AIR is working with the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) to better understand and strengthen the current state of education and career preparedness in Human Resources.
In 2007, the Iowa Legislature instituted a pay-for-performance and career-ladder pilot program in which teachers in three districts were rewarded for taking on additional professional roles and responsibilities or for teacher or student performance. AIR evaluators conducted a formative and summative analysis of the program designed to inform educator pay reform ...
AIR, along with several partners, recently completed a large-scale evaluation of statewide professional development academies in Texas. The study provided the Texas Education Agency with critical information about the implementation of the professional development academies provided to teachers through the regional education service centers. ...
The Wisconsin Responsive Education for All Children (REACh) initiative was launched in 2006 to create a framework for implementation of early intervening services and response to intervention (RTI). The initiative provided small competitive grants to a limited number of schools within the state to implement this framework. AIR was subsequently awarded ...
The U.S. Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences has awarded AIR a five-year contract to operate the Regional Educational Laboratory (REL) in the Midwest in order to address the research and evaluation needs of educators.
As an alternative to the specified sanctions under the 2002 reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, known as the No Child Left Behind Act, for school districts that were cited as being in corrective action, the state of New York negotiated an audit of the written, taught, and ...
Amarillo Independent School District’s federally funded Vision 2020 Virtual Learning Strand grant program provides funding to increase participation in the Texas Virtual School Network. The primary goal of Vision 2020 was to provide staff development and technology-based resources and support aimed at increasing the district’s technology content knowledge as well ...
August is Connected Educator Month, an effort by the U.S. Department of Education to encourage teachers and school administrators across the country to participate in online learning communities and networks to enhance their professional development. AIR is supporting the month-long endeavor by coordinating more than 250 ...
The Wisconsin Response to Intervention (RtI) Center was established by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction in 2009 in partnership with the state’s 12 Cooperative Educational Services Agencies (CESAs). The purpose of the RtI Center is to provide high-quality technical assistance and support for RTI implementation to school districts throughout ...
