Dr. Sabrina Laine, a leading expert in teacher evaluation and a vice president at AIR, has been selected by the U.S. Department of Education to serve as a reviewer of applications by states seeking exemptions from provisions of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act – enacted as part of the ...
AIR's Center for Early Learning Systems offers practical tools, resources, and methodologies to assist with planning, implementing, and evaluating preschool and other school readiness programs.
People with disabilities fare much worse than people without disabilities in pursuing education and employment. In this video interview, Michelle Yin, AIR senior researcher, examines the economic impact that arises from the pay gap between workers with and without disabilities.
Dr. Gary Phillips, a vice president and senior researcher at the American Institutes for Research (AIR), will discuss international benchmarking's importance in education during Education Week's Quality Counts 2012 event on January 12, 2012, in Washington, D.C.
While teacher effectiveness has been a particular focus of federal education policy, and districts allocate significant resources toward professional development for teachers, these efforts are guided by an unexplored assumption that classroom practice can be improved through intervention. This study examines the question of responsiveness by conducting a meta-analysis of ...
Christine Kiecha is AIR’s managing director in Kenya. Her key responsibilities include acting as AIR’s point of contact for office management and business development in Kenya; working with AIR’s senior leadership to develop future business opportunities; and gathering data to provide information about social, demographic, economic and funding trends. She ...