Education Week and the American Institutes for Research (AIR) co-sponsored a forum on Tuesday, December 11, 2007 entitled “Searching for Solutions: An Evidence-Based Dialogue on Teacher Quality.” Panelists included Michelle Rhee, ...
Throughout 2022 and 2023, AIR’s experienced team worked with Ohio Department of Education and Workforce leaders and subject matter experts to create an extensive crosswalk of high-demand and critical jobs in Ohio’s CTE career fields and pathways and examined the alignment to program availability through GIS mapping. ...
AIR is working with RAND to evaluate the strategic human capital reform efforts of three school districts and a cluster of charter management organizations identified by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Among preliminary findings, the authors assert that the sustainability of the reforms studied relies on ...
August is Connected Educator Month, an effort by the U.S. Department of Education to encourage teachers and school administrators across the country to participate in online learning communities and networks to enhance their professional development. AIR is supporting the month-long endeavor by coordinating more than 250 ...
The Promoting Accelerated Reading Comprehension of Text (PACT) intervention seeks to improve literacy strategies in the context of social studies instruction. AIR and its partners are conducting a multiyear randomized controlled trial as a systematic replication of the PACT intervention.
The American Institutes for Research (AIR) and Learning Point Associates were selected by four of the highest rated Investing in Innovation (i3) federal grant applicants to evaluate the efficacy of their programs in improving student achievement and increasing teacher effectiveness.