The Program for International Student Assessment, an international assessment of math, is now including a financial literacy component. As Mark Schneider explains in this blog post, the first series of results are not good: In the United States, 18 percent of 15-year-old students scored below the baseline of proficiency. ...
Bullying is on the decline, but evidence is mounting that it is even more toxic for children and adolescents than previously thought. In this commentary, David Osher suggests the need for an interim strategy until anti-bullying efforts are in full force, such as the infusion approach, which integrates anti-bullying initiatives ...
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 ...
Jonathan A. Simonetta is Vice President, International Development at AIR. As Vice President, he mentors researchers, oversees projects, monitors overall project performance, and leads business development for our International Development Division.
Billie Jo Day is a senior researcher at AIR. She has worked in both public and private universities in a variety of capacities. Dr. Day has over 15 years of experience in education policy which includes rural and college and career readiness. Some selected examples of her work have addressed ...
Kyosin Kang is a senior project specialist at AIR. Kang’s work focuses on survey data collections and data quality and use, with a primary focus on school climate and related topics (i.e., conditions for learning and social and emotional skills). She is the project director of the Nevada School Climate/Social ...
Samia Amin is a managing researcher and the director of Workforce Development at AIR. She is passionate about promoting evidence-based innovation in the public sector. Her current areas of focus leading projects that help federal agencies pilot new ways of making evidence accessible and actionable and partnering with state and ...
Project Hostile Intent (PHI) sought to enhance border security and counter-terrorist operations by developing the capability to remotely detect and identify potentially hostile intent from operable distances. AIR’s work on PHI involved basic research, statistical modeling, and evaluation related to high-stakes deception. AIR implemented experimental operationally based studies to support ...
This free online course from AIR was designed as an introduction to social and emotional learning (SEL) for educators who endeavor to create a well-rounded educational experience. This introductory course is designed for all educators to ensure that the whole school community is engaged in the adoption and implementation of ...
According to new AIR analysis of an international survey, a surprisingly large number of adults in the United States cannot apply reading or math skills to solve simple real life problems. In this blog post, Dan Sherman discusses the PIACC results he says educators, researchers, and policymakers need to explore ...