Providing Teachers Access to Professional Learning Programs Through Research Projects

Many researchers and policymakers consider teachers the number one factor affecting student achievement. Yet teacher professional development programs that prove effective are rare. Efforts are needed to develop, refine, test and scale-up professional development programs. The American Institutes for Research (AIR) has been researching teacher professional development programs to help teachers with general and content-area teaching.

Districts that partner with AIR receive support to implement promising professional development programs. In exchange, the districts allow AIR to collect data to study program implementation and impact.

Contact us if you would like your district to participate in a partnership like this.