IR develops digital learning products using Learning Experience Design (LXD), a learner centered method that combines adult learning theory, user experience design, and evaluation. LXD ensures our solutions are accessible, practical, engaging, and effective, while remaining responsive to the real constraints of time‑poor, high‑stakes environments. ...
International comparisons across early childhood, elementary, secondary, and postsecondary education show where the U.S. stands, how learning outcomes differ worldwide, and which skills matter most in a fast-changing global economy and labor market.
AIR helps employers, education and workforce development partners, and policymakers advance their work-based learning practices and programs to achieve these goals.
AIR experts use rigorous evidence to address all areas of health and well-being, including physical, social, and emotional, throughout the life cycle, from promotion and prevention to treatment and care.
AIR’s youth development work is based on the idea that evidence-based and practice-informed solutions can foster conditions for thriving youth and families, supportive schools, and community development. Our domestic and international youth development work includes many topics that are interrelated and contribute to thriving, including how and where young people ...
AIR’s work supports stakeholders in developing a better understanding of the factors that shape outcomes for young people, families, and communities, and discovering opportunities to help them thrive.
At AIR, data science and advanced analytics are not ends in themselves, rather they are powerful tools we use responsibly to strengthen evidence, improve decisionmaking, and advance the public good.
AIR bridges knowledge and action to support the whole child and family. We work with educators, students, and policymakers to study and implement evidence-based programs and policies that improve outcomes.
Compared to any other aspect of schooling, teachers have the greatest impact on student learning. Yet those impacts are dependent upon policies and practices that lead to effective teaching. Our team of researchers and practitioners works with clients to achieve solutions to complex policy and practice problems and to identify ...