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Fall 2007 — Vol. 31, No. 3

COVER STORY

Passing or Failing?

A Midterm Report Card for “No Child Left Behind”
By Laura S. Hamilton, Brian M. Stecher, Georges Vernez, and Ron Zimmer

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Frank Oakley, standing in front of Wyandotte High School in Kansas City, Kansas, took double doses of math and English classes as part of a program to help struggling students do better in core subjects and score higher on tests mandated by the No Child Left Behind Act.
AP IMAGES/CHARLIE RIEDEL

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Message from the Editor

Notes from the Teachers

RAND Then and Now:

Thinking Locally, Acting Locally

40 Years and Counting

News

Features:

Quick Fix

Drug Benefit Plans Driven by Short-Term Savings Could Be More Costly in the End
By Geoffrey F. Joyce and Dana P. Goldman

New World Disorder

Different Types of Ungoverned Territories Warrant Different Responses
by Angel Rabasa

Publisher’s Page

Beating the Odds: In the War on Terrorism, It Takes Both Skill and Chance
By James A. Thomson

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RAND Review

Fall 2007 — Vol. 31, No. 3

COVER STORY

Passing or Failing?

A Midterm Report Card for “No Child Left Behind” By Laura S. Hamilton, Brian M. Stecher, Georges Vernez, and Ron Zimmer

On the Cover:

Frank Oakley, standing in front of Wyandotte High School in Kansas City, Kansas, took double doses of math and English classes as part of a program to help struggling students do better in core subjects and score higher on tests mandated by the No Child Left Behind Act.AP IMAGES/CHARLIE RIEDEL

View this issue in PDF format:

Contents:

Message from the Editor

Notes from the Teachers

RAND Then and Now:

Thinking Locally, Acting Locally

40 Years and Counting

News

Features:

Quick Fix

Drug Benefit Plans Driven by Short-Term Savings Could Be More Costly in the End By Geoffrey F. Joyce and Dana P. Goldman

New World Disorder

Different Types of Ungoverned Territories Warrant Different Responses by Angel Rabasa

Publisher’s Page

Beating the Odds: In the War on Terrorism, It Takes Both Skill and Chance By James A. Thomson

A Midterm Report Card for “No Child Left Behind”
By Laura S. Hamilton, Brian M. Stecher, Georges Vernez, and Ron Zimmer

Frank Oakley, standing in front of Wyandotte High School in Kansas City, Kansas, took double doses of math and English classes as part of a program to help struggling students do better in core subjects and score higher on tests mandated by the No Child Left Behind Act.
AP IMAGES/CHARLIE RIEDEL

Drug Benefit Plans Driven by Short-Term Savings Could Be More Costly in the End
By Geoffrey F. Joyce and Dana P. Goldman

Different Types of Ungoverned Territories Warrant Different Responses
by Angel Rabasa

Beating the Odds: In the War on Terrorism, It Takes Both Skill and Chance
By James A. Thomson