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      Modeling Cost and Performance for Military Enlistment: Report of a Workshop

      Committee on Military Enlistment Standards,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Describes a cost/performance trade-off model useful for illustrating the effects of budget decisions on the quality of expected performance in the military enlisted force. This book discusses technical issues associated…

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      Who Cares for America’s Children?: Child Care Policy for the 1990s

      Panel on Child Care Policy,National Research Council

      Looks at the barriers to developing a national child care policy, evaluates the factors in child care that are most important to children’s development, and examines ways of protecting children’s…

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      Work and Family: Policies for a Changing Work Force

      Panel on Employer Policies and Working Families,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Reviews changes in work and family structures and their effects on worker productivity and employer practices. This book presents a range of approaches to easing the conflicts between work and…

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      Ending Mandatory Retirement for Tenured Faculty: The Consequences for Higher Education

      Committee on Mandatory Retirement in Higher Education,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Offers guidance not only for dealing with the elimination of mandatory retirement in higher education, but also for retirement-related issues facing colleges and universities. This book contains analyses of early…

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      Performance Assessment for the Workplace

      Committee on the Performance of Military Personnel,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Covers several measurement and analytical issues in technical detail, including: range restriction adjustments, methods for evaluating multiple sources of error in measurement, comparing alternative measures of performance, and strategies for…

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      Research Needs for Human Factors

      National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Board on Human-Systems Integration,Committee on Human Factors

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      Toward a National Health Care Survey: A Data System for the 21st Century

      Panel on the National Health Care Survey,Committee on National Statistics,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,National Research Council,Division of Health Care Services

      Contains an evaluation of the plan developed by the National Center for Health Statistics for restructuring its provider surveys. This work identifies the data needed by researchers and policymakers to…

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      A Plan for Evaluating the District of Columbia’s Public Schools: From Impressions to Evidence

      Committee on the Independent Evaluation of DC Public Schools,National Research Council

      The District of Columbia (DC) has struggled for decades to improve its public education system. In 2007 the DC government made a bold change in the way it governs public…

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      Reliability Issues for DOD Systems: Report of a Workshop

      Committee on National Statistics,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,National Research Council

      Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council of the National Academies.

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      Preparing for an Aging World: The Case for Cross-National Research

      National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on National Statistics,Committee on Population,Panel on a Research Agenda and New Data for an Aging World

      Aging is a process that encompasses virtually all aspects of life. This work looks at the behavioral and socio-economic aspects of aging; and focuses on work, retirement, and pensions; wealth…

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      Improving Information for Social Policy Decisions: The Uses of Microsimulation Modeling

      Panel to Evaluate Microsimulation Models for Social Welfare Programs,National Research Council,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Constance F. Citro

      Provides essential background material for policy analysts, researchers, statisticians, and others interested in the application of microsimulation techniques to develop estimates of the costs and population impacts of proposed changes…

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      Surrounded by Science: Learning Science in Informal Environments

      Marilyn Fenichel,Heidi A. Schweingruber,National Research Council

      Based on the National Research Council report, Learning science in informal environments: people, places and pursuits.

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      Expanding Access to Research Data: Reconciling Risks and Opportunities

      Panel on Data Access for Research Purposes,National Research Council

      Policy makers need information about the nation which comes from research based on data. The risk of expanded access to potentially sensitive data is the increased probability of breaching the…

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      Pre-College Science and Mathematics Teachers: Monitoring Supply, Demand and Quality

      Panel on Statistics on Supply and Demand for Precollege Science and Mathematics Teachers,Committee on National Statistics,National Research Council,Dorothy M. Gilford,Ellen Tenenbaum

      The report of a panel assembled by the National Research Council to evaluate the statistics on the supply and demand for science and mathematics teachers concludes that the available data…

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      The Bureau of Transportation Statistics: Priorities for the Future

      Panel on Statistical Programs and Practices of the Bureau of Transportation Statistics,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) was authorized in 1991 by the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA). This book examines how BTS can provide statistical leadership for US Department of…

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      Achieving High Educational Standards for All: Conference Summary

      National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education

      Summarizes a range of scientific perspectives on the goal of achieving high educational standards for all students. Based on a conference held at the request of the US Department of…

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      Enhancing Organizational Performance

      Committee on Techniques for the Enhancement of Human Performance,National Research Council

      Reviews approaches to organizational change - total quality management, reengineering, and downsizing - in terms of how they affect organizations and people, how performance improvements can be measured, and what…

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      Valuing Health Risks, Costs and Benefits for Environmental Decision Making: Report of a Conference

      Commission on Physical Sciences,Mathematics and Resources,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

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      Preparing Teachers: Building Evidence for Sound Policy

      Committee on the Study of Teacher Preparation Programs in the United States,National Research Council

      Committee on the Study of Teacher Preparation Programs in the United States, Center for Education Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education.

