The Plan, Do, Study, Act Process is central to the improvement of instructional routines. Watch one of the Better Math Teaching Network members in real time and in a real classroom setting introduce the Plan, Do, Study, Act, or PDSA, process.
The National Center for Healthy Safe Children offers resources, training, and technical assistance to support states, tribes, territories, and local communities as they promote overall wellbeing for students and their families. Meet our leaders and researchers.
AIR’s approach to personalized learning draws upon our rigorous research base and strong field experience in facilitating educational system change efforts across the nation and globe. Explore AIR-developed resources to support states, districts, and schools that would like to implement personalized learning programming. ...
Paul Bailey is a principal economist at AIR. He joined AIR in 2012, after receiving a Ph.D. in economics at the University of Maryland. Before that, he earned a master’s degree in statistics from The University of Chicago. He specializes in statistics, research design, psychometrics, and educator value-added modeling.Dr. Bailey ...
Laura Hamilton is a senior director at American Institutes for Research, where she leads the Center on Advancing Measurement and Assessment. This interdisciplinary center promotes high-quality, innovative approaches to measurement and assessment, generating evidence to inform policy and practice in education, workforce, and family and community development. Hamilton also leads ...
Kim Gattis is a nationally recognized expert in large-scale mathematics assessments through her work at the state, national, and international levels. For over a decade she has led AIR projects supporting the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) for the U.S. Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics. Currently ...
The Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) is an international comparative study of the mathematics and science achievement of fourth- and eighth-graders in the United States and students in the equivalent of fourth and eighth grade in other participating countries.
The National Center for Healthy Safe Children offers resources, training, and technical assistance to support states, tribes, territories, and local communities as they promote overall wellbeing for students and their families. Learn more about what we do.
States have the flexibility to set Medicaid payment rates for providers consistent with federal regulations that require payments promoting the Medicaid program’s economy and efficiency. As supplemental payments are now a major source of Medicaid reimbursement for providers in many states, both the U.S. Government Accountability Office and the Medicaid and ...