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    Getting to Positive Outcomes for Children in Child Care: A Summary of Two Workshops

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

    As a result of the heightened public and political attention and the movement toward standards and accountability, performance measurement has emerged as an important concern in the early childhood care…

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    Population, Land Use, and Environment: Research Directions

    National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

    Offers recommendations for research to improve understanding of how changes in human populations affect the natural environment by means of changes in land use, such as deforestation, urban development, and…

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    The Case For Human Factors in Industry and Government: Report of a Workshop

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

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    Reporting District-Level NAEP Data: Summary of a Workshop

    Committee on NAEP Reporting Practices: Investigating District-Level and Market-Basket Reporting,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

    The National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) has earned a reputation as one of the nation’s best measures of student achievement in key subject areas. This title explores with various…

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    Understanding and Preventing Violence

    Panel on the Understanding and Control of Violent Behavior,National Research Council

    Contains reviews of research on biological influences on violent or aggressive behaviour. This volume examines areas, such as genetic contributions to the probability of violent behaviours; brain structure and functioning…

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    Assessment of Staffing Needs of Systems Specialists in Aviation

    Committee on Staffing Needs of Systems Specialists in Aviation,Board on Human-Systems Integration,Division on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,National Research Council

    Within the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the Airway Transportation System Specialists ATSS) maintain and certify the equipment in the National Airspace System (NAS). This book reviews the duties of employees…

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    Learning from TIMSS: Results of the Third International Mathematics and Science Study, Summary of a Symposium

    Committee on Science Education K-12,National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Board on Science Education

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    Improving Self-Escape from Underground Coal Mines

    National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Board on Human-Systems Integration,Committee on Mine Safety: Essential Components of Self-Escape

    Improving Self-Escape from Underground Coal Mines (2013)

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    Data and Research to Improve the U.S. Food Availability System and Estimates of Food Loss: A Workshop Summary

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

    The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) Economic Research Service’s (ERS) Food Availability Data System includes three distinct but related data series on food and nutrient availability for consumption. The…

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    Sociocultural Data to Accomplish Department of Defense Missions: Toward a Unified Social Framework

    Planning Committee on Unifying Social Frameworks,National Research Council

    Sociocultural Data to Accomplish Department of Defense Missions: Toward a Unified Social Framework summarizes presentations and discussions that took place on August 16-17, 2010, at a National Research Council public…

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    Toward an Integrated Science of Research on Families: Workshop Report

    Committee on the Science of Research on Families,Institute of Medicine,National Research Council

    Demographic changes, immigration, economic upheavals, and changing societal mores are creating new and altered structures, processes, and relationships in American families today. As families undergo rapid change, family science is…

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    Emerging Needs and Opportunities for Human Factors Research

    Committee on Human Factors,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

    Identifies areas that represent various opportunities for human factors research. This book focuses on national or global problems, including productivity in organizations, education and training, employment and disabilities, health care…

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    Transitions in Work and Learning: Implications for Assessment

    Board on Testing and Assessment,National Research Council

    Considers the role of assessment in facilitating improved labor market transitions and life-long learning of American workers. It addresses the mismatch between skill requirements of high-performance workplaces and skills acquired…

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    Describing Socioeconomic Futures for Climate Change Research and Assessment: Report of a Workshop

    Panel on Socio-Economic Scenarios for Climate Change Research and Assessment,National Research Council

    The workshop that is the subject of this report was organized by the National Research Council’s Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change and the Climate Research Committee –P…

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    Measuring the Risks and Causes of Premature Death: Summary of Workshops

    National Research Council,Institute of Medicine,Board on Health Care Services,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Population

    Measuring the Risks and Causes of Premature Death is the summary of two workshops conducted by The Committee on Population of the National Research Council at the National Academies to…

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    From Neurons to Neighborhoods: An Update: Workshop Summary

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

    The original study From Neurons to Neighborhoods: The Science of Early Childhood Development was released at a press conference in the Washington, DC, headquarters of the National Academy of Sciences…

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    Designing Mathematics or Science Curriculum Programs: A Guide for Using Mathematics and Science Education Standards

    Committee on Science Education K-12 and the Mathematical Sciences Education Board,National Research Council

    Developed to help state- and district-level education leaders create coherent, multi-year curriculum programs that provide students with opportunities to learn mathematics and science in a connected and cumulative way throughout…

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    Improving Learning with Information Technology: Report of a Workshop

    Steering Committee on Improving Learning with Information Technology,National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Board on Science Education

    In spring 2000, representatives from the U.S. Department of Education (DOEd) and senior staff at the National Research Council (NRC) recognized a common frustration: that the potential of information technology…

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

    Constance F. Citro,Eric A. Hanushek,National Research Council (U.S.). - Panel to Evaluate Microsimulation Models for Social Welfare Programs.

    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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    Health Care Comes Home: The Human Factors

    Committee on the Role of Human Factors in Home Health Care,National Research Council

    In the United States, health care devices, technologies, and practices are rapidly moving into the home. The factors driving this migration include the costs of health care, the growing numbers…

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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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    Accounting for Health and Health Care: Approaches to Measuring the Sources and Costs of Their Improvement

    Panel to Advance a Research Program on the Design of National Health Accounts,National Research Council

    It has become trite to observe that increases in health care costs have become unsustainable. How best for policy to address these increases, however, depends in part on the degree…

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    Measuring Research and Development Expenditures in the U.S. Nonprofit Sector: Conceptual and Design Issues: Summary of a Workshop

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

    National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES) of the National Science Foundation is responsible for national reporting of the research and development (R&D) activities that occur in all sectors…

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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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    Strategic Education Research Partnership

    Committee on a Strategic Education Research Partnership,National Research Council

