Provides services and technical assistance for students so they benefit from research-based curricula taught in safe environments.

Produces and disseminates information to provide motivation and tools to enable individuals to make informed decisions about health issues.

Develops and implements education testing programs that benefit students, parents and public officals.

Works with the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), the government's primary source for collecting and analyzing data about public education.

Helps to provide all children with access to a quality education, and empowers people, organizations, and communities to bring about social change.

Is committed to helping clients improve the effectiveness of their workforce through a wide range of management, organizational, and business improvement efforts.

Produces, maintains and disseminates systematic reviews of the effects of social and behavioral interventions.

AIR's core consulting strength is working closely with school district leaders to develop district-wide "whole-system" strategies for change and improvement. We recognize that developing a whole-system strategy is a complex and difficult proposition, often met with substantial political and bureaucratic challenges. However, two decades of research on effective schools confirms that successful school reform and lasting improvements in student performance are more likely to occur in school districts that have made a deep commitment to system-wide improvement.

AIR's consulting engagements begin by creating strong and trusting relationships with the leadership of client districts and their communities. The most successful reform strategies are those that emerge from a collaborative inquiry process between the district and AIR, involving multiple stakeholders. The end goal of this process is a joint strategy that meets the unique situational needs of the client school district. AIR draws upon a deep reservoir of research and best-practice knowledge to drive improvement actions that are customized and tailored to the context of the school communities and the students they serve.

AIR is home to a team of accomplished former superintendents who serve as lead consultants to our school district clients. The former school district CEOs have a high degree of expertise in successfully designing and leading the implementation of reform efforts within complex school systems.

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