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The decline in public school enrollment during the COVID-19 pandemic as many school districts switched to fully remote or hybrid instruction has been a major cause for concern in the United States. The primary objectives of this study were to better understand these enrollment trends in four states (California, Florida, ...

Here are the reports, briefs, and infographics from the past year that our website visitors found most insightful and informative. 1-Deeper Learning AIR's most-read work in 2014 was several studies around deeper learning, the need for students to develop deeper content knowledge and an ability to apply their knowledge and skills in ...

Events in Ferguson and the Justice Department’s new report on policing raise questions about fragile police-community relationships in vulnerable communities. AIR expert Patricia Campie asks, "are we measuring the right things?" Over time, combining measures of what matters to community members with conventional crime data could help restore two-way trust ...

Human-serving nonprofit organizations are constantly working in an atmosphere of volatile change and high demand to demonstrate impact and value for funders, policymakers and, ultimately, the clients they serve. A new assessment tool, developed and validated by AIR in collaboration with the Alliance for Strong Families and Communities (Alliance) provides ...

In case you missed it, explore the more widely-read AIR work published online in 2015.

Projections of Education Statistics to 2022, the 41st edition of NCES’ annual forecast of future trends in important education indicators, notes a number of education trends. In this blog post, Mark Schneider discusses two: the increasing number of associate’s and master’s degrees compared to bachelor's degrees, and the fact that ...

The Washington Post conducted a fascinating analysis last week of how much time President Obama devoted in his State of the Union Address to each of his main policy concerns. In this blog post, Peter Cookson suggests that the President spent so much time discussing education and equality of opportunity ...

Toward the goal of more rapid knowledge accumulation via better meta-analyses, this article explores statistical approaches intended to increase the precision and comparability of effect sizes from education research.

Kam Williams and Dominique Bradley met when Dominique co-taught a class offered as part of AIR’s Pipeline Partnership Program, which aims to strengthen the diversity of the research field by supporting graduate students who reflect the racial, cultural, and socioeconomic diversity of the communities they serve. As part of the ...

Today’s economic climate mandates and rewards cost-effective, performance-driven management. Performance management—a data-driven process to help improve services and outcomes—provides a structure that promotes the development and delivery of high-quality products and services.