Special education experts from AIR will present at the 2017 Council for Exceptional Children annual convention and expo, being held April 19-22 at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston, MA.
The tragic school shooting at an Uvalde, Texas, school initiated discussion over how to prevent future violent events. While there is no magic answer to reducing violence in our schools and communities, AIR’s David Osher and Sandra Williamson discuss evidence-based actions.
This report describes how the education system in the United States compares with education systems in the other G-8 countries--Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Russian Federation, and the United Kingdom.
New research finds that high school students’ personality traits may be linked to a heightened or lessened risk of death around 50 years later. These findings, published online in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, come from an in-depth analysis of AIR’s Project Talent, now in its 59th year. ...
This study compared item difficulties (p-values and b-parameters) from administering the same items in field testing and live testing. Negative changes in item performance based on test position may indicate student fatigue. Contrary to some previous evidence, results showed declines in student performance as items dropped to lower positions on ...
The eSchool 360 model implemented by Impact Network represents a promising approach to improving educational outcomes in Zambia by incorporating three potentially high-impact components that could create important synergies. This report presents the midline results of the cluster-randomized controlled trial used to determine the impact of the model. ...
Staff from the American Institutes for Research (AIR) will discuss a wide range of research findings – from the effects on students of taking an online Algebra I course to the impact of classroom instruction – during the Society for Research on Education Effectiveness' (SREE) Spring Conference, to be held ...
Effective and thoughtful planning is the first step in developing afterschool quality standards. In this phase, you will build a strong case for establishing quality standards. In the sections that follow, we outline the principal components of planning to develop quality standards.
Infusing more technology and innovation to boost progress in education research and development may mean creating a new National Center for Advanced Development in Education (NCADE). AIR education experts, Laura Hamilton and Orrin Murray share lessons learned from similar investments, such as the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). ...