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Early Childhood and Child Development
AIR's early childhood development research focuses on the development of programs and policies that aid young children and their families.
We have been instrumental in conducting many large-scale studies of early care and education programs for states and the federal government. We also help design results-based accountability systems for child development programs, including program quality standards, program assessment, and child outcomes.
AIR conducts statewide assessments of supply and demand for preschool and infant/toddler services, and has developed a Preschool Cost Estimator to help estimate the funds needed to phase in access to quality programs, beginning in neighborhoods of greatest need.
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The First 5 LA Family Literacy Initiative is a comprehensive program to promote language and literacy development, parenting knowledge and skills, and economic self-sufficiency among low-income families. AIR has worked with First 5 LA since the beginning of the initiative to evaluate its implementation and overall effectiveness. Read More >
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The purpose of the five-year Preschool Research and Technical Assistance Project for the David and Lucile Packard Foundation has been to offer research-based technical assistance to state and local entities on how to phase in access to high-quality preschool to all children in California, beginning in the neighborhoods with the greatest need. Read More >
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To help states and districts make informed decisions about the professional development (PD) they implement to improve reading instruction, the U.S. Department of Education commissioned the Early Reading PD Interventions Study to examine the impact of two research-based PD interventions for reading instruction. This report describes the implementation of the PD interventions tested, and examines their impacts at the end of the year the PD was delivered. Read More >
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