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1 week ago | rand.org | Katie Wilson |Sara Hughes |Robert Lempert |Michelle Miro

Availability: Web-Only Year: 2025 Pages: 24DOI: https://doi.org/10.7249/PEA3409-1 Document Number: PE-A3409-1 Wilson, Katie A., Sara Hughes, Robert J. Lempert, Michelle E. Miro, and Austin Smidt, A Proactive Approach for Short-Term Reservoir Operations: Potential Applications of Decision Making Under Deep Uncertainty to Strengthen Forecast Informed Reservoir Operations, RAND Corporation, PE-A3409-1, May 2025.

2 weeks ago | rand.org | Tom LaTourrette |Fabian Villalobos |Benjamin Preston

12:00 – 1:00 p.m. ET Online Details on attending the event will be sent to registered attendees. Historically, the United States has largely been a passive observer of efforts to develop seabed mining. But the White House's recent executive order aimed at securing critical seabed minerals signals a major change, positioning the U.S. as the leading force in a potential seabed mining industry.

2 weeks ago | rand.org | Jonathan Schweig |Elaine Wang |Sabrina Lee |Kata Mihaly

Key Findings Academic achievement improved more for students of Teach For Pakistan (TFP) Fellows than for students who were taught by non-TFP teachers. In the quantitative study, there were no differences between students of TFP Fellows and those of non-TFP teachers regarding social and emotional learning or perceptions about the learning environment.

1 month ago | rand.org | Antonio Arenas |Asif Rahman |Aaron Nola strong |Eric Tate

Publisher: Elsevier LtdAvailability: Non-RAND Year: 2025 Pages: 14 Document Number: EP-70927 This publication is part of the RAND external publication series. Many RAND studies are published in peer-reviewed scholarly journals, as chapters in commercial books, or as documents published by other organizations. RAND is a nonprofit institution that helps improve policy and decisionmaking through research and analysis.

1 month ago | rand.org | Joseph Chang |Michael Robbins |Vanya Barrer |Nikolay Maslov

Key Findings Only a few organizations conduct any type of covert testing. However, they are not direct analogues to Index testing because they are more ad hoc in nature, are on a smaller scale, and therefore cannot facilitate the same level of statistical rigor. An analysis of interview notes reveals concerns in the following areas: limitations and constraints, testing variation, data quality and standards, and cooperation and information sharing.