AIR conducted a scoping review of the literature on brain injury education provided to adult patients and/or family members affected by traumatic brain injury. The goals of the project were to describe the types of educational interventions that have been developed; to review the effects of these interventions; and to ...
AIR supports the Postsecondary, Adult, and Career Education Division (PACE) program in measuring participation in education and training for work, and in quantifying the outcomes of postsecondary education and student indebtedness.
AIR was instrumental in developing key U.S. data for Education at a Glance 2016, a report released today by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). The report analyzes the educational systems of 35 OECD and 11 partner countries on educational measures ranging from enrollment and graduation to employment ...
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 ...
Increasing access to education in prison is a critical policy goal for enhancing equity and workforce development. AIR is conducting case studies of six distance and correspondence-based Prison Education Programs to examine implementation and outcomes relative to standards of quality and equity, with particular attention to programmatic and instructional practices. ...
Career and technical education (CTE) prepares students with academic, technical, and employability skills for success in the workplace and in further education. More research is needed to understand its effects on student outcomes. The CTE Research Network seeks to meet this need by increasing the number of impact studies and ...
AIR is releasing early results from a national survey on how U.S. school districts responded to the coronavirus pandemic last academic year. The preliminary results of The National Survey of Public Education’s Response to COVID-19 includes data from about 500 school districts that have completed the survey, so far, representing ...
The Adult Education division of the Texas Workforce Commission contracted with the Texas Center for the Advancement of Literacy and Learning (TCALL) at Texas A&M University to provide training for adult educators on a new set of Texas adult education content standards. AIR worked with TCALL to provide training to ...
There is a growing consensus among researchers that lifelong learning skills (LLS) are discretely identifiable and actionable levers of support for college and career readiness and success objectives. This policy brief provides a synthesis of the key takeaways from the annotated bibliography and describes policy considerations for integrating LLS into ...