The American Institutes for Research (AIR) and Learning Point Associates were selected by four of the highest rated Investing in Innovation (i3) federal grant applicants to evaluate the efficacy of their programs in improving student achievement and increasing teacher effectiveness.
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 ...
Experts in education research and policy from the American Institutes for Research (AIR) will discuss a wide variety of topics during the 35th Annual Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) Fall Research Conference, being held November 7-9, 2013, in Washington, D.C.
On Friday, January 27th 2012, the National Center for the Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER) will hold its Sixth Annual Conference, Human Capital Policies in Education: Further Research on Teachers and Principals.
Experts from AIR played an integral role in the production of the Digest of Education Statistics: 2015, the 51st in a series released by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). The Digest is a broad compendium of data on American education from prekindergarten through graduate school.
Colleges are increasingly hiring lower-paid part-time and limited-term contingent faculty, who in 2013 made up more than half of all instructors in higher education, finds an AIR) study for the TIAA Institute. This trend has led to cost savings in salaries and benefits for instructors, but hasn’t translated to the ...
On September 9, 2022, the COVID-19 and Equity in Education (CEE) initiative presented their second session in the CEE Research Spotlight series. Researchers from the Lastinger Center for Learning and College of Education at the University of Florida shared an overview of research findings from the COVID-19 Deep Dive Study in ...
A federal higher education grant program designed to improve postsecondary educational opportunities, particularly for underserved populations, is meeting and sometimes exceeding its goals, according to a study of the program completed by the American Institutes for Research (AIR) for the U.S. Department of Education. ...
The California Department of Education has released the results of an American Institutes for Research study showing improved science scores and other benefits among at-risk sixth grade students in Los Angeles, San Diego and Fresno who participated in week-long residential environmental education programs known as “outdoor science schools." ...
AIR is launching a nationally representative survey to better understand how school districts and charter management organizations (CMOs) are responding to the coronavirus pandemic. The National Survey of Public Education’s Response to COVID-19 is being sent to leaders at 2,500 school districts and 260 CMOs, starting next week. ...