The College Board conducted a validation study to provide colleges and universities with information about the Writing Test that was added to the new SAT in March 2005. AIR supported this effort by administering an experimental version of the SAT I Writing Test to samples of incoming freshmen at 12 ...
Incorporating work-based learning into the curriculum as part of a career and technical education program may improve students’ readiness for college and careers. This study will provide the first causal evidence on the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of Virtual Enterprises, a year-long course in which students run a virtual firm. ...
State and federal governments have invested heavily in expanding, and improving the quality of early childhood education programs. AIR led a study to investigate the impact of the HighScope Preschool Curriculum on children’s learning and development and classroom quality.
The Reading First Ohio (RFO) initiative was designed to implement scientifically based research on best practices in literacy instruction to ensure that all children are able to read by the end of third grade. With our partner Westat, AIR evaluation team designed an evaluation of this statewide initiative that monitored ...
REL Midwest conducted a systematic review of research on interventions that may improve academic outcomes for Black students. The review entailed a search for studies that provide strong, moderate, or promising evidence according to ESSA, and explicitly mention associations between an intervention and Black students' achievement in math or reading, ...
The Federal Interagency Forum on Aging-Related Statistics, a working group of 15 federal agencies, provides information to the public and policy-makers on the financial, physical, social, and psychological well-being of America’s seniors.
The use of transformative social emotional learning (T-SEL) programming is important and promising for teachers as students continue to face challenges related to COVID-19, institutional racism, school safety as well as other issues including housing and food insecurity. By training teachers to employ culturally relevant social-emotional practices, they ensure that ...
The purpose of the five-year Preschool Research and Technical Assistance Project for the David and Lucile Packard Foundation has been to offer research-based technical assistance to state and local entities on how to phase in access to high-quality preschool to all children in California, beginning in the neighborhoods with the ...
Empowering youth to address structural barriers to adolescent health and well-being within schools and communities is an important part of realizing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH) vision. Schools and communities are stronger when youth develop essential life skills, work together, ...
AIR staff who are certified What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) reviewers performed preliminary reviews of several literacy programs, including the Heinemann Leveled Literacy Program, prior to the publishers’ submission of the programs for the formal review.