Product Description: In May 1998, Rudolph W. Giuliani, the mayor of New York City, convened The Mayor's Advisory Task Force on the City University of New York (CUNY). The task force asked the Council for Aid to Education, a subsidiary of RAND, to conduct an independent analysis of several aspects of CUNY's policies and procedures...read more

Product Description: This report presents results of a three-year evaluation of Learn and Serve, Higher Education.

Product Description: The authors provide a comprehensive blueprint for developing a better system of teacher liscensing. They detail the essential components of that plan--from establishing rigorous professional standards to developing performance assesments, as well as institutional accreditation, advanced certification for individual teachers, and appropriate internships...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Programs designed to improve children's educational outcomes by teaching parents to become more involved in their child's schooling, are rarely evaluated rigorously enough for conclusions to be drawn about their ability to meet their goals...read more

Product Description: Explores alternative methods of assessing science education.

Product Description: The authors propose a comprehensive plan for licensing analogous to those in other professions. An extensive analysis of licensing examination and preparation grounds specific proposals for new assessments for teachers based on complex, real-life teaching tasks...read more