Projects Education - All Projects
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Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Center for Survey Methods
The Center for Survey Methods supports the design, collection, analysis, and dissemination of research and statistics on significant social issues for federal and state governments, private firms, universities, institutes, and nonprofit organizations across the country in a variety of social and behavioral science fields.
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Tuesday, April 9, 2013
ELLs and the California Collaborative on District Reform
The California Collaborative on District Reform joins researchers, district practitioners, state policy actors, and funders in on-going evidence-based dialogue and collective problem-solving to improve outcomes for all students in California school systems, with an emphasis on the over 1.5 million ELLs in California schools.
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Tuesday, April 9, 2013
ELL Center's Technical Assistance Related to the Common Core State Standards
In the past year, staff from the Center for English Language Learners have been involved in technical assistance work related to the Common Core.
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Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Technical Assistance to New York State Districts for ELLs to Help Turn Around Low-Achieving Schools
Leaders in New York contracted with AIR in 2005 when they wanted to know which practices and strategies were working for ELLs in their schools and districts. On behalf of the New York State Education Department and the New York City Department of Education, AIR has engaged schools and districts cited as being in corrective action throughout the state of New York.
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Friday, April 5, 2013
ELL Policy Analysis and Related Work
The policy work of the Center for English Language Learners currently focuses on analysis of state and federal policies and assistance to federal and state policymakers on issues relevant to ELLs.
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Friday, April 5, 2013
ELL Work in Regional Comprehensive Centers
AIR manages the Great Lakes Comprehensive Center and Midwest Comprehensive Center, two of the 15 regional centers that are funded by the U.S. Department of Education. The regional centers provide technical assistance designed to build the capacity of states to help districts and schools meet the goals of ESEA, including the states' new flexibility waivers. AIR regional center staff provides ELL-related technical assistance to state education agencies.
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Friday, April 5, 2013
ELL Content Centers
Recently, the U.S. Department of Education awarded AIR two content centers, which will offer all states research-based resources and tools to support struggling students, including ELLs: the Center on Great Teachers and Leaders and the College and Career Readiness and Success Center.
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Friday, April 5, 2013
English Language Learners - The National Charter School Resource Center
The National Charter School Resource Center’s resources for English language learners are designed for a range of different stakeholders, who might have varied levels of knowledge about ELLs. Target audiences include authorizers, charter management organizations, charter support organizations, charter school developers, and staff and leaders at charter schools that serve ELLs.
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Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Chicago Public Schools, Career and Technical Education (CTE)
AIR created the Career and Technical Education Early Warning System to help programmatic and district staff in the Chicago Public Schools target interventions to approximately 20,000 students annually.
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Wednesday, March 27, 2013
St. Louis Regional College Access Pipeline (CAP)
AIR led a strategic planning process that engaged more than 100 community members in St. Louis to create actionable steps to build a college-going culture in all of the region’s high schools, to expand and coordinate the delivery of services, and to improve college persistence.
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Thursday, March 14, 2013
Evaluation of the Massachusetts Rethinking Equity and Teaching for English Language Learners (RETELL) Initiative
In order to improve instruction for ELLs in Massachusetts, the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (ESE) has recently introduced the Rethinking Equity and Teaching of English Language Learners (RETELL) initiative. Under this initiative, all core academic teachers in the state are required to complete comprehensive professional development in Sheltered English Instruction methods by July 2016. AIR has evaluated the pilot professional development program that was initiated under RETELL in Fall 2012 and will be evaluating the implementation of the first year of the full roll-out of the program.
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Tuesday, March 12, 2013
College & Career Readiness & Success Center
The federally funded College and Career Readiness and Success Center (CCRS Center) provides customized support to states, promoting knowledge development and collaboration through technical assistance and interactive learning communities.
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Tuesday, March 12, 2013
CollegeMeasures.org
A partnership between AIR and Matrix Knowledge Group, College Measures uses data to drive improvement in higher education, making information about the earnings of graduates from state higher education programs publicly accessible.
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Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Evaluation of the TEACh Initiative
AIR is conducting the independent evaluation of The New Teacher Project’s Teacher Effectiveness and Certification (TEACh) Initiative. The initiative focuses on preparing teachers for high-needs placements in urban schools and includes pre-service training, in-service training, and assessments of teacher effectiveness.
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Monday, December 31, 2012
Texas Statewide 21st Century Community Learning Centers
AIR, along with its partners, has conducted the evaluation of the Texas Statewide 21st Century Community Learning Centers since 2007. This federal initiative, authorized by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, provides out-of-school-time opportunities for academic enrichment to help students meet state and local performance standards in core academic subjects. In addition to providing a comprehensive description of the implementation of the program across the state, the evaluation includes an achievement analysis examining the impact of program participation on student achievement and behavior.
