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1. How Does Repeating a Grade Impact Students' High School Persistence and Behavior? The Case of New York City

Author

Tiffany Berglund, Paco Martorell, and Louis T. Mariano

Subjects
Persistence (psychology), Secondary education, education, Causal effect, Primary education, Attendance, Academic achievement, Psychology, Developmental psychology
Abstract

A study examining the long-term causal effects of student retention in grades 3 through 8 found no evidence of systematic effects on attendance and suspensions. Retention in earlier grades was less likely to produce disadvantageous outcomes.

Published
2018
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3. Ending Social Promotion in New York City Public Schools Without Leaving Children Behind

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Julie A. Marsh, Catherine DiMartino, Sheila Nataraj Kirby, Gina Schuyler Ikemoto, Jennifer Sloan McCombs, Claude Messan Setodji, Al Crego, Vi-Nhuan Le, Louis T. Mariano, Nailing Xia, Daniel Gershwin, and Scott Naftel

Subjects
Education reform, Higher education, business.industry, media_common.quotation_subject, education, Primary education, Academic achievement, Social promotion, Promotion (rank), Political science, Test score, Pedagogy, Education policy, business, media_common
Abstract

RAND researchers conducted a three-year study of New York City's promotion policy, using interviews, case studies, student surveys, and demographic and test score data to determine its effects on the outcomes of 5th-grade students held to the policy.

Published
2009
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5. Health Coverage Options for Military Retirees

Author

Scott Naftel, Sheila Nataraj Kirby, Louis T. Mariano, and Christine Eibner

Subjects
HRHIS, medicine.medical_specialty, Actuarial science, Health economics, Health promotion, business.industry, Public health, Self-insurance, Health care, International health, Medicine, business, Health policy
Abstract

This research brief summarizes the results of a 2006 pilot survey of military retirees, providing information on retirees' enrollment in civilian health care plans and reliance on TRICARE, the Department of Defense-sponsored health insurance.

Published
2007
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6. When It Comes to Terrorism, How Prepared Are Local and State Agencies?

Author

Lois M. Davis, Sarah K. Cotton, Paul S. Steinberg, Louis T. Mariano, and Jennifer E. Pace

Subjects
Civil Emergency Message, Emergency management, business.industry, media_common.quotation_subject, Homeland security, Public administration, Computer security, computer.software_genre, State (polity), Political science, Terrorism, business, Threat assessment, computer, media_common
Published
2006
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9. Combating Terrorism: How Prepared Are State and Local Response Organizations?

Author

Lois M. Davis, Louis T. Mariano, Jennifer E. Pace, Sarah K. Cotton, Paul Steinberg and Lois M. Davis, Louis T. Mariano, Jennifer E. Pace, Sarah K. Cotton, Paul Steinberg

Subjects
Emergency management--United States--Evaluation, Terrorism--United States--Prevention--Evaluation, Civil defense--United States--Evaluation
Abstract

'Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense.'

Published
2006

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