Evidence-based practices play an important role in ESSA. AIR experts have compiled a list of key resources to help education leaders choose the right evidence-based practice or program for your district or school and bring positive outcomes for their students.
AIR and Rutgers University leveraged empirical cost modeling to understand the costs of achieving desired outcomes (e.g., on-time graduation, transfer to a four-year institution) for community college students.
The rural districts served by the Central Rivers Area Education Agency in Iowa have invested in technology to assist teachers in supporting the development in students. A recent study from REL Midwest evaluates the extent to which rural Iowa teachers use technology and how they perceive school support for technology ...
The Society of Professors of Education has given its 2014 book award Class Rules: Exposing Inequality in American High Schools to AIR's Dr. Peter Cookson for addressing the issues facing the discipline and vocation of education. Cookson compares the cultures and curricula of five high schools that have contrasting social ...
This study analyzed data from a survey developed to describe how and why brick-and-mortar public high schools in Iowa and Wisconsin use online learning for their students. Results indicate that the primary uses of online courses in both states were to provide students with opportunities for credit recovery and opportunities ...