Communities across the country are reporting teacher shortages. But what does it mean, and what does research tell us about how to solve the problem? We’ve shared our perspective on this issue and now we want to hear yours. Join @EdPolicyAIR and AIR experts @JennyDeMonte and @EllenSherratt for a Twitter ...
Since 2007, the MTSS Center has been a national leader in supporting states, districts, and schools across the country in implementing tiered support systems that address students’ academic, behavioral, social, and emotional needs.
James Cowan is a principal econometrician in the Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research program at AIR. His primary responsibilities include the design, management, and implementation of empirical studies of education policy. He has extensive experience in quasi-experimental research design and value added modeling.Cowan has published work on the ...
This report begins by sharing data and research on the problem of minority male achievement and the narrow pipeline to STEM careers, and discusses the Model Institutions for Excellence Program and why it is ideally poised to lead the Expanding the K–16 Pool effort.
Steve Leinwand is a principal researcher at AIR and has over 30 years of leadership positions in mathematics education. He currently serves as mathematics expert on a wide range of AIR projects that evaluate programs, develop assessments, and provide technical assistance. Leinwand’s work at AIR has included developing specifications and ...
Response to intervention (RTI) is a multi-level prevention system to maximize student achievement and reduce behavioral problems. Dia Jackson describes the importance of implementing RTI with fidelity and how she provides coaching and professional development to schools so that they see gains in student achievement. ...
This research brief, the second from the Back on Track study, describes the role of in-class mentors in the online classrooms and examines whether students benefited from additional instructional support from their in-class mentors.
Taletha Mae Derrington is a senior researcher at AIR with over 25 years of experience in research and technical assistance (TA) projects focused on child and family health, development, and well-being. She is currently leading the Healthy Students Learn Better component of Promoting Equity Funding for Schools Facing Adverse Health Circumstances ...
Mathematics is a foundation that is necessary for learning and employment in other technical disciplines, but U.S. student math achievement often falls behind many other industrialized nations. Researchers at AIR’s Methods for Synthesis and Integration Center (MOSAIC) conducted the largest-ever quantitative synthesis of these math interventions’ effects on U.S. preK-12 ...
So Jung Park is a researcher at AIR with expertise in policy and program evaluation in K-12 education, particularly aimed at improving principal leadership and teacher capacity for disadvantaged students’ learning. Her methodological expertise includes the design of experimental and quasi-experimental studies for causal analysis, the specification of school-effect models, ...