Areas of Expertise
Federal Education Statistics
AIR’s experts contribute to the development of high-quality statistics about education that inform discussion, debate, and planning at national, state, and local levels. AIR:
- develops data collection instruments for large-scale surveys and assessments,
- plans and implements strategies to assure high-quality data,
- analyzes data and writes reports to monitor continuing and emerging topics,
- conducts methodological studies in statistics and large-scale surveys and assessments, and
- facilitates communication among statisticians, survey methodologists, practitioners, policy analysts, researchers, and the public for input and dissemination of findings.
All Products
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Service: Interagency Forums: Forum on Child and Family Statistics and Forum on Aging Related Statistics
AIR plays a key role in supporting the production of the annual report America’s Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, as well as the biannual report Older Americans: Key Indicators of Well-Being
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Service: Rural Education in America and Urban Education in America
AIR’s Federal Statistics Program provides support for statistical tables on NCES’ Rural Education in America and Urban Education in America websites
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Service: United States Education Dashboard
The Federal Statistics Program has provided support for the United States Education Dashboard since its inception in 2011.
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Service: NCES Fast Facts Website
The NCES Fast Facts website originated from a list of questions frequently asked of NCES and was started as a resource for the general public for brief, yet up-to-date, education facts.
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Service: Statistical Abstract of the United States
AIR’s Federal Statistics Program provides support for the Statistical Abstract updates from NCES for the Census Bureau.
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Presentation: Designing and Implementing Randomized Field Trials of Interventions in Schools
Presentation for the 2007 Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association.
