Education - All Reports and Products
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Saturday, June 11, 2011
Report: Revenues and Expenditures for Public Elementary and Secondary Education: School Year 2008–09 (Fiscal Year 2009)
Part of the Common Core of Data (CCD), this report presents state-level data on revenues by source and expenditures by function for public elementary and secondary education for the 2008-09 school year.
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Thursday, May 26, 2011
Report: Condition of Education 2011 Report Offers New Insights Into U.S. Education Trends
AIR experts played a major role in producing the latest edition of The Condition of Education 2011, a congressionally mandated annual report that provides a definitive look at developments and trends in U.S. education. Released by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), the report projects that enrollment in U.S. schools is expected to grow through the decade, as the U.S. population increases.
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Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Report: Middle School Mathematics Professional Development Impact Study: Findings After the Second Year of Implementation
This study examines the impact of intensive mathematics professional development (PD) on teachers' knowledge and teaching skills for 7th grade mathematics in rational number topics such as fractions, decimals, percent, ratio, and proportion. The intensive PD studied includes over 100 hours of support in the form of summer institutes, seminars, and in-school coaching.
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Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Report: Exploratory Study of the HOPE Foundation© Courageous Leadership Academy
This report, authored by AIR and funded by the HOPE Foundation, introduces the school reform model, describes the study methodology, presents findings for each of the three research questions explored, and discusses the implications for the intervention and additional research.
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Thursday, May 12, 2011
Report: Who Wins? Who Pays? The Economic Returns and Costs of a Bachelor’s Degree
Given the importance of a college education to entering and staying in the middle class and the high cost of obtaining a bachelor’s degree, Who Wins? and Who Pays? are questions being asked today at kitchen tables and in the halls of government throughout the nation. This study shows that the answers are different than what is commonly found in the media.
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Monday, May 9, 2011
Report: Baseline Analyses of SIG Applications and SIG-Eligible and SIG-Awarded Schools
The Study of School Turnaround (SST) is an examination of the implementation of School Improvement Grants (SIG) authorized under Title I section 1003(g) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). This IES-funded baseline report provides an overview of the state policies and practices for SIG implementation as well as a description of the first round of SIG awards made to Local Education Agencies (LEAs) and SIG-eligible schools.
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Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Report: Public School Graduates and Dropouts from the Common Core of Data: School Year 2008–09
This report uses data collected as part of the Common Core of Data (CCD) and presents findings associated with public high school graduation and event dropout counts for school year 2008–09.
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Saturday, April 9, 2011
Report: Evaluating ARRA Programs and Other Educational Reforms: A Guide for States
AIR and Mathematica Policy Research developed this guide to help you consider evaluation issues likely to arise as you launch ARRA-funded initiatives and other educational reform activities.
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Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Report: Research Study of Texas Dual Credit Programs and Courses
The Texas dual credit program allows high school students to earn both high school and college credits for completing courses offered by institutions of higher learning. AIR conducted a research study for the Texas Education Agency TEA and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board THECB, exploring the variations in the administration, cost, accessibility, and student participation in dual credit programs across the state. The study relied on two main data sources: (1) existing administrative data on students participating in dual enrollment courses and (2) telephone surveys of administrators.
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Friday, February 4, 2011
Report: Beyond the School: Exploring a Systemic Approach to School Turnaround
This brief uses the experience of eight California school districts—all members of the California Collaborative on District Reform—to suggest a more systemic approach to school turnaround.
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Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Report: Evaluation of the First 5 LA Family Literacy Initiative: Final Evaluation Report
The First 5 LA Family Literacy Initiative, which began in 2002, is a comprehensive program to promote language and literacy development for children and their parents, and to promote parenting knowledge and skills, with a goal of greater economic self-sufficiency among low-income families in Los Angeles County.
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Thursday, December 9, 2010
Report: NAEP Trends: Main NAEP vs. Long-Term Trend
This study compares the measurement of mathematics and reading trends by two separate National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) statistical series.
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Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Report: Trends in High School Dropout and Completion Rates in the United States: 1972–2008
This report builds upon a series of National Center for Education Statistics reports on high school dropout and completion rates that began in 1988.
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Thursday, December 2, 2010
Report: Making the Most of Extra Time: Relationships Between Full-Day Kindergarten Instructional Environments and Reading Achievement
This brief uses nationally representative data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-99 (ECLS-K) to explore relationships between full-day kindergarten program factors and public school children’s gains in reading scores from the fall to spring of the kindergarten year.
