After five years of effort, states have implemented most of the test-based accountability requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, and now must focus their efforts on improving poor-performing schools that ...
AIR has welcomed four nationally renowned experts as AIR Fellows to collaborate across the institution on mission-focused projects and initiatives: Sudhanshu (Ashu) Handa, Robert (Bob) Kim, Karen Pittman, and Rashawn Ray.
Experts with AIR will present a variety of education research and finance sessions during the 46th annual Association for Education Finance and Policy (AEFP) conference, taking place virtually March 17-20, 2021. This year’s conference theme is “Promoting Equity and Opportunity Through Education Policy Research,” and is designed to facilitate collaborations ...
There is growing interest across the country in dual enrollment programs, which allow students to earn a high school diploma and college credits at the same time. A body of research from AIR confirms that one type of dual enrollment program—Early College High Schools—has a positive, lasting impact on postsecondary ...
AIR policy experts will present at the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management’s (APPAM) annual conference, being held November 6-8, 2014, in Albuquerque, NM, at the Albuquerque Convention Center and Hyatt Regency Hotel.
An analysis of the earnings of recent college graduates in five states finds that those who went to elite institutions do not necessarily earn higher salaries than their peers, that some certificate and associate degrees are far more lucrative than four year degrees, and that when it comes to science, ...
How did higher education get so expensive? Who should be counseling prospective college students? Do bachelor's degree holders have relevant job skills? AIR Vice President and Institute Fellow Mark Schneider recently answered these and other questions during an Ask Me Anything session on Reddit. Here are the highlights. ...
Society of Health and Physical Educators is partnering with AIR Assessment, a division of the American Institutes for Research, on a pilot project to develop an assessment of student learning in health and physical education. The test will measure the attainment of the National Standards for Physical Education which are ...
Decades of research show that whole child approaches to learning, which emphasize a positive school climate; an integrated approach to social, emotional, and academic learning; and wraparound services are essential to students' academic and life success and can reduce the negative effects of poverty on achievement. Speakers at this briefing ...
AIR is strengthening its efforts to diversify the fields of behavioral and social science research through a partnership with three large universities across the country. The AIR Pipeline Partnership Program seeks to address a persistent lack of racial and ethnic diversity in the BSSR fields and ensure that individuals from ...