M. Rebecca Kilburn — Publications

Examining the Inclusion of Neutral Response Categories Using an Item Response Theory Approach: Analysis of a Randomized Survey of Teachers

2024
Should Survey Likert Scales Include Neutral Response Categories? Evidence from a Randomized School Climate Survey

2024
Readiness to Implement Evidence-Based Practices in Public Elementary Schools: Findings from a National Survey of Teachers

2022
Can Four Equal Five? Assessing the Four-Day School Week

2021
Does Four Equal Five? Implementation and Outcomes of the Four-Day School Week

2021
Home Visiting for First-Time Parents: Community Innovation

2019
Methodological Considerations for Home-Visiting Research in Tribal Communities

2018
The Welcome Baby Program: An Implementation and Outcomes Evaluation

2018
Decades of Evidence Demonstrate That Early Childhood Programs Can Benefit Children and Provide Economic Returns

2017
Home Visiting and Use of Infant Health Care: A Randomized Clinical Trial

2017
Investing Early: Taking Stock of Outcomes and Economic Returns from Early Childhood Programs

2017
Cost Analysis of an Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Program In-School Model Site

2016
Supporting Effective Implementation of Evidence-Based Practices: A resource guide for child-serving organizations

2016
Using Evidence to Strengthen Policies for Investing in Children

2016
Final Report on the Hawai'i P–3 Evaluation

2015
The Hawai'i Preschool-Third Grade Education Reform Initiative: How Well Did P–3 Work?

2015
Home Visiting Start-Up: Lessons Learned from Program Replication in New Mexico

2015
Evidence-Based Practices in Child and Family Services

2014
Evidence on Home Visiting and Suggestions for Implementing Evidence-Based Home Visiting Through MIECHV: Addendum

2014
Evidence on Home Visiting and Suggestions for Implementing Evidence-Based Home Visiting Through MIECHV

2014
Process Evaluation of the New Mexico Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Competitive Development Grant

2014
Programs That Work, from the Promising Practices Network on Children, Families and Communities

2014
Getting To Outcomes® for Home Visiting: How to Plan, Implement, and Evaluate a Program in Your Community to Support Parents and Their Young Children

2013
How to Develop Home Visiting Programs: A Guide for Communities

2013
Lessons from the Randomized Trial Evaluation of a New Parent Program: When the Evaluators See the Glass as Half Full, and the Community Sees the Glass as Half Empty

2012
Understanding Evidence-Based Information for the Early Childhood Field: Tips from RAND's Promising Practices Network

2012
Cost and Outcomes Analysis of Child Well-Being

2011
Factors that Influence Successful Start-Up of Home Visiting Sites: Lessons Learned from Replicating the First Born® Program

2011
Hawai'i P–3 Initiative: Findings from the First Year of the Evaluation

2011
RAND's Promising Practices Network

2011
Endowments and Parental Investments in Infancy and Early Childhood

2010
Priorities for Investments in Children and Families in Caddo and Bossier Parishes: Application of a Unique Framework for Identifying Priorities

2010
Unique Framework Helps Louisiana Community Prioritize Its Investments in Children and Families

2010
Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention: Field Reports from the Field and Ideas for the Future

2009
Reparable Harm: Assessing and Addressing Disparities Faced by Boys and Men of Color in California

2009
Reparable Harm: Assessing and Addressing Disparities Faced by Boys and Men of Color in California, Executive Summary

