Researchers from the American Institutes for Research (AIR) will present on a variety of education issues during the 2011 Office of Special Education Programs' (OSEP) Project Directors' Conference, which is being held July 18-20, 2011 at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, D.C.
AIR will lead and participate in several presentations at the 2022 Council for Exceptional Children’s Convention & Expo, one of the nation’s largest gatherings of special education researchers, policymakers and practitioners. AIR’s presentations will cover a wide array of topics including investigating interventions for students with emotional disturbance; trends in ...
In this blog post, David Osher, AIR vice president and international expert on school climate, social emotional learning, and student support, shares an interesting perspective about making a difference through school climate.
Science has been added to the categories of reading, mathematics and writing as part of an expansion of TechMatrix, a website developed by the American Institutes for Research (AIR) to provide free information about educational and assistive technology products for students – including those with disabilities, as well as English ...
Lynn Fuchs is an Institute Fellow at AIR and a research professor at Vanderbilt University. Dr. Fuchs conducts programmatic research on assessment methods for enhancing instructional planning, on instructional methods for improving mathematics and reading outcomes for students with learning disabilities, and on the cognitive and linguistic student characteristics associated ...
For over 25 years, scientists have studied the impact of children’s gender stereotypes about abilities in STEM. AIR experts are conducting a meta-analysis of the existing research for a National Science Foundation study seeking to clarify ambiguous findings regarding gender stereotypes in the STEM fields. ...
California’s supply of teachers is at a 12-year low. The trend continues as enrollment in educator preparation programs has dropped by more than 70 percent in the last decade. At a recent gathering in Sacramento, leading researchers, policy experts, and local practitioners looked at the problem in detail and offered ...