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In this report AIR proposes an SES index for NAEP comprised of four existing NAEP variables. The results show that the NAEP SES index performs better than the current proxy—NSLP eligibility—in explaining performance variation and racial/ethnic achievement gaps in NAEP, as well as performing better than similar SES indices in ...

To improve the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) surveillance of social media data for trends in tobacco products use and perception, AIR built two distinct social media analysis tools. These tools leveraged machine learning, text analytics, and neural language processing to scrap and analyze content on social network websites. ...

AIR supports AHRQ in increasing the utility of the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project, and National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report. The project’s goal is to develop data and statistical products, including public use files, to expand and diversify how data can be applied for research ...

Health experts Amy Windham, an American Institutes for Research (AIR) Senior Researcher, San Keller, AIR Managing Research Scientist, and AIR Institute Fellow Steven Garfinkel will introduce the Consumer-based Cancer Care Value Index (CCCVI) at an event convened by the National Patient Advocate Foundation on September 9, 2014, at 8:30 a.m. ...

Food security and environmental crises have become a major concern worldwide, particularly affecting vulnerable groups in the Global South. Climate change and extreme weather events undermine the effectiveness of food production interventions, creating a strong need to better understand successful approaches to climate adaptation. AIR is collaborating with the Norwegian ...

Exploring the landscape of Medicaid payments to hospitals, this project delves into comparative analyses across states, juxtaposing base and supplemental payments with Medicare benchmarks. Spearheaded by AIR under the guidance of the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC), the initiative brings together a technical expert panel alongside a ...

The American Institutes for Research (AIR) has been named to Seramount's sixth annual Inclusion Index for its commitment to advancing diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in the workplace. The Inclusion Index provides organizations with the metrics needed to understand trends and opportunities in demographic representation, creates a road map to ...

Since the first Surgeon General’s Report was released in 1964, scientific evidence on smoking and disease has expanded, linking exposure to tobacco smoke with an ever-increasing number of diseases and adverse health consequences. AIR continues to assist the CDC in the production of the report.

The AIR Annual Reports and Information Staff (ARIS) team has supported NCES in developing, producing, and disseminating high-quality, timely, and reliable statistical reports and web products on education topics of relevance to policy makers, researchers, and the general public.

AIR co-authors several high profile and widely used annual reports published by The National Center for Education Statistics which give policy-makers, researchers, and the general public the most current information about the state of American education. For these reports AIR develops, produces, and disseminates high-quality, timely, ...