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      Methods for Designing Software to Fit Human Needs and Capabilities: Proceedings of the Workshop on Software Human Factors

      National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Board on Human-Systems Integration,Committee on Human Factors

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      National Patterns of R&D Resources: Future Directions for Content and Methods: Summary of a Workshop

      National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on National Statistics

      National Patterns of R&D Resources: Future Directions for Content and Methods: Summary of a Workshop (2013)

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      Assessment of Two Cost-Effectiveness Studies on Cocaine Control Policy

      Committee on Data and Research for Policy on Illegal Drugs,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      This study is an important first step in the development of a national policy on illegal drugs. It assesses two recent cost-effectiveness studies on cocaine control policy: one by RAND…

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      Introducing the National Science Education Standards, Booklet

      Center for Science, Mathematics & Engineering Education,Board on Science Education,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,National Research Council

      Introducing the National Science Education Standards is a booklet that provides an overview and background of the vision and principles of the National Science Education Standards . Each of the…

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      Mathematical and Scientific Development in Early Childhood: A Workshop Summary

      National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Center for Education,Board on Science Education,Mathematical Sciences Education Board

      Expectations for early learning are very different than they were even as recently as a decade ago. With increased recognition of the intellectual capacities of young children, as well as…

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      Assessment of Performance Measures for Public Health, Substance Abuse and Mental Health

      Panel on Performance Measures and Data for Public Health Performance Partnership Grants,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Examines the technical issues in the development of performance measures in 10 areas: mental health, substance abuse, HIV infection, sexually transmitted diseases, tuberculosis, immunization, chronic diseases, disability, rape, and emergency…

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      Principles and Practices for a Federal Statistical Agency: Fifth Edition

      National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on National Statistics

      Four principles are fundamental for a federal statistical agency: relevance to policy issues, credibility among data users, trust among data providers, and independence from political and other undue external influence…

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      Evaluating Welfare Reform: A Framework and Review of Current Work, Interim Report

      Panel on Data and Methods for Measuring the Effects of Changes in Social Welfare Programs,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on National Statistics,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,National Research Council

      The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) of 1996 fundamentally changed the nation’s social welfare system, replacing a federal entitlement program for low-income families, called Aid to Families…

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      Reliability Growth: Enhancing Defense System Reliability

      National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on National Statistics,Panel on Reliability Growth Methods for Defense Systems

      A high percentage of defense systems fail to meet their reliability requirements. This is a serious problem for the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD), as well as the nation. Those…

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      Improving Schooling for Language Minority Children: A Research Agenda

      Committee on Developing a Research Agenda on the Education of Limited-English-Proficient and Bilingual Students,National Research Council and Institute of Medicine,National Academy of Sciences

      How do we effectively teach children from homes in which a language other than English is spoken? This book focuses on this central question, striving toward the construction of a…

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      Proposed Revisions to the Common Rule: Perspectives of Social and Behavioral Scientists: Workshop Summary

      National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Board on Behavioral, Cognitive, and Sensory Sciences,Committee on Revisions to the Common Rule for the Protection of Human Subjects in Research in the Behavioral and Social Sciences

      On July 26, 2011, the US Department of Health and Human Services issued an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) with the purpose of soliciting comments on how regulations for…

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      Human Behavior in Military Contexts

      Committee on Opportunities in Basic Research,National Research Council

      Human behavior forms the nucleus of military effectiveness. Humans operating in the complex military system must possess the knowledge, skills, abilities, aptitudes, and temperament to perform their roles effectively in…

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      Reporting Test Results for Students with Disabilities and English-Language Learners: Summary of a Workshop

      Board on Testing and Assessment,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Board on Testing and Assessment, Center for Education, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education.

