This report provides an overview of data from the CCD. Nonfiscal data are presented for school year 2004–05 (except high school completion data, which are for school year 2003–04), and fiscal data are presented for school year 2003–04 (fiscal year 2004).1 For all surveys, the U.S. totals presented in the tables and in ...
REL Midwest conducted a systematic review of research on interventions that may improve academic outcomes for Black students. The review entailed a search for studies that provide strong, moderate, or promising evidence according to ESSA, and explicitly mention associations between an intervention and Black students' achievement in math or reading, ...
This special analysis examines the performance of U.S. students in reading, mathematics, and science compared with the performance of their peers in other countries that participated in PIRLS, PISA, and TIMSS in terms of students’ average scores and the percentage of students reaching internationally benchmarked performance levels. ...
Recent federal efforts to expand access to early childhood education for six million children by 2020 have also increased attention about quality programming. In this video interview, Ann-Marie Faria, principal researcher, explains the role that Quality Rating and Improvement Systems have in communicating about quality to parents, programs, and policy ...
Decades of research show that whole child approaches to learning, which emphasize a positive school climate; an integrated approach to social, emotional, and academic learning; and wraparound services are essential to students' academic and life success and can reduce the negative effects of poverty on achievement. Speakers at this briefing ...
Through a partnership with the National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform (NICJR), AIR is conducting an evaluation of the Neighborhood Opportunity and Accountability Board (NOAB), an innovative diversion program for young people ages 12–18 in Oakland, California. In a set of two briefs, we provide recommendations on how researchers, consultants, ...
On the 70th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education ruling that desegregated U.S. schools, AIR is awarding $5.8 million in grants to fund programs and initiatives to create more integrated, equitable education experiences for preK-12 public school students in the U.S.
This spotlight takes a look at the history of Title I, how the program has changed over time, and how it affects children, schools, families and education policy. Experts weigh in on the program's past and future in interviews, briefs, and blogs.