Latest Publications from RAND
These documents were made available online within the last few weeks. The most recently added documents are listed first.
A Common Operating Picture for Air Force Materiel Sustainment - September 3, 2008
Describes a common operating picture for the Air Force materiel sustainment system that, if implemented, would make the system more efficient and more responsive to changing operational needs.
Assistance and Accountability in Externally Managed Schools: The Case of Edison Schools, Inc. - August 29, 2008
Demonstrate how Edison Schools, Inc., intends to promote educators' capacity, motivation, and opportunity to deliver high-quality instruction, and examines the variation that occurs across Edison schools.
Supporting Literacy Across the Sunshine State: A Study of Florida Middle School Reading Coaches - August 28, 2008
Presents results from a RAND evaluation of the implementation and impact of the reading coach program in Florida middle schools.
Florida's Middle School Reading Coaches: What Do They Do? Are They Effective? - August 28, 2008
This research brief reports the results of a study examining the implementation and effectiveness of a middle school reading coach program in Florida.
An Examination of Options to Reduce Underway Training Days Through the Use of Simulation - August 28, 2008
The U.S. Navy is looking for ways to reduce the annual operating costs of the fleet. RAND examines whether and how an increased use of simulators could reduce costly underway training days for DDG-51-class ships while sustaining readiness.
South Korea's Miraculous Democracy - August 27, 2008
Describes how democracy in South Korea has turned obstacles into opportunities for reform and development.
Policy Insight, Volume 2, Issue 4, August 2008: The Cost-Effectiveness of Education Interventions in Poor Countries - August 27, 2008
Discusses the benefits of using randomized trials and cost-effectiveness analyses to evaluate development programs and presents the results of a cost-effectiveness analysis of education interventions in low-income countries.
A National Health Information Network -- What Are the Real Privacy Issues? - August 27, 2008
This fact sheet summarizes research suggesting that there are basic privacy issues that need to be resolved in the implementation of a national health information network.
Improving the Cost Estimation of Space Systems - August 25, 2008
Analyzes the reason for the comparatively high growth in the cost of space systems by means of an in-depth study of two systems: SBIRS-High and GPS.
Dangerous Thresholds: Managing Escalation in the 21st Century - August 25, 2008
This analysis of escalation dynamics and approaches to escalation management draws on a range of historical examples from World War I through Somalia in the early 1990s to inform escalation-related decisionmaking.
Insights on Aircraft Programmed Depot Maintenance: An Analysis of F-15 PDM - August 20, 2008
This technical report describes the F-15 programmed depot maintenance (PDM) process as performed at the Warner Robins Air Logistics Center (WR-ALC) in FYs 2004-2006, assessing PDM duration and the challenges the process faces.
The Impact of Educational Quality on the Community - August 20, 2008
Provides an overview of empirical research on the effects that educational quality has on a community, including the impacts that education has on health, employment and earnings, housing values, tax revenues, and civic participation.
The Weighted Airman Promotion System: Standardizing Test Scores - August 19, 2008
Examines the practice of not standardizing the test scores that are part of the U.S. Air Force enlisted promotion system and discusses possible standardization strategies.
The State of U.S. Railroads: A Review of Capacity and Performance Data - August 18, 2008
U.S. railroads have improved their productivity, but increasing freight volume threatens to cause performance-degrading capacity constraints. This report describes the current state of railroad capacity and performance for freight transportation.
After the Taliban: Nation-Building in Afghanistan - August 18, 2008
As the Bush administration's first special envoy to Afghanistan, Ambassador Dobbins helped the Afghans assemble a successor government to the Taliban. His memoir explains why the United States has failed to stabilize either Afghanistan or Iraq.
Will Terrorists Go Nuclear? - August 18, 2008
Offering insights into vital questions of national security, presidential decisionmaking, and terrorist motives, world-renowned terrorism expert Brian Michael Jenkins examines how terrorists think about nuclear weapons and nuclear terror.
RAND Review: Vol. 32, No. 2, Summer 2008 - August 15, 2008
The cover story contains 11 essays that forecast 11 ''issues over the horizon''; other articles discuss the invisible wounds of war, visions of the future, colleges in prisons, and nuclear deterrence for the modern age.
The Behavioral Health Care System is Poised for Change - August 13, 2008
This fact sheet provides an overview of the Institute of Medicine's quality improvement framework for behavioral health care and highlights current quality improvement projects that incorporate the framework's recommendations.
Do Neighborhood Economic Conditions Influence the Consumption of Fruits and Vegetables? - August 13, 2008
This fact sheet summarizes a study examining the variation of the intake of fruits and vegetables for blacks, whites, and Mexican Americans, in addition to the relationship between neighborhood socioeconomic status and this intake.
Why Has the Cost of Fixed-Wing Aircraft Risen?: A Macroscopic Examination of the Trends in U.S. Military Aircraft Costs over the Past Several Decades - August 13, 2008
This report explores why, in recent decades, military fixed-wing aircraft costs have escalated faster than the rates of inflation, examining both economy-driven factors that the Services cannot control and customer-driven ones that they can.
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