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 and implements education testing programs that benefit students, parents and public officals.

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.

Validation of Employment Practices

We have experience assessing the validity of employment practices based on content-oriented, criteria-related, and construct-oriented evidence. Our litigation-based work frequently includes analysis of the relationships among employment tests, the requirements of the job, and the job performance of incumbents.

In addition, AIR has been at the forefront of efforts designed to develop tests and selection systems that provide accurate prediction, are psychometrically sound, and reduce subgroup differences. Examples of these projects include:

• National Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee: Development of assessment instruments and criterion measures that will affect the way most of our nation’s future electricians will be selected and trained.
• Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery: Development of specifications for science and technical tests aimed at reducing adverse impact against women and minorities while maintaining the levels of fairness and validity.