Education - All Reports and Products
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Monday, May 20, 2013
Report: California and the Common Core State Standards: Early Steps, Early Opportunities
This report explores three questions about the Common Core State Standards in California, and provides recommendations and conclusions based on a two-day symposium convened to answer those questions.
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Thursday, May 16, 2013
Tool: County Preschool Cost Estimator
AIR's County Preschool Cost Estimator is a user-friendly tool to assess the cost of phasing in access to preschool. While the tool is designed to focus on the cost of preschool at the local level, you can also use it to estimate the cost statewide.
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Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Tool: New Pocket Guide Helps State and District Education Leaders Implement ESEA Flexibility Plans Through Response to Intervention (RTI)
This pocket guide from AIR helps policymakers and practitioners adapt federal program funds to improve teaching and learning for all students. It is the third in a series on implementing ESEA flexibility plans.
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Monday, May 6, 2013
Report: The Price of a Science Ph.D.
A recent report from AIR's Center for STEM Education & Innovation found that financing a Ph.D. in the sciences results in high levels of debt, particularly for underrepresented minorities.
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Friday, April 26, 2013
Brochure: Education at American Institutes for Research
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Thursday, April 25, 2013
Report: Higher Education Pays: The Initial Earnings of Graduates of Texas Colleges and Universities Who Are Working in Texas
The earnings of recent bachelor's and master's recipients in Texas vary not only by degree but by specific program and institution, according to a recent study prepared by College Measures, a joint venture of AIR and the Matrix Knowledge Group.
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Friday, April 12, 2013
Report: The Adult Education Training and Education Survey (ATES) Pilot Study
As part of a larger inter-agency effort to develop new federal data on adults’ education, training, and credentials for work, the National Center for Education Statistics and AIR developed and pilot-tested of a set of survey items on industry-recognized certification, state licensure, and educational certificates.
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Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Service: Early Warning Systems in Education
AIR offers a complete set of services including the design of Early Warning Systems to help states and districts identify students more at risk for dropping out of high school and create conditions for students to succeed. Free resources and tools are available for download.
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Friday, March 29, 2013
Video: Hans Bos Explains How Best to Design Education Research
In this video interview, Hans Bos, vice president at AIR, explains how to best use data and design education research to have a real impact on the people and issues studied. In particular, good research should be relevant, valid, and reliable, Bos says.
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Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Report: Teacher Practice and Student Outcomes in Arts-Integrated Learning Settings: A Review of Literature
AIR conducted a review of key literature in 2011–12 exploring the measurement of teacher practice and student learning in arts-integrated settings through a project funded by the Department of Education and offered by the Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts.
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Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Report: Instruction Across the High School—College Divide (2009)
This latest report for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation examines how Early College Schools (ECS) can best prepare high school students for college success. The report presents findings from high school and college instructional data collected during site visits to ECS classrooms in the 2008–09 academic year, as part of the Early College High School Initiative (ECHSI).
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Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Report: Higher Education Pays: The Initial Earnings of Graduates from Colorado’s Colleges and Universities Working in Colorado
This report show that, in Colorado, higher education pays off for those who earn postsecondary credentials. Graduates with postsecondary degrees working in Colorado after graduation can average as much as $20,000 more than high school graduates.
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Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Commentary: Parental Leave That Might Pay for Itself
Susan Muenchow and Christopher Ruhm discuss how a paid parental leave policy could promote a more stable foundation for children and families in the U.S.—without breaking the bank. Longer leave gives mothers more time to heal physically, encourages breastfeeding, and promotes parent-baby attachment.
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Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Report: Research-Based Practices for College and Career Readiness
These case studies show how AIR analyzes data and develops tools to prepare students to be college and career ready—bridging the gap between research and practice.
