Jennifer McCombs - Böcker

Presents first year findings from an evaluation of teacher education reform at four institutions under the Teachers for a New Era initiative. Teachers for a New Era encourages improvements in teacher education through grants and technical assistan...

Läs mer »

Despite recent progress in reading achievement among primary-grade children, many are not moving beyond basic decoding to fluency and comprehension as they go on to higher grades. RAND evaluated the impact of reading coaches: master teachers who o...

Läs mer »

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...

Läs mer »

Lessons learned in the civilian and government sectors hold importance for transforming the way in which the Military Health System identifies and develops health care officers with high leadership potential for senior executive positions.

Läs mer »

The Wallace Foundation sponsored an initiative to help five cities increase collaboration, access, quality, information sharing, and sustainability in their out-of-school-time systems. The second in this three-volume series describes how Wallace F...

Läs mer »

Research has shown that students skills and knowledge often deteriorate during the summer months, with low-income students facing the largest losses. School districts and summer programming providers can benefit from the lessons learned by other p...

Läs mer »

RAND is conducting a longitudinal study that examines the implementation and effectiveness of voluntary summer learning programs. This second report in the series provides research-based advice for school district leaders developing summer programs.

Läs mer »

As part of a randomized controlled trial study assessing the effect of district-run voluntary summer programs, this second report in a series looks at how summer programs affected student performance in certain categories in fall 2013.

Läs mer »

Three adventurous teenagers, yearning for manhood. Two mysterious disappearances. One Mississippi farm at the center of it all. When he’s not busy trying to win over the girl of his dreams, Case Reynolds fishes, camps, and races three-wheele...

Läs mer »

Three adventurous teenagers, yearning for manhood. Two mysterious disappearances. One Mississippi farm at the center of it all. When he’s not busy trying to win over the girl of his dreams, Case Reynolds fishes, camps, and races three-wheele...

Läs mer »

To understand whether and how district-led voluntary summer learning programs can improve outcomes for low-income students, The Wallace Foundation initiated the National Summer Learning Project in 2011 in five urban districts. The RAND Corporation...

Läs mer »

Program providers and funders who decide how best to invest limited resources to meet goals for children and youth in the summer are increasingly encouraged by policymakers to base their decisions on research evidence. This report, which provides ...

Läs mer »

In this eighth report in RAND's Summer Learning Series, the authors chronicle early efforts in four communities to create coordinated approaches to summer programming, noting their challenges, enablers, and early outcomes.

Läs mer »