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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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      Review of NOAA’s Plan for the Scientific Data Stewardship Program

      National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate,Committee on Climate Data Records from NOAA Operational Satellites

      In 2004, the National Research Council (NRC) published Climate Data Records from Environmental Satellites to provide the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) with initial guidelines on how to develop…

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      Research and Networks for Decision Support in the NOAA Sectoral Applications Research Program

      Panel on Design Issues for the NOAA Sector Applications Research Program,National Research Council

      Presents a definition of decision support that emphasizes communication rather than translation and a strategy by which the small NOAA Sectoral Applications Research program can advance decision support. This book…

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      NASA’s Elementary and Secondary Education Program: Review and Critique

      Committee for the Review and Evaluation of NASA's Precollege Education Program,National Research Council

      The federal role in precollege science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education is receiving increasing attention in light of the need to support public understanding of science. This title addresses…

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      Surveying Victims: Options for Conducting the National Crime Victimization Survey

      Panel to Review the Programs of the Bureau of Justice Statistics,National Research Council

      It is easy to underestimate how little was known about crimes and victims before the findings of the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) became common wisdom. In the late 1960s…

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      International Education and Foreign Languages: Keys to Securing America’s Future

      Committee to Review the Title VI and Fulbright-Hays International Education Programs,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Reviews the Department of Education’s Title VI and Fulbright-Hays Programs, which provide higher education funding for international education and foreign language programs. This book also examines the federal government’s proposal…

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      The Dynamics of Disability: Measuring and Monitoring Disability for Social Security Programs

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

      Provides analysis and recommendations in areas such as understanding the social, economic, and physical environmental factors in determining eligibility for disability benefits; developing and implementing a monitoring system to measure…

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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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      Allocating Federal Funds for State Programs for English Language Learners

      Panel to Review Alternative Data Sources for the Limited-English Proficiency Allocation Formula Under Title III, Part A, Elementary and Secondary Education Act,National Research Council

      As the United States continues to be a nation of immigrants and their children, the nation’s school systems face increased enrollments of students whose primary language is not English. With…

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