Working with states and districts, we apply evidence-based strategies to designing and developing policies and practices in order to create education systems centered on high-quality standards and assessments for all students. AIR’s Standards and Assessment ecosystem provides a cohesive and comprehensive structure to guide the development of standards-based systems. ...
Educational achievement rates for students with disabilities lag behind those of their peers without disabilities. In this video interview, Rebecca Zumeta, senior researcher at AIR, explains how intensive intervention can help students with disabilities succeed academically.
But implementing Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) can be challenging and there is limited research on how to measure and improve implementation. AIR has been awarded a federal grant to develop and test the Integrated MTSS Fidelity Rubric, a system that will provide useful data on MTSS implementation and will ...
Meeting the needs of English learners (ELs) and students with disabilities (SWDs) is a critical yet challenging responsibility for all schools. This brief highlights four key strategies that emerged from the exploration of practices and systems in place in Massachusetts turnaround schools that successfully provide appropriate interventions to all of ...
Experts from AIR will present at several sessions during the annual conference of the Comparative and International Education Society, being held April 14-18 in San Francisco, California. The theme for this year’s conference is “Education for Sustainability,” and will explore questions about what type of development is spread through literacy, ...
Dr. Louis Danielson, who has been director of the U.S. Department of Education's Research to Practice Division in the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) since 1993, has joined the American Institutes for Research (AIR) as a managing director. He will focus on special education policy and evaluation. ...
Science has been added to the categories of reading, mathematics and writing as part of an expansion of TechMatrix, a website developed by the American Institutes for Research (AIR) to provide free information about educational and assistive technology products for students – including those with disabilities, as well as English ...
Experts with AIR will present a variety of education research and finance sessions during the 46th annual Association for Education Finance and Policy (AEFP) conference, taking place virtually March 17-20, 2021. This year’s conference theme is “Promoting Equity and Opportunity Through Education Policy Research,” and is designed to facilitate collaborations ...
In this blog post, David Osher, AIR vice president and international expert on school climate, social emotional learning, and student support, shares an interesting perspective about making a difference through school climate.
Funded by the Florida state Legislature, the Community Partnership Schools (CPS) model aims to provide students and their families with access to a wide variety of learning opportunities and health and wellness supports. In partnership with the Center for Community Schools at the University of Central Florida, AIR is evaluating ...