Provides research, evaluation, consulting, and technical assistance services that contribute to the lifelong process of learning and improving personal performance.

Produces and disseminates information to provide motivation and tools to enable individuals to make informed decisions about health issues.

Develops new and innovative ways to measure student achievement and provide customized tools to improve student learning.

Works with the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), the government's primary source for collecting and analyzing data about public education.

Helps to provide all children with access to a quality education, and empowers people, organizations, and communities to bring about social change.

Is committed to helping clients improve the effectiveness of their workforce through a wide range of management, organizational, and business improvement efforts.

Produces, maintains and disseminates systematic reviews of the effects of social and behavioral interventions.

Publications & Products

AIR shares its research findings so that they have broad impact, making those findings available in the form of published reports as a public service. AIR has been shaping human behavior and improving the quality of individual lives and organizations for more than 50 years. We aim to accelerate the progress of human development by making our reports easily available in their entirety.

Publications can be downloaded for free in PDF format. You can view AIR’s publications arranged by topic below:

Education, Human Development and the Workforce
Adult Education & Literacy
Children's Mental Health
Early Childhood
Education Evidence & Indicators
Education Finance
Education Technology
Higher Education
School Reform
Special Education

Health
Communications & Social Marketing
Research & Policy Analysis
Conference Services, Technical Writing and Clearinghouse/Call Center Management
Technical Assistance & Training
Informatics, Web Site Development & Information Management
Equity Analysis
Organizational Performance
Skills Assessment
Team Performance
Usability Engineering

Education Assessment
State Student Testing
Computer Statistical Services

Federal Statistics Program

International Development