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    Improving Indicators of the Quality of Science and Mathematics Education in Grades K-12

    Committee on Indicators of Precollege Science and Mathematics Education,National Research Council,Richard J. Murnane,Senta A. Raizen

    Presents a monitoring system to track the progress of mathematics and science education. This book describes a series of indicators to assess student learning, curriculum quality, teaching effectiveness, student behavior…

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    Contact Lens Use Under Adverse Conditions: Applications in Military Aviation

    National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Vision,Working Group on Contact Lens Use Under Adverse Conditions

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    The Demography of Forced Migration: Summary of a Workshop

    Committee on Population,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education

    To explore a range of issues about internally displaced persons and refugees, the Committee on Population of the National Research Council organized a Workshop on the Demography of Forced Migration…

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    Changing Numbers, Changing Needs: American Indian Demography and Public Health

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

    Presents a summary of what is known about the demography of American Indian and Alaska Native population, their geographic distributions, household structure, employment, and disability and disease patterns. This volume…

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    Risking the Future: Adolescent Sexuality, Pregnancy, and Childbearing, Volume II Working Papers only

    National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Child Development Research and Public Policy,Panel on Adolescent Pregnancy and Childbearing

    More than a million teenage girls in the United States become pregnant each year; nearly half give birth. Why do these young people, who are hardly more than children themselves…

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    Risking the Future: Adolescent Sexuality, Pregnancy, and Childbearing, Volume II Statistical Appendices only

    National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Child Development Research and Public Policy,Panel on Adolescent Pregnancy and Childbearing

    More than a million teenage girls in the United States become pregnant each year; nearly half give birth. Why do these young people, who are hardly more than children themselves…

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    Strategies for a BEA Satellite Health Care Account: Summary of a Workshop

    Christopher Mackie,National Research Council

    In March 2008, the Committee on National Statistics of the National Academies held a workshop to assist the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) with next steps as it develops plans…

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    Facilitating Innovation in the Federal Statistical System: Summary of a Workshop

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    On May 8, 2009, the symposium, The Federal Statistical System: Recognizing Its Contributions, Moving It Forward was held in Washington, DC. One of the topics considered at that symposium was…

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    Measuring the Government Sector of the U.S. Economic Accounts

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

    This report had its origin in a Committee on National Statistics workshop in November 1993, one of a series on improving economic statistics, jointly sponsored by the Bureau of Economic…

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    Research and Education Reform: Roles for the Office of Educational Research and Improvement

    Richard C. Atkinson,Gregg B. Jackson

    Focuses on how the Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI) in the US Department of Education can better fulfill that mission in light of what is known about why…

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    Improving the Social Security Representative Payee Program: Serving Beneficiaries and Minimizing Misuse

    Committee on Social Security Representative Payees,National Research Council

    More than 7 million recipients of Social Security benefits have a representative payee - a person or an organization - to receive or manage their benefits. This title explains whether…

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    Welfare, the Family, and Reproductive Behavior: Report of a Meeting

    Committee on Population,National Research Council and Institute of Medicine,National Academy of Sciences,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education

    The design of welfare programs in an era of reform and devolution to the states must take into account the likely effects of programs on demographic behavior. This book of…

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    Providing National Statistics on Health and Social Welfare Programs in an Era of Change: Summary of a Workshop

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

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    Preventing Teen Motor Crashes: Contributions from the Behavioral and Social Sciences: Workshop Report

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

    From a public health perspective, motor vehicle crashes are among the most serious problems facing teenagers. Even after more than six months of being licensed to drive alone, teens are…

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    Preparing for the Workplace: Charting a Course for Federal Postsecondary Training Policy

    Committee on Postsecondary Education and Training for the Workplace,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

    Reviews the state of postsecondary training for work in the United States, and addresses controversies about federal job policies, outlining a national approach to improved quality and accessibility in workplace…

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    Performance Assessment for the Workplace: Volume I

    National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on the Performance of Military Personnel

    Analyzes the JPM experience in the context of human resource management policy in the military. It includes topics such as the development of performance measures, the relationship between predictor scores…

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    Education for Tomorrow’s Jobs

    Committee on Vocational Education and Economic Development in Depressed Areas,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

    Deals with the ways in which vocational education can be strengthened to contribute to national education and economic goals. This book discusses changes in the economy and in the nature…

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    Teacher Supply, Demand and Quality: Policy Issues, Models and Data Bases

    Committee on National Statistics,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

    Examines policy issues, projection models, and data bases pertaining to the supply of, demand for, and quality of teachers in the United States from kindergarten to twelfth grade. This book…

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    Making Policies for Children: A Study of the Federal Process

    National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Child Development Research and Public Policy,Panel for the Study of the Policy Formation Process

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    Improving Data on America’s Aging Population: Summary of a Workshop

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

    The Committee on National Statistics and the Committee on Population, at the request of the NIA, convened a workshop in March 1996 to discuss data on the aging population that…

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    Women’s Work, Men’s Work: Sex Segregation on the Job

    Committee on Women's Employment and Related Social Issues,National Research Council

    Even though women have made substantial progress in a number of formerly male occupations, sex segregation in the workplace remains a fact of life. This volume probes pertinent questions: Why…

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    Integrating Federal Statistics on Children: Report of a Workshop

    Committee on National Statistics and Board on Children and Families,National Research Council,Institute of Medicine,National Academy of Sciences

