threatened by the decline in modern language learning and calls for a series of measures by Universities and Government bodies to address this danger. It investigates evidence for the role of language skills in academic research in the humanities and…
Descriptors: Supply and Demand, Social Sciences, Language Skills, Researchers
Is There Gender Bias in Federal Grant Programs? Research Brief
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Hosek, Susan D. – RAND Corporation, 2005
Based on analysis of three federal agency databases and two researcher surveys, we did not find gender differences in federal grant funding outcomes, with two exceptions. First, we found a gender gap in the amount of funding on average that females receive relative to their male counterparts at NIH, although important caveats are associated with…
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Public Agencies, Gender Differences, Gender Bias
How Educators in Three States Are Responding to Standards-Based Accountability under No Child Left Behind. Research Brief
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Hamilton, Laura S.; Stecher, Brian M.; Marsh, Julie A.; McCombs, Jennifer Sloan; Robyn, Abby; Russell, Jennifer; Naftel, Scott; Barney, Heather – RAND Corporation, 2007
In 2002, the RAND Corporation launched a project to understand how educators are responding to the new accountability requirements in California, Georgia, and Pennsylvania--three states that represent a range of approaches, regions, and student populations. The researchers aimed to identify the factors that enhance the implementation of SBA…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Teaching Methods, Researchers, Educational Change