2009
The Socioeconomic, Health, Safety, and Education Disparities Faced by Boys and Men of Color in California

2009
The Economics of Early Childhood Policy: What the Dismal Science Has to Say About Investing in Children

2008
Preventing Child Abuse and Neglect in the United States: Six Experts' Views

2008
The Response of Household Parental Investment to Child Endowments

2008
The Response of Household Parental Investment to Child Endowments

2008
What Does Economics Tell Us About Early Childhood Policy?

2008
Health Endowments and Parental Investments in Infancy and Early Childhood

2006
Children at Risk: Consequences for School Readiness and Beyond

2005
Early Childhood Interventions: Proven Results, Future Promise

2005
Modeling Reserve Recruiting: Estimates of Enlistments

2005
Proven Benefits of Early Childhood Interventions

2005
RAND Review: Vol. 29, No. 3, Fall 2005

2005
The Effects of State Regulations on Childcare Prices and Choices

2004
The Interactive Effect of Birth Weight and Parental Investment on Child Test Scores

2004
Meeting Decision Makers’ Needs for Evidence-Based Information on Child and Family Policy

2003
Recruiting Youth in the College Market: Current Practices and Future Policy Options

2003
The Availability of Child Care Centers in China and Its Impact on Child Care and Maternal Work Decisions

2002
Resources Devoted to Child Development by Families and Society

2002
Analyzing the Costs and Benefits of Early Childhood Interventions

2001
Assessing Costs and Benefits of Early Childhood Intervention Programs: Overview and Applications to the Starting Early, Starting Smart Program: Executive Summary

2001
Assessing Costs and Benefits of Early Childhood Intervention Programs: Overview and Applications to the Starting Early, Starting Smart Program

2001
Directions for Cost and Outcome Analysis of Starting Early Starting Smart: Summary of a Cost Expert Meeting

2001
Military Recruiting: Trends, Outlooks, and Implications

2001
Minority and Gender Differences in Officer Career Progression

2001
Patterns of Enlisted Compensation

2001
What Effects Decisions to Enlist in the Military

2001
An Assessment of Recent Proposals to Improve the Montgomery GI Bill

2000
The Montgomery G.I. Bill: Assessing Proposed Changes

2000
An Analysis of the Child and Adult Care Food Program in Child Care Centers

1999
Attracting College-Bound Youth into the Military: Toward the Development of New Recruiting Policy Options

1999
Competing with College: Developing New Recruiting Options for the Military

1999
Enlistment Decisions in the 1990s: Evidence From Individual-Level Data

1999
Early Childhood Interventions: Benefits, Costs, and Savings

1998
The Effects of Changing the Staffing in Military Treatment Facilities

1998
Estimating AFQT Scores for National Educational Longitudinal Study (NELS) Respondents

1998
Investing in Our Children: What We Know and Don't Know About the Costs and Benefits of Early Childhood Interventions

1998
Assortative Mating and Family Links in Permanent Earnings

1997
Ensuring Personnel Readiness in the Army Reserve Components

1996
The New Fiscal Federalism and the Social Safety Net: A View from California

1996
Intergenerational Earnings Links: Sons and Daughters

1995
Regulating Child Care: The Effects of State Regulations on Child Care Demand and Its Cost

1995

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M. Rebecca Kilburn — Publications

Examining the Inclusion of Neutral Response Categories Using an Item Response Theory Approach: Analysis of a Randomized Survey of Teachers

Should Survey Likert Scales Include Neutral Response Categories? Evidence from a Randomized School Climate Survey

Readiness to Implement Evidence-Based Practices in Public Elementary Schools: Findings from a National Survey of Teachers

Can Four Equal Five? Assessing the Four-Day School Week

Does Four Equal Five? Implementation and Outcomes of the Four-Day School Week

Home Visiting for First-Time Parents: Community Innovation

Methodological Considerations for Home-Visiting Research in Tribal Communities

The Welcome Baby Program: An Implementation and Outcomes Evaluation

Decades of Evidence Demonstrate That Early Childhood Programs Can Benefit Children and Provide Economic Returns

Home Visiting and Use of Infant Health Care: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Investing Early: Taking Stock of Outcomes and Economic Returns from Early Childhood Programs

Cost Analysis of an Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Program In-School Model Site

Supporting Effective Implementation of Evidence-Based Practices: A resource guide for child-serving organizations

Using Evidence to Strengthen Policies for Investing in Children

Final Report on the Hawai'i P–3 Evaluation

The Hawai'i Preschool-Third Grade Education Reform Initiative: How Well Did P–3 Work?

