This report resulted from the systematic analysis undertaken by the NAEP Validity Studies Panel in 2001 to consider the domain of validity threats to NAEP and to identify the most urgent validity research priorities as that time.
The Sesame Street Family Resource Kit Pilot is a new program that includes web-based and hands-on (storybook) resources for parents/caregivers of children ages 3–8 affected by parental addiction. The Sesame Street resources and activities will be set up for parents/caregivers to use at home for 6 weeks (about 30–60 minutes ...
In February 2014, President Obama launched the My Brother’s Keeper initiative. This week, the president is announcing an additional $104 million in funding from new partnerships with public and private groups to address the opportunity gaps faced by boys and young men of color at critical stages throughout their lives. ...
In this video interview, Jill Yegian, co-director of AIR’s Health Policy and Research Group, talks about the challenges and opportunities in creating health insurance exchanges, virtual marketplaces where consumers and small business can comparison shop for affordable health insurance.
California’s state-supported networks could play a critical role in sustaining family child care providers, an important source of child care for infants and toddlers as well as mixed-age groups. AIR conducted a study which describes the history and current state of FCC networks in California, analyzes their roles in the ...
This spotlight takes a look at the history of Title I, how the program has changed over time, and how it affects children, schools, families and education policy. Experts weigh in on the program's past and future in interviews, briefs, and blogs.
State and school district leaders, whether relative newcomers to ESSA or entrenched in implementation, will find detailed information on states’ plans, policy, and research on educational practices in AIR’s ESSA Co-Pilot. The following 13 resources were chosen by AIR experts as the best entry point into this broad and deep ...
This paper considers three alternative approaches to setting performance standards (the predictive, the international benchmark, and the baseline normative approaches) and hybrid approaches that combine features across these three.
The mandate to create efficiency and lower the costs of healthcare has led many hospital and healthcare system leaders to search for new and unique management strategies, often from other industries. AIR helped fill the gaps in knowledge about how a healthcare organization’s environment, structure, and culture may inhibit or ...
Indigenous people throughout North America are at greater risk for traumatic brain injury (TBI) and poor TBI-related outcomes based on disparities in health, connections to poverty, violence, and systemic racism. An AIR research team is working in partnership with the Great Plains Tribal Chairmen’s Health Board, an Advisory Council of ...