    Examines the adequacy of federal statistics on children and families. This volume includes papers on the relevant aspects of health care reform, family and community resources, interpersonal violence, the transition…

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    Toward a Health Statistics System for the 21st Century: Summary of a Workshop

    Committee on National Statistics,National Research Council

    The Committee on National Statistics (CNSTAT) convened a workshop on November 4-5, 1999, to identify new directions for health statistics and the implications for health data of changes in the…

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    In the Mind’s Eye: Enhancing Human Performance

    Committee on Techniques for the Enhancement of Human Performance,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

    Considering the basic issues of performance, this book explores how techniques for quick learning affect long-term retention, whether an expert’s behaviour can serve as a model for beginners, and more…

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    Learning, Remembering, Believing: Enhancing Human Performance

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

    Addresses issues in learning and performance. This book presents theories and findings from a range of research settings: from pilots learning to fly to children learning about physics by throwing…

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    Protecting Youth at Work: Health, Safety and Development of Working Children and Adolescents in the United States

    Committee on the Health and Safety Implications of Child Labor,National Research Council and Institute of Medicine,National Academy of Sciences

    Looks at what is known about work done by children and adolescents and the effects of that work on their physical and emotional health and social functioning. This book provides…

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    Behind the Numbers: U.S. Trade in the World Economy

    Panel on Foreign Trade Statistics,Committee on National Statistics,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

    Deals with how the systems for collecting and analyzing trade data have fallen behind the times - and presents recommendations for approaches to accuracy and usefulness of these economic data…

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    Aging in Sub-Saharan Africa: Recommendations for Furthering Research

    National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Population,Jane Menken

    In sub-Saharan Africa, older people make up a relatively small fraction of the total population and are supported primarily by family and other kinship networks. They have traditionally been viewed…

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    Databases for Estimating Health Insurance Coverage for Children: A Workshop Summary

    National Research Council

    The workshop was organized by a steering committee composed of experts in administering and assessing the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) at the national and state levels, as well as…

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    Benefits, Burdens, and Prospects of the American Community Survey: Summary of a Workshop

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

    Provides a factual summary of the workshop proceedings and hints at the contours of the American Community Survey (ACS) user constituency, providing important input to the ongoing review and refinement…

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    Protecting and Accessing Data from the Survey of Earned Doctorates: A Workshop Summary

    National Research Council

    The Survey of Earned Doctorates (SED) collects data on the number and characteristics of individuals receiving research doctoral degrees from all accredited U.S. institutions. The results of this annual survey…

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    Modernizing the U.S.Census

    Panel on Census Requirements in the Year 2000 and Beyond,National Research Council,Committee on National Statistics

    Examines the traditional US census. This book evaluates several radical proposals that have been made for changing the census, as well as other proposals for redesigning the year 2000 census…

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    Preventing Drug Abuse: What Do We Know?

    Committee on Substance Abuse Prevention Research,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

    Deals with drug abuse prevention and its effectiveness. This book presents: the results of antidrug efforts; the role and effectiveness of mass media in preventing drug use; a profile of…

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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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    Developing New National Data on Social Mobility: A Workshop Summary

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

    Summarizes a workshop convened in June 2013 to consider options for a design for a new national survey on social mobility.

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    Enhancing Organizational Performance

    National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Techniques for the Enhancement of Human Performance

    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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    Improving Risk Communication: Working Papers

    National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Resources,Committee on Risk Perception and Communication

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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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    Sharing Research Data

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

    General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1985-05 Original Publisher: National Academies Original Identifier: NAP:00087 Subjects: Communication in the social sciences Intellectual cooperation Social sciences Communication in the social…

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    Youth Employment and Training Programs: The YEDPA Years

    Committee on Youth Employment Programs,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,National Research Council

    Between 1978 and 1981, the Youth Employment and Demonstration Projects Act (YEDPA) funded programs designed to aid disadvantaged youth. Beginning with YEDPA’s inception and lifespan, this report analyzes the data…

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    Placing Children in Special Education: A Strategy for Equity

    Panel on Selection and Placement of Students in Programs for the Mentally Retarded,Committee on Child Development Research and Public Policy,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,National Research Council

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    Violence in Families: Assessing Prevention and Treatment Programs

    Committee on the Assessment of Family Violence Interventions,National Research Council,Institute of Medicine

    Looks at the successes and failures of family violence interventions. This book offers recommendations to guide services, programs, policy, and research on victim support and assistance, treatments and penalties for…

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    Longitudinal Surveys of Children

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

    The Committee and the Board on Children, Youth, and Families convened in September a workshop to discuss ways to foster greater collaboration and sharing of information among principal investigators of…

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    Under the Influence: Drugs and the American Workforce

    Committee on Drug Use in the Workplace,National Research Council and Institute of Medicine

    Examines several major issues such as: the extent and severity of drug use on and off the job; the strengths and weaknesses of methods for detecting drug use through standard…

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    Measuring Housing Discrimination in a National Study: Report of a Workshop

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

    Federal law prohibits housing discrimination on the basis of seven protected classes including race. Despite 30 years of legal prohibition under the Fair Housing Act, however, there is evidence of…

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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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    Protecting Student Records and Facilitating Education Research: A Workshop Summary

    National Research Council

    Designed to protect the privacy of individual student test scores, grades, and other education records, the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) of 1974 places limits the access of…

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    Sociality, Hierarchy, Health: Comparative Biodemography: A Collection of Papers

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

    Papers originally presented at a National Academies workshop.

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