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      A Strategy for Assessing Science: Behavioral and Social Research on Aging

      Committee on Assessing Behavioral and Social Science Research on Aging,National Research Council

      Offers advice on the issue of assessing rates of progress in different scientific fields. This book considers knowledge about how science makes progress and examines decision-making strategies for addressing various…

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      The Aging Population in the Twenty-First Century: Statistics for Health Policy

      Panel on Statistics for an Aging Population,Committee on National Statistics,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,National Research Council

      Examines social, economic, and demographic changes among the aged, as well as many health-related topics: health promotion and disease prevention; quality of life; health care system financing and use; and…

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      Work, Aging, and Vision: Report of a Conference

      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 Aging Workers and Visual Impairment

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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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      Demography of Aging

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

      Draws together art work from the field of the demography of aging. The nine chapters highlight data sources and research approaches, results, and proposed strategies on a topic with major…

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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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      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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      Furthering America’s Research Enterprise

      National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Assessing the Value of Research in Advancing National Goals

      Scientific research has enabled America to remain at the forefront of global competition for commercially viable technologies and other innovations. For more than 65 years, the United States has led…

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      Assessing Evaluation Studies: The Case of Bilingual Education Strategies

      Panel to Review Evaluation Studies of Bilingual Education,Committee on National Statistics,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,National Research Council

      Providing a detailed critique of the two largest studies of US bilingual education programs, this book examines the goals of the studies and what can be learned from them. Using…

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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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      Measuring Racial Discrimination

      National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on National Statistics,Panel on Methods for Assessing Discrimination

      Many racial and ethnic groups in the United States, including blacks, Hispanics, Asians, American Indians, and others, have historically faced severe discrimination. This book considers the definition of race and…

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      Measuring Racial Discrimination

      Panel on Methods for Assessing Discrimination,National Research Council

      Many racial and ethnic groups in the United States, including blacks, Hispanics, Asians, American Indians, and others, have historically faced severe discrimination. This book considers the definition of race and…

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      Assessing the Impact of Severe Economic Recession on the Elderly: Summary of a Workshop

      Steering Committee on the Challenges of Assessing the Impact of Severe Economic Recession on the Elderly,National Research Council

      The economic crisis that began in 2008 has had a significant impact on the well-being of certain segments of the population and its disruptive effects can be expected to last…

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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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      Human Performance Modification: Review of Worldwide Research with a View to the Future

      National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Board on Behavioral, Cognitive, and Sensory Sciences,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Committee on Assessing Foreign Technology Development in Human Performance Modification

      The development of technologies to modify natural human physical and cognitive performance is one of increasing interest and concern, especially among military services that may be called on to defeat…

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      Reforming Juvenile Justice: A Developmental Approach

      Committee on Assessing Juvenile Justice Reform,Committee on Law and Justice,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,National Research Council

      Adolescence is a distinct, yet transient, period of development between childhood and adulthood characterized by increased experimentation and risk-taking, a tendency to discount long-term consequences, and heightened sensitivity to peers…

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      Assessing the Role of K-12 Academic Standards in States: Workshop Summary

      Committee on State Standards in Education,National Research Council

      Every state in the United States, the District of Columbia, and the Department of Defense Education Activity now has its own academic standards, at least in core subjects. These documents…

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      Climate and Social Stress: Implications for Security Analysis

      National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Board on Environmental Change and Society,Committee on Assessing the Impacts of Climate Change on Social and Political Stresses

      Recommends a range of research and policy actions to create a whole-of-government approach to increasing understanding of complex and contingent connections between climate and security, and to inform choices about…

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      Strengthening the National Institute of Justice

      National Research Council,Committee on Assessing the Research Program of the National Institute of Justice

      The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) is the nation’s primary resource for advancing scientific research, development, and evaluation on crime and crime control and the administration of justice in the…

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      Human Factors Research Needs for an Aging Population

      Panel on Human Factors Research Issues for an Aging Population,Committee on Human Factors,National Research Council,Sara J. Czaja,National Academy of Sciences

      Describes the demographic, sociological, and ecological background of the aging society and identifies human factors problems associated with aging. This book summarizes relevant information and also recommends directions for research.

