Amanda Latimore is a social epidemiologist and the Director of AIR's Center for Addiction Research and Effective Solutions (AIR CARES). AIR CARES’s multidisciplinary team conducts research, delivers education and technical assistance, engages communities, and translates research into action with the goal of preventing addiction and addressing the needs of those ...
The purpose of the study is to examine whether student outcomes in Comprehensive Support and Improvement (CSI) schools improve and whether CSI schools differ from non-CSI schools in other dimensions related to principal decision making and the policies and practices used to improve student outcomes.
The American Institutes for Research (AIR) is releasing a first-ever scientifically based review providing comparative ratings on the effectiveness and quality of seven widely adopted education service providers that generally serve low-performing schools in low income areas.
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 Plan, Do, Study, Act Process is central to the improvement of instructional routines. Watch one of the Better Math Teaching Network members in real time and in a real classroom setting introduce the Plan, Do, Study, Act, or PDSA, process.
Charter school stakeholders in South Carolina expressed interest in understanding the leadership characteristics and practices of charter school leaders across the state. Regional Educational Laboratory Southeast helped develop an online survey of characteristics and practices that was administered by the South Carolina Department of Education to leaders of all charter ...
To address the U.S. talent gap crisis, organizations are investing in skills-based practices to provide an expedited and more equitable approach to fill talent pipelines. AIR has engaged in this work and has partnered with a Fortune 500 technology company to expand the reach of their public facing, no-cost skills-development ...
AIR experts will discuss research-based methodologies, practices and professional development approaches for improving schools and districts at the International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement January 3-6, 2015 in Cincinnati, OH.
Experts from AIR will present several sessions during the 2024 Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP) Conference, being held April 18–20 at the Hyatt Regency in Chicago and virtually. SIOP is a premier professional association for the science and practice of industrial-organizational (I-O) psychology. The 2024 SIOP Conference provides opportunities for experts ...
School improvement policy for the past few decades has been characterized by mandated lists of activities designed to stimulate a dramatic turnaround in student achievement. In the long run, this policy approach did not engender the necessary school-level changes. This brief demonstrates why new policies must aim to get the ...