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      Implementing Randomized Field Trials in Education: Report of a Workshop

      Committee on Research in Education,Center for Education,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      The central idea of evidence-based education-that education policy and practice ought to be fashioned based on what is known from rigorous research-offers a compelling way to approach reform efforts. Recent…

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      Estimating Eligibility and Participation for the WIC Program: Phase I Report

      Panel to Evaluate the USDA's Methodology for Estimating Eligibility and Participation for the WIC Program,Committee on National Statistics,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education

      Each year the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) must estimate the number of people who are eligible to participate in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children…

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      Helping Children Learn Mathematics

      Mathematics Learning Study Committee,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Results from national and international assessments indicate that school children in the United States are not learning mathematics well enough. This book provides information to improve school mathematics from pre-kindergarten…

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      After-School Programs to Promote Child and Adolescent Development: Summary of a Workshop

      Board on Children, Youth, and Families,Committee on Community-Level Programs for Youth,Institute of Medicine,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education

      This report summarizes the presentations and discussion at a workshop entitled Opportunities to Promote Child and Adolescent Development During the After-School Hours, convened on October 21, 1999. The workshop was…

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      Grand Challenges of Our Aging Society: Workshop Summary

      Center for Economic, Governance, and International Studies,National Research Council

      This report is a summary of the presentations and discussions of a workshop, ‘The Grant Challenges of Our Aging Society’ held in Washington, D.C. on May 28-29, 2009. The substance…

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      Adolescent Decision Making: Implications for Prevention Programs: Summary of a Workshop

      Board on Children, Youth, and Families,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,National Research Council and Institute of Medicine,National Academy of Sciences

      Interest in the role that decision making plays in adolescents’ involvement in high-risk behaviors led the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Planning and Evaluation of the U.S. Department of…

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      Emerging Issues in Hispanic He

      Iannotta Joah G

      Hispanics are defined as people of Spanish-speaking origin from Latin America, the Caribbean, or Europe. This title includes a review of key demographic data, such as population statistics, that characterize…

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      Educating Children with Autism

      National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Educational Interventions for Children with Autism

      Outlines an interdisciplinary approach to education for children with autism. This work explores what makes education effective for the child with autism and identifies specific characteristics of programs that work…

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      Statistics, Testing and Defense Acquisition: New Approaches and Methodological Improvements

      Panel on Statistical Methods for Testing and Evaluating Defense Systems,Committee on National Statistics

      In the milestone process used by US Department of Defense to answer the basic acquisition question, one component near the end of the process is operational testing. This book examines…

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      Health Performance Measurement in the Public Sector: Principles and Policies for Implementing an Information Network

      Panel on Performance Measures and Data for Public Health Performance Partnership Grants,National Research Council

      Focuses on data and information system issues at the federal, state, and local levels. This book includes recommendations that address: policy framework for selecting performance measures and using performance measurement…

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      Advancing Scientific Research in Education

      Committee on Research in Education,National Research Council

      Transforming education into an evidence-based field depends in no small part on a strong base of scientific knowledge to inform educational policy and practice.

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      Pay for Performance: Evaluating Performance Appraisal and Merit Pay

      Renae F. Broderick,Anne S. Mavor,Committee on Performance Appraisal for Merit Pay,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Looks at performance appraisal and pay practices in the private sector and describes how private industry experience is relevant to federal pay reform. This book focuses on the needs of…

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      Equality of Opportunity

      Innotta Joah G

      The National Research Council (NRC) recently conducted several projects concerning urban poverty, racial disparities, and opportunities to change metropolitan areas in ways that have positive effects on residents’ well-being. In…

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      Adding It Up: Helping Children Learn Mathematics

      National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Center for Education,Mathematics Learning Study Committee

      Explores how students in pre-K through 8th grade learn mathematics and recommends how teaching, curricula, and teacher education should change to improve mathematics learning. This book identifies five interdependent components…

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      Scientific Research in Education

      Committee on Scientific Principles for Education Research,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Researchers, historians, and philosophers of science have debated the nature of scientific research in education for more than 100 years. This book describes the similarities and differences between scientific inquiry…

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      Improving Mathematics Education: Resources for Decision Making

      Committee on Decisions That Count,Mathematical Sciences Education Board,Center for Education

      Improving Mathematics Education has been designed to help inform stakeholders about the decisions they face, to point to recent research findings, and to provide access to the most recent thinking…

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