As students across the country prepare to start their freshman year of college, more than 40 percent of them will not graduate within six years – costing billions of dollars in lost earnings for the students and millions of dollars in lost tax revenue, according to a new analysis by AIR.
Werner Wothke, a principal statistician at AIR, has been awarded the prestigious Bradley Hanson Award for 2011 by the National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME).
Twenty-five K-12 teachers from Puerto Rico took part in a professional development training event at AIR on July 12, 2011. The teachers, who are interns in the Pilar Barbosa Education Program, listened to AIR education experts discuss subjects such as teacher quality, high school dropout prevention, students with disabilities and ...
A team of experts from AIR played a key role in writing and producing "The Condition of Education 2011." The congressionally mandated annual report offers a detailed account of all aspects of U.S. education, from early childhood education and student achievement to postsecondary education and school environment. ...
Jane Hannaway, a vice president at the American Institutes for Research (AIR) and director of the National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER), participated in a panel discussion on trends in student achievement that began an event announcing the winner of the 2011 Broad Prize for ...
Staff from AIR will discuss a wide range of education issues, from implementing standards and assessment in countries like Honduras, Egypt and Nicaragua to community empowerment and teacher professional development during presentations at the annual conference of the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) May 1-5, 2011, in Montreal, Quebec, ...
Sabrina Laine, a vice president at the American Institutes for Research (AIR), will discuss issues involving educator quality at the annual meeting of the National Association of State Title I Directors to be held August 4-5, 2011 in Washington, D.C. and the National Conference of State ...
The California Collaborative on District Reform, an initiative of the American Institutes for Research (AIR), has issued a policy and practice brief exploring the district perspective on school turnaround in eight California school districts. “Beyond the School: Exploring a Systemic Approach to School Turnaround,” suggests a more systemic approach to ...
Patrick Riccards of the American Institutes for Research (AIR) has been identified as one of the nation’s top 25 education policy/media tweeters, according to an article in the fall 2011 issue of Education Next.
Gwendolyn Willis-Darpoh, a senior researcher at the American Institutes for Research (AIR), has been elected to the National Board of Directors of the Fulbright Association, which promotes international education and cultural exchange.