AIR is partnering with the Urban Institute on this U.S. Department of Labor-funded initiative to build a “gold standard” infrastructure of national occupational frameworks and establish a new online collection of standards freely available for public use.
Better schools help make better communities and improve students’ chances of success. AIR experts use research-based strategies to help schools and districts build systems that improve outcomes and sustain improvements over time.
The PROMISE Center, Promoting Resilience, Opportunity, and Mobility in Support of Equity, is committed to uncovering the most effective strategies to build a 21st century workforce development ecosystem that helps all people succeed and thrive.
Sectoral training programs aim to give workers the skills they need to secure good jobs in growing industries and occupations. AIR is closely examining the evidence base on these programs, focusing initially on three of the most successful, to understand how and why these programs have been able to effect ...
In this blog post, Principal Researcher Lyzz Davis talks about the work of AIR's Evidence Support Center and its companion Evidence Library, to help educators navigate the path from evidence to practice by amplifying the work of the What Works Clearinghouse.
The Children Exposed to Violence Training and Technical Assistance Center at AIR supports children exposed to violence project sites/grantees funded through the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.
For many decades, high schools focused on preparing students for either postsecondary education or entry-level jobs. Newer models integrate the two. AIR partnered with the Texas Education Agency to examine the impact on student outcomes of Texas House Bill 5, which placed greater emphasis on career preparation. ...
The American Institutes for Research, which has been conducting scientifically rigorous evaluations since 1946, has established a new State and Local Evaluation Center to marshal the organization's broad expertise and deep resources to support state education agencies and district offices as they decide whether to keep, revise, or end a ...
Roughly one in five women nationally is sexually assaulted while in college. This diverse collection of tools uses trauma-informed care as a foundation for helping university health centers deal with this crisis.