    Envision a cadre of leading scientists and practitioners working collaboratively on a highly focused program of education research that is tightly coupled with practice. Much of the research is carried…

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    Data on Federal Research and Development Investments: A Pathway to Modernization

    Panel on Modernizing the Infrastructure of the National Science Foundation Federal Funds Survey,National Research Council

    Two surveys of the National Science Foundation’s Division of Science Resources Statistics (SRS) provide some of the most significant data available to understand research and development spending and policy in…

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    Principles and Practices for a Federal Statistical Agency

    National Research Council

    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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    Organizational Linkages: Understanding the Productivity Paradox

    Panel on Organizational Linkages,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

    Examines how to translate workers’ productivity increases into gains for the organization, and discusses why huge investments in automation and other innovations have failed to boost productivity. This book examines…

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    Evaluation of Redesigning the National Assessment of Educational Progress

    Committee on Evaluation of National and State Assessments of Educational Progress,Board on Testing and Assessment,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

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    Human Interactions with the Carbon Cycle: Summary of a Workshop

    Paul C. Stern,Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change,Board on Environmental Change and Society,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,National Research Council

    The USGCRP’s Carbon Cycle Working Group asked the National Research Council’s Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change to hold a workshop on Human Interactions with the Carbon Cycle…

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    Research Ethics in Complex Humanitarian Emergencies: Summary of a Workshop

    Roundtable on the Demography of Forced Migration,Committee on Population,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

    Situations involving conflict and forced migration have become increasingly commonplace in world. The Roundtable on the Demography of Forced Migration, under the aegis of the Committee on Population of the…

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    Early Childhood Intervention: Views from the Field: Report of a Workshop

    Board on Children, Youth, and Families,Committee on Integrating the Science of Early Childhood Development

    On June 24-25, 1999, the Committee on Integrating the Science of Early Childhood Development of the Board on Children, Youth, and Families of the National Research Council/National Academy of Sciences…

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    NOAA’s Education Program: Review and Critique

    Committee for the Review of the NOAA Education Program,National Research Council

    There is a national need to educate the public about the ocean, coastal resources, atmosphere and climate. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the agency responsible for understanding and…

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    Education and Delinquency:: Summary of a Workshop

    Panel on Juvenile Crime: Prevention, Treatment, and Control

    The Panel on Juvenile Crime: Prevention, Treatment, and Control convened a workshop on October 2, 1998, to explore issues related to educational performance, school climate, school practices, learning, student motivation…

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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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    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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    Naep Reporting Practices: Investigating District-Level and Market-Basket Reporting

    Committee on NAEP Reporting Practices,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Board on Testing and Assessment

    At the request of the Department of Education, the National Research Council formed the Committee on NAEP Reporting Practices to address questions about the desirability, feasibility, and potential impact of…

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    Demographic Assessment Techniques in Complex Humanitarian Emergencies: Summary of a Workshop

    Roundtable on the Demography of Forced Migration,Committee on Population,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

    Explores the applicability of various methods in different types of emergency settings, how to improve existing methodologies and develop new ones, and the difficulties encountered by personnel in the field…

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    Children’s Health, the Nation’s Wealth: Assessing and Improving Child Health

    Committee on Evaluation of Children's Health,National Research Council,Institute of Medicine,National Academy of Sciences

    Provides an examination of the information about children’s health that is needed to help policy makers and program providers at the federal, state, and local levels. This book describes what…

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    Child Maltreatment Research, Policy, and Practice for the Next Decade: Workshop Summary

    Board on Children, Youth, and Families,Institute of Medicine,National Research Council

    . ..on January 30-31, 2012, the Board on Children, Youth, and Families at the Institute of Medicine (IOM) and the NRC held a workshop to review the accomplishments of the…

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    Workload Transition: Implications for Individual and Team Performance

    Panel on Workload Transition,National Research Council

    Provides a systematic evaluation of workload transition. This book focuses on a broad spectrum of activities ranging from team cooperation to the maintenance of this problem on a theoretical level…

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    Understanding Risk: Informing Decisions in a Democratic Society

    Committee on Risk Characterization,National Research Council

    Addresses a central dilemma of risk decision making in a democracy: scientific and technical information is essential for making decisions, but the people who make and live with those decisions…

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    Promising Practices in Undergraduate Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education: Summary of Two Workshops

    Planning Committee on Evidence on Selected Innovations in Undergraduate STEM Education,National Research Council

    Numerous teaching, learning, assessment, and institutional innovations in undergraduate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education have emerged in the past decade. Because virtually all of these innovations have been…

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    Measuring Poverty: A New Approach

    National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Panel on Poverty and Family Assistance: Concepts, Information Needs, and Measurement Methods

    Explores specific issues underlying the poverty measure, analyzes the likely effects of any changes on poverty rates, and discusses the impact on eligibility for public benefits. This book is suitable…

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    Informing Decisions in a Changing Climate

    Panel on Strategies and Methods for Climate-Related Decision Support,National Research Council

    Everyone–government agencies, private organizations, and individuals–is facing a changing climate: an environment in which it is no longer prudent to follow routines based on past climatic averages. State and local…

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    Design of the National Children’s Study: A Workshop Summary

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

    In the fall of 2012, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) requested that the Committee on National Statistics (CNSTAT) of the NRC and the IOM convene a…

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    The Power of Video Technology in International Comparative Research in Education

    National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Center for Education,Board on Testing and Assessment,Board on International Comparative Studies in Education

    Video technology offers a number of important potential benefits to researchers and policy makers interested in international comparative research. However, a number of practical and methodological issues remain to be…

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    Statistical Issues in Allocating Funds by Formula

    Panel on Formula Allocations,National Research Council

    Formula programs promote a wide spectrum of economic and social objectives, such as improving educational outcomes and increasing accessibility to medical care. This book identifies the issues concerning the design…

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