Rebecca Medway has nearly 15 years of training and experience in survey and experimental design, questionnaire development, survey management, and analysis of complex survey data.Since 2012, she has served as a survey methodologist on the National Household Education Surveys Program (NHES) for the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), leading ...
The theme of Public Schools Week 2022 is “Creating Safe, Equitable and Engaging Public Schools,” which directly aligns to the AIR-authored volume, Creating Safe, Equitable, Engaging Schools. AIR’s David Osher and Mary Cathryn Ricker from the Shanker Institute provide fresh insights on what safe, equitable, and engaging means in our ...
A qualitative study of nonrespondent addresses to the 2019 administration of the National Household Education Survey was conducted to better understand the drivers of nonresponse to mail-based household surveys in general—and to the NHES in particular—and to provide actionable information on how to combat this growing problem. ...
AIR has had two projects recognized in the inaugural Anthem Awards, which honor organizations and people who are doing work for social good across a variety of areas.
AIR has launched a new database that will facilitate research on the COVID-19 pandemic, educational outcomes, and the pursuit of equity in communities around the country. The COVID-19 Longitudinal Deep Dive Database draws from datasets across multiple sectors and will allow researchers to capture a broad view of trends before, ...
The AIR Center for Addiction Research and Effective Solutions (AIR CARES) announces its Social Determinants of Addiction Webinar Series: The 4Ps—People, Policy, Programs, and Practice.
Mathematics is a foundation that is necessary for learning and employment in other technical disciplines, but U.S. student math achievement often falls behind many other industrialized nations. Researchers at AIR’s Methods for Synthesis and Integration Center (MOSAIC) conducted the largest-ever quantitative synthesis of these math interventions’ effects on U.S. preK-12 ...
For many decades, high schools focused on preparing students for either postsecondary education or entry-level jobs. Newer models integrate the two. AIR partnered with the Texas Education Agency to examine the impact on student outcomes of Texas House Bill 5, which placed greater emphasis on career preparation. ...
Battle Creek Public Schools engaged AIR in fall 2017 to conduct an evaluation of a district transformation process, which began with a grant from the W. K. Kellogg foundation. AIR is sharing some findings from the transformation process, the first half of which was pre-pandemic, and the second half ...
