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  • Ending Social Promotion Without Leaving Children Behind

    Ending Social Promotion Without Leaving Children Behind

    by Jennifer Sloan Mccombs • Sheila Nataraj Kirby • Louis T. Mariano

    The New York City Department of Education asked RAND to conduct an independent longitudinal evaluation of its 5th-grade promotion policy. The findings of that study, conducted between March 2006 and August 2009, provide a comprehensive view of the policy's implementation and its impact on student ou... More

    Language: ENG
    Copyright: 2009
  • Combating Terrorism: How Prepared Are State and Local Response Organizations?

    Combating Terrorism: How Prepared Are State and Local Response Organizations?

    by Lois M. Davis • Sarah K. Cotton • Paul Steinberg • Jennifer E. Pace • Louis T. Mariano

    Organizations varied in how they financed these efforts--some increased internal spending or reallocated resources--and in receipt of external funding.... More

    Language: ENG
    Copyright: 2006
  • Lessons from the Field: Developing and Implementing the Qatar Student Assessment System, 2002-2006

    Lessons from the Field: Developing and Implementing the Qatar Student Assessment System, 2002-2006

    by Vi-Nhuan Le • Louis T. Mariano • J. Enrique Froemel • Gabriella C. Gonzalez • Markus Broer

    Central to Qatar's education reform was the development of internationally benchmarked curriculum standards and standards-based assessments in four subjects: Arabic, English as a foreign language, mathematics, and science. This report recounts the development of Qatar's standards-based student asses... More

    Language: ENG
    Copyright: 2009
  • The State of U.S. Railroads: A Review of Capacity and Performance Data

    The State of U.S. Railroads: A Review of Capacity and Performance Data

    by Sara A. Daly • David S. Ortiz • Henry H. Willis • Louis T. Mariano • J. Enrique Froemel • Brian A. Weatherford

    U.S. railroads have improved their productivity, but increasing freight volume threatens performance-degrading capacity constraints. This report describes the current state of railroad capacity and performance for freight transportation. The public consequences of private investment decisions justif... More

    Language: ENG
    Copyright: 2008
  • Recommendations for Improving the Recruiting and Hiring of Los Angeles Firefighters

    Recommendations for Improving the Recruiting and Hiring of Los Angeles Firefighters

    by Jefferson P. Marquis • Nelson Lim • Louis T. Mariano • Chaitra M. Hardison • Lisa Miyashiro • Robert Bozick • Kirsten M. Keller • Leslie Adrienne Payne • Jacqueline A. Mauro • Gillian Oak • Lisa Saum-Manning

    Reviews the Los Angeles Fire Department's hiring practices as of June 2014 and outlines a recommended new firefighter hiring process that is intended to increase efficiency of the hiring process, bolster the evidence supporting the validity of it, and make it more transparent and inclusive.... More

    Language: ENG
    Copyright: 2015
  • Sport, Physical Culture, and the Moving Body: Materialisms, Technologies, Ecologies (Critical Issues in Sport and Society)

    Sport, Physical Culture, and the Moving Body: Materialisms, Technologies, Ecologies (Critical Issues in Sport and Society)

    by David Andrews • Samantha Frost • Simone Fullagar • Mary Louise Adams • Samantha King • Pirkko Markula • Michael D. Giardina • Matthew G. Hawzen • Oliver Rick • Jacob J. Bustad • Richard Pringle • Mary G. McDonald • Kiri Baxter • Douglas Booth • Kyle S Bunds • Mariana Clark • Simon C Darnell • Jennifer Sterling • Christopher McLeod • Shannon Leigh Jette • Katelyn Esmonde • Carolyn Pluim • Gavin Weedon

    The moving body—pervasively occupied by fitness activities, intense training and dieting regimes, recreational practices, and high-profile sporting mega-events—holds a vital function in contemporary society. As the body moves—as it performs, sweats, runs, and jumps—it sets in motion an intricate web... More

    Language: ENG
    Copyright: 2020
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