Yuan Zhang is a senior researcher in the Education Statistics program at AIR. She has over five years of experience providing expert support for the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) longitudinal studies branch, including data analyses for various NCES reports, such as the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class ...
This spotlight takes a look at the history of Title I, how the program has changed over time, and how it affects children, schools, families and education policy. Experts weigh in on the program's past and future in interviews, briefs, and blogs.
On March 19, 2024, from 1-2 p.m. ET, AIR is hosting a webinar, during which an expert panel will share strategies school districts can use to better understand cost implications and program effectiveness. These strategies leverage the knowledge and experience of program and finance staff.
This Statistics in Brief examines the relationship between six nonschool factors and student achievement in countries that participated in the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2003. The nonschool factors were: highest level of education attained by either of the students' parents; the highest occupational status of either of the ...
Experts from AIR will explore a variety of topics at the annual Association for Education Finance & Policy (AEFP) conference, being held March 14–16 in Baltimore. This year’s conference theme is “Engaging The Education Ecosystem To Improve Research Relevance And Use,” and is designed for members to engage with one ...
AIR Vice President Dan Goldhaber addressed the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on June 22, 2022. In a hearing entitled Supporting Students and Schools: Promising Practices to Get Back on Track, Goldhaber testified on the pandemic's effect on student learning and school district recovery efforts. ...
Sponsored by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the Hospital Quality Improvement Contractor (HQIC) initiative is designed to support rural, critical access hospitals, rural emergency hospitals, and those hospitals that are low performing and serve vulnerable populations in achieving measurable outcomes under the rubrics of patient safety, addressing ...
The Equitable Attendance Policy Partnership (EAPP) aims to support states interested in examining and improving attendance policies and approaches, particularly for students and families with lived experience of the truancy process.
If states are to foster an environment in which all students have opportunities to thrive in computer science (CS), policy action will help create the conditions for success. Interviews with 20 individuals involved in the CS education policy process help to illuminate several factors that have facilitated California’s recent policy ...
Title II, Part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act aims to increase academic achievement by improving teacher and principal quality. In this blog post, Jane Coggshall describes her recommendations to ensure that states, regions, and districts work more strategically both to develop individual teachers and leaders and to ...