The Regional Educational Laboratory Midwest (REL Midwest) partners with state and local education agencies and other key stakeholders across the Midwest to use evidence to improve policy and practice.
The Great Lakes Comprehensive Center was one of 15 regional comprehensive centers funded by the U.S. Department of Education for the October 2012–September 2019 grant cycle of the Comprehensive Centers Program. The centers provided capacity-building technical assistance to state education agencies in their implementation and administration of programs authorized under ...
On June 3, 2021, the Center for English Learners at AIR hosted a webinar on our evidence-based, research-backed, and classroom-tested language and literacy program for preschoolers. In the webinar, Dr. Patricia García-Arena, principal researcher, and Rebecca Bergey, senior researcher, shared study findings and introduced the new COLLTS curriculum, targeted instructional ...
In December 2018, Michigan secured a Preschool Development Grant and began the required completion of a statewide needs assessment of the state’s early childhood mixed delivery system to inform in-depth strategic planning to increase the availability and quality of programs and supports for children birth to age 5 and their ...
The Texas Comprehensive Center (TXCC) was one of 15 regional comprehensive centers funded by the U.S. Department of Education for the October 2012–September 2019 grant cycle. TXCC works closely with the Texas Education Agency, supporting their efforts to implement, scale up, and sustain initiatives statewide as well as lead and ...
The Southeast Comprehensive Center (SECC) was one of 15 regional comprehensive centers funded by the U.S. Department of Education for the October 2012–September 2019 grant cycle of the Comprehensive Centers Program. SECC provided training and technical assistance to state education agencies in Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, and South Carolina, ...
AIR played a pivotal role in the 2018 NAEP Oral Reading Fluency study, which explored how fourth-grade students’ oral reading skills relate to their performance on the NAEP reading assessment. Students' oral reading fluency is a strong marker of progress in learning to read.
Implementing the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) presented policymakers and stakeholders with opportunities to improve outcomes for schools and students as well as teachers and leaders. AIR worked with districts and states to help them navigate the most current information, key topics, and research-based resources for planning and implementing ESSA ...
Lesley Sepanloo is chief human resources officer and senior vice president, providing leadership and oversight for AIR’s global recruitment, hiring, onboarding and retention efforts, compensation and benefits, staff learning and development and human resources policies, procedures, and compliance.
In this personal essay, AIR Principal Researcher Patricia Garcia-Arena shares her memories of being an English learner in preschool and elementary school—and how early literacy experiences can be better for ELs today, thanks to evidence-based instructional practices.
