IMPAQ conducted randomized controlled trial (RCT) impact evaluations to examine the effects of interventions aimed at combating child labor in Costa Rica, Ecuador, India, Malawi, and Rwanda. (IMPAQ was acquired by AIR in 2020.)
Boston Public Schools (BPS) and the National Center on Time & Learning partnered to turn around two low-performing Boston middle schools by implementing the Turnaround Using Increased Learning Time model. AIR examined program implementation to provide formative feedback to BPS and partner organizations and to document the implementation process. ...
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 included $4.35 billion for Race to the Top (RTT), one of the Obama administration’s signature programs and one of the largest federal government investments in an education grant program. This final report examines how receipt of RTT grants was related to student ...
To support state- and district-wide school-monitoring processes and strategic and effective school improvement efforts, AIR conducts school quality reviews that are grounded in research and informed and refined by practice. AIR works collaboratively with states and districts to implement a school monitoring process that relies on rigorous research methods and ...
This fourth and final brief in the California Collaborative on District Reform series examines how the Fresno-Long Beach Learning Partnership uses data to inform work across and within the districts. The Partnership is a collaboration that aims to improve student outcomes, accelerate achievement for all students, and close achievement gaps ...
Programs designed to combat child labor store information on the social and economic services they provide their participants and beneficiaries. As part of a series of impact evaluations sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of International Labor Affairs, IMPAQ conducted five randomized controlled trial evaluations of programs to ...
In the next CEE Research Spotlight series on October 20, 2022, researchers from the Houston Education Research Consortium will share how a research-practice partnership between Rice University and a Houston area public school district pivoted to address the immediate needs of the district at the onset of the pandemic. ...
Beginning in October 2012, the Great Lakes Comprehensive Center began building the organizational capacity of the Ohio Department of Education to support districts and schools in the design and implementation of professional learning opportunities for teachers based on teacher performance evaluation results. ...