The American Institutes for Research® (AIR®) works with government agencies, organizations, institutions, and communities across the United States and around the world to develop and use evidence to improve opportunity and outcomes. Here are a few examples of how we are making a difference.
Taking advanced courses in high school predicts positive outcomes, but many students who are prepared to take an advanced course are overlooked for participation using current student nomination practices. AIR is studying the outcomes of automatic enrollment policies and an automatic notification tool designed to increase students’ access to advanced ...
Nathan Burroughs studies early childhood and K-12 systems, having served as principal investigator for multiple federally and state-funded projects focused on educational labor markets, educational opportunity, and access to quality child care. Notable examples of his research include multiple U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Child Care Research Partnership ...
The Million Coaches Challenge (MCC) was launched in 2021 with the goal of training one million youth sports coaches in youth development techniques by 2026. AIR is leading the MCC Implementation Study, a multiyear mixed-methods effort with the MCC partner organizations that was designed to track coaches trained throughout the ...
Korantema Kaleem has over 20 years of extensive expertise in education and qualitative research methods. In her capacity, she leads qualitative research tasks for federal agencies, institutions of higher education, and foundations. Dr. Kaleem’s comprehensive background includes qualitative methods, K–12 education, postsecondary education, and college and career readiness.Prior to joining ...
Reshma Patel is a project director for the AIR Opportunity Fund, where she leads community engagement for the Priority Places strategy. In this role, she oversees outreach to potential grantees, hosts listening sessions with community leaders, and conducts research on places AIR may invest in—ensuring that community perspectives and priorities ...
Having a common set of principles for ethical, high-quality use of AI in education research is essential to establish transparency and trust and to help ensure that research leads to benefits and to minimize the risk of harms. AIR has launched the AI Education Research Principles Design Lab to identify ...
Community Clinical Linkages (CCLs) are connections between community and clinical sectors to improve population health. AIR and the Santa Clara County Public Health Department are learning how shared measurement can strengthen CCLs to improve participation in and access to evidence-based lifestyle change programs in the county. ...
Ndaw Wune (Success for All) is a multilingual, remedial education program implemented by the Associates in Research and Education for Development (ARED) and funded by the Gates Foundation, which aims to enhance learning outcomes for children in Senegal. AIR conducted a rigorous impact evaluation and cost-effectiveness analysis of the program ...
Anna Jefferson is a nationally recognized expert on guaranteed income, consumer finance, U.S. housing policy, and innovative qualitative methods to make policy research more person-centered. Doing so furthers her commitment to expanding equitable access to the research process and to improving the quality and scope of evidence used in support ...
