In today's competitive talent landscape, traditional assessment methods that solely focus on academic achievements or qualifications are increasingly recognized as insufficient. AIR’s team of experts propose integrating holistic and skills-based assessment practices. Such integration offers a more nuanced and comprehensive evaluation of candidates. ...
AIR and the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) have created a new examination for assessing the human resource (HR) knowledge of graduating college students seeking HR careers.
This report compares three mathematics assessments conducted in 2003, and aims to provide information useful for interpreting and comparing results from the three assessments, based on an in-depth look at the content of the frameworks and items.
This study examines the literacy skills of adults and compares the literacy skills of workers with different types of training by conducting a data analysis of the 2003 assessment data.
This study compares the mathematics frameworks and item pools used in the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) with the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) and vice versa. In addition to that, differences in item features between the two assessments are described.
AIR will send experts in health care, health practice and health policy to the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, June 8-10, 2014. AIR staff will give presentations on a wide range of health issues, such as how Health Insurance Marketplaces can successfully attract and retain consumers; measuring long term care preferences; ...
Experts from AIR will discuss aspects of health care research and policy at AcademyHealth’s Annual Research Meeting (ARM), being held June 25-27, 2017, at the Hyatt Regency in New Orleans, Louisiana. The meeting focuses on the latest research and policy in the field of health and the organization, financing and ...
Line Operational Simulations (LOS) are commonly used for training and evaluating pilot crews under realistic conditions. Despite their widespread use, the construct validity of LOS ratings remains largely unexplored. This article provides research-based guidelines for improving the construct validity of LOS ratings. ...
The initiatives to enhance adult learning program accountability and assessment systems of the following states are described in this paper: Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Kentucky, Oregon, Texas, Washington, West Virginia.
For the last several years, the National Assessment Governing Board and the National Center for Education Statistics have been exploring how the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), the Nation’s Report Card, can be used to assess the college and career readiness of America’s high school students. Researchers at AIR ...