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      The Aging Mind: Opportunities in Cognitive Research

      Committee on Future Directions for Cognitive Research on Aging,Board on Behavioral, Cognitive, and Sensory Sciences,National Research Council

      Possible breakthroughs in understanding the aging mind that can be used to benefit older people are now emerging from research. This volume identifies the key scientific advances and the opportunities…

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      Technology for Adaptive Aging

      Steering Committee for the Workshop on Technology for Adaptive Aging,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Brings together experts in aging research to discuss applications of technology to communication, education and learning, employment, and health. This work includes the workshop papers of the committee that organized…

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      Aging and the Macroeconomy: Long-Term Implications of an Older Population

      National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Population,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Board on Mathematical Sciences and Their Applications

      The United States is in the midst of a major demographic shift. In the coming decades, people aged 65 and over will make up an increasingly large percentage of the…

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      New Directions in Assessing Performance Potential of Individuals and Groups: Workshop Summary

      Committee on Measuring Human Capabilities: Performance Potential of Individuals and Collectives,Board on Behavioral, Cognitive, and Sensory Sciences,Division on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,National Research Council

      Presents the summary of a workshop held April 3-4, 2013 to examine the future of military entrance assessments.

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      Elder Mistreatment: Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation in an Aging America

      Panel to Review Risk and Prevalence of Elder Abuse and Neglect,National Research Council

      Helps broaden our understanding of the mistreatment of the elderly and recommends specific research and funding strategies. This book includes a discussion of the conceptual, methodological, and logistical issues needed…

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      When I’m 64

      Committee on Aging Frontiers in Social Psychology, Personality, and Adult Developmental Psychology,National Research Council

      By 2030 there will be about 70 million people in the United States who are older than 64. Approximately 26 percent of these will be racial and ethnic minorities. Overall…

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      New Directions in the Sociology of Aging

      National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Population,Panel on New Directions in Social Demography, Social Epidemiology, and the Sociology of Aging

      The aging of the population of the United States is occurring at a time of major economic and social changes. This book evaluates the contributions of social demography, social epidemiology…

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      Assessing Accomplished Teaching: Advanced-Level Certification Programs

      Committee on Evaluation of Teacher Certification by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards,National Research Council

      In response to a request from the US Congress, the National Research Council developed a framework for evaluating programs that award advanced-level teacher certification and applied that framework in an…

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      Identifying the Culprit: Assessing Eyewitness Identification

      Committee on Scientific Approaches to Understanding and Maximizing the Validity and Reliability of Eyewitness Identification in Law Enforcement and the Courts,Committee on Science, Technology, and Law,Policy and Global Affairs,Committee on Law and Justice,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education

      Eyewitnesses play an important role in criminal cases when they can identify culprits. Estimates suggest that tens of thousands of eyewitnesses make identifications in criminal investigations each year. Research on…

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      Performance Assessments for Adult Education, Exploring the Measurement Issues: Report of a Workshop

      Committee for the Workshop on Alternatives for Assessing Adult Education and Literacy Programs,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      In the United States, the nomenclature of adult education includes adult literacy, adult secondary education, and English for speakers of other languages (ESOL) services provided to undereducated and limited English…

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      Using the American Community Survey for the National Science Foundation’s Science and Engineering Workforce Statistics Programs

      Panel to Assess the Benefits of the American Community Survey for the NSF Division of Science Resources Statistics,Committee on National Statistics,National Research Council

      The Committee on National Statistics of the National Research Council formed a panel to conduct a workshop and study the issues involved in replacing the decennial census long-form sample with…

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      Assessing Fitness for Military Enlistment: Physical, Medical, and Mental Health Standards

      Committee on Youth Population and Military Recruitment: Physical, Medical, and Mental Health Standards,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Examines the physical, medical, and mental health standards for military enlistment in light of trends in the physical condition of the youth population; and medical advances for treating certain conditions…

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