This spotlight takes a look at the history of Title I, how the program has changed over time, and how it affects children, schools, families and education policy. Experts weigh in on the program's past and future in interviews, briefs, and blogs.
The Building Assets, Reducing Risks (BARR) model is a comprehensive, strength-based approach to education that aims to improve achievement for all students by improving a school’s effectiveness at building relationships, leveraging real-time student data, and capitalizing on the strengths of each student. This report provides findings from the first two ...
Corruption in higher education casts a shadow on many countries that are working towards more modern and progressive political and economic systems. In order to respond to these challenges, USAID created the program Ukrainian Standardized External Testing Initiative to address profound challenges in Ukraine’s higher education system, which acknowledged that ...
Leading education researchers with the American Institutes for Research (AIR) will participate in the annual conference of the Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness (SREE) that will be held March 2 through March 4, ...
Through AIR's work with the USAID's Quality Reading Project in Tajikistan, local fourth-grade teacher Guljahon Rahmonova received specialized in-service training. Read about her experiences in her own words.
Massachusetts has long received newcomers from many countries. Thousands of newcomers enter kindergarten through 12th grade in Massachusetts each year, and roughly 2 percent of those students arrive after having experienced a gap in their education. These students are recognized by Massachusetts as needing additional instructional and social-emotional support and ...
Orrin T. Murray is a principal researcher at AIR. His primary responsibilities include overseeing the research practice partnership for the Regional Educational Laboratory Midwest (REL Midwest). He is the principal investigator on a U.S. Department of Education EIR evaluation of Austin Independent School District’s implementation of culturally responsive and restorative practices, ...
On October 24, 2022, AIR’s Center for Addiction Research and Effective Solutions (AIR CARES) presented the final webinar in its series on the social determinants of addiction. The webinar addressed the thoughtful and unanswered questions we have heard from webinar attendees over the course of the series. We will also ...
AIR evaluations of two federally funded initiatives aimed at revamping chronically low-performing schools in Massachusetts found that students in both programs improved their scores in state tests of English language arts and mathematics. While both programs resulted in widespread improvement, AIR’s evaluations found particularly strong increases in achievement among students ...