Home Visiting Start-Up: Lessons Learned from Program Replication in New Mexico

Evidence-Based Practices in Child and Family Services

Evidence on Home Visiting and Suggestions for Implementing Evidence-Based Home Visiting Through MIECHV: Addendum

Evidence on Home Visiting and Suggestions for Implementing Evidence-Based Home Visiting Through MIECHV

Process Evaluation of the New Mexico Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Competitive Development Grant

Programs That Work, from the Promising Practices Network on Children, Families and Communities

Getting To Outcomes® for Home Visiting: How to Plan, Implement, and Evaluate a Program in Your Community to Support Parents and Their Young Children

How to Develop Home Visiting Programs: A Guide for Communities

Lessons from the Randomized Trial Evaluation of a New Parent Program: When the Evaluators See the Glass as Half Full, and the Community Sees the Glass as Half Empty

Understanding Evidence-Based Information for the Early Childhood Field: Tips from RAND's Promising Practices Network

Cost and Outcomes Analysis of Child Well-Being

Factors that Influence Successful Start-Up of Home Visiting Sites: Lessons Learned from Replicating the First Born® Program

Hawai'i P–3 Initiative: Findings from the First Year of the Evaluation

RAND's Promising Practices Network

Endowments and Parental Investments in Infancy and Early Childhood

Priorities for Investments in Children and Families in Caddo and Bossier Parishes: Application of a Unique Framework for Identifying Priorities

Unique Framework Helps Louisiana Community Prioritize Its Investments in Children and Families

Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention: Field Reports from the Field and Ideas for the Future

Reparable Harm: Assessing and Addressing Disparities Faced by Boys and Men of Color in California

Reparable Harm: Assessing and Addressing Disparities Faced by Boys and Men of Color in California, Executive Summary

The Socioeconomic, Health, Safety, and Education Disparities Faced by Boys and Men of Color in California

The Economics of Early Childhood Policy: What the Dismal Science Has to Say About Investing in Children

Preventing Child Abuse and Neglect in the United States: Six Experts' Views

The Response of Household Parental Investment to Child Endowments

The Response of Household Parental Investment to Child Endowments

What Does Economics Tell Us About Early Childhood Policy?

Health Endowments and Parental Investments in Infancy and Early Childhood

Children at Risk: Consequences for School Readiness and Beyond

Early Childhood Interventions: Proven Results, Future Promise

Modeling Reserve Recruiting: Estimates of Enlistments

Proven Benefits of Early Childhood Interventions

RAND Review: Vol. 29, No. 3, Fall 2005

The Effects of State Regulations on Childcare Prices and Choices

The Interactive Effect of Birth Weight and Parental Investment on Child Test Scores

Meeting Decision Makers’ Needs for Evidence-Based Information on Child and Family Policy

Recruiting Youth in the College Market: Current Practices and Future Policy Options

The Availability of Child Care Centers in China and Its Impact on Child Care and Maternal Work Decisions

Resources Devoted to Child Development by Families and Society

Analyzing the Costs and Benefits of Early Childhood Interventions

Assessing Costs and Benefits of Early Childhood Intervention Programs: Overview and Applications to the Starting Early, Starting Smart Program: Executive Summary

Assessing Costs and Benefits of Early Childhood Intervention Programs: Overview and Applications to the Starting Early, Starting Smart Program

Directions for Cost and Outcome Analysis of Starting Early Starting Smart: Summary of a Cost Expert Meeting

Military Recruiting: Trends, Outlooks, and Implications

Minority and Gender Differences in Officer Career Progression

Patterns of Enlisted Compensation

What Effects Decisions to Enlist in the Military

An Assessment of Recent Proposals to Improve the Montgomery GI Bill

The Montgomery G.I. Bill: Assessing Proposed Changes

An Analysis of the Child and Adult Care Food Program in Child Care Centers

Attracting College-Bound Youth into the Military: Toward the Development of New Recruiting Policy Options

Competing with College: Developing New Recruiting Options for the Military

Enlistment Decisions in the 1990s: Evidence From Individual-Level Data

Early Childhood Interventions: Benefits, Costs, and Savings

The Effects of Changing the Staffing in Military Treatment Facilities

Estimating AFQT Scores for National Educational Longitudinal Study (NELS) Respondents

Investing in Our Children: What We Know and Don't Know About the Costs and Benefits of Early Childhood Interventions

Assortative Mating and Family Links in Permanent Earnings

Ensuring Personnel Readiness in the Army Reserve Components

The New Fiscal Federalism and the Social Safety Net: A View from California

Intergenerational Earnings Links: Sons and Daughters