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Research Quality and Use

Because much of our work examines how behavioral and social science research findings can inform public policy, we seek to ensure that this transfer of knowledge happens effectively. So we also study ways to improve the process by which research informs public policy, exploring questions such as: How can researchers, organizations and agencies ensure that the social science evidence that informs policy is of high quality? And what are the pressing policy questions that should help drive research agendas in various disciplines? See also:

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Future Directions for the National Science Foundation National Patterns of Research and Development An ad-hoc committee will conduct a public workshop to review and consider future directions for the national patterns of research and development program of the Division of Science Resources Statistics (SRS) of the National Science Foundation (NSF). Read more

Featured Reports

		Using Science as Evidence in Public Policy 2012 This report encourages scientists to think differently about the use of scientific evidence in policy making. It investigates why scientific evidence is important in policy making and argues that an expensive body of research knowledge utilization has not let to any widely accepted explanation of what it means to use science in public policy. Read more

		Using the American Community Survey to Expand Access to School Meals Programs 2012 This report says that using this data from the U.S. Census Bureau could reduce the amount of time and resources spent by schools and families to participate in the programs and potentially increase the number of eligible children who receive nutritious meals each day. Read more

		Deterrence and the Death Penalty 2012 This report concludes that research to date on the effect of capital punishment on homicide rates is not useful in determining whether the death penalty increases, decreases or has no effect on these rates. Read more

Other Reports of Interest

	Budgeting for Immigration Enforcement: A Path to Better Performance (CLAJ) 2011 Immigration enforcement is carried out by a complex legal and administrative system, operating under frequently changing legislative mandates and policy guidance, with authority and funding spread... Read more

	Industrial Methods for the Effective Development and Testing of Defense Systems (CNSTAT,BAST) 2012 During the past decade and a half, the National Research Council, through its Committee on National Statistics, has carried out a number of studies on the application of statistical methods to improve... Read more

	Review of Disability and Rehabilitation Research: NIDRR Grantmaking Processes and Products (BOHSI) 2012 The National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) is the principal federal agency supporting applied research, training, and development to improve the lives of individuals with... Read more

	Communicating Science and Engineering Data in the Information Age (CNSTAT,CSTB) 2012 The National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES) of the National Science Foundation (NSF) communicates its science and engineering (S&E) information to data users in a very fluid... Read more

	Allocating Federal Funds for State Programs for English Language Learners (CNSTAT,BOTA) 2011 As the United States continues to be a nation of immigrants and their children, the nation's school systems face increased enrollments of students whose primary language is not English. With the 2001... Read more

	Change and the 2020 Census: Not Whether But How (CNSTAT) 2011 Sponsored by the Census Bureau and charged to evaluate the 2010 U.S. census with an eye toward suggesting research and development for the 2020 census, the Panel to Review the 2010 Census uses this... Read more

	High School Dropout, Graduation, and Completion Rates: Better Data, Better Measures, Better Decisions (BOTA) 2011 High school graduation and dropout rates have long been used as indicators of educational system productivity and effectiveness and of social and economic well being. While determining these rates may... Read more

	Databases for Estimating Health Insurance Coverage for Children: A Workshop Summary (CNSTAT) 2010 This report summarizes the proceedings of a workshop convened in June 2010 to critically examine the various databases that could provide national and state-level estimates of low-income uninsured... Read more

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	The Economic and Fiscal Consequences of Immigration—This report provides a comprehensive assessment of U.S. immigration trends over the past 20 years, immigration's impact on the labor market and wages of native-born workers, and its fiscal impact at the national, state, and local levels. ►Read more
	Modernizing Crime Statistics: Report 1: Defining and Classifying Crime is the first of two reports on developing a new set of indicators of crime in the United States. It proposes a new system for the classification of crime based on historical and international efforts to define crime and on the diverse demands for and uses of crime statistics. ► Read More
	*Preventing Bullying Through Science, Policy, and Practice* evaluates the state of the science on biological and psychosocial consequences of bullying as well as the context, scope, and impact of the problem. The report also outlines next steps in prevention for policymakers, parents, educators, healthcare providers, and others concerned with the care of children. ► Read more