AIR researchers and leaders at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation began a nationwide study of teaching and learning in foundation-supported schools with a pilot study in Washington State.
The research team conducted a meta-analysis to estimate the effects of different types of college financial aid programs on college student outcomes from initial enrollment to post-college labor market outcomes.
This report uses data collected as part of the Common Core of Data (CCD) and presents findings associated with public high school graduation and event dropout counts for school year 2008–09.
This report uses data from the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) on fourth-grade teachers’ reading instruction practices and strategies.
Developing reliable and valid national-level survey measures of instructional processes and other classroom conditions related to learning has proven exceptionally difficult. This report focuses on the size of the impact that can be expected from instruction and teachers on student achievement and on the conceptualization of measures of instruction and ...
The final report of an ongoing series of reports based on data collected for the Teacher Assignment and Student Work Study for the evaluation of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s high school grants. We first review findings on redesigned schools from our previous research and summarize key findings from ...
This report presents national- and state-level data on student enrollment by grade and by race/ethnicity within grade, the numbers of teachers and other education staff, and several student/staff ratios for the 2008-09 school year.
Which practices foster college readiness for students, particularly English learners? This study interviewed students, teachers and administrators to determine what college readiness means to staff and how teachers help prepare students.
Most attempts to validate the effectiveness of Crew Resource Management (CRM) training have focused on assessing the trainees' reactions to their CRM training. This report describes the results of a large-scale survey of pilots' perceptions of and experiences in their training, focusing on their responses to a series of questions ...
Part of the Common Core of Data (CCD), this report presents state-level data on revenues by source and expenditures by function for public elementary and secondary education for the 2008-09 school year.