Education has borrowed many ideas from the medical field. Now a new initiative shows the exchange isn’t just a one-way street. Bookmarking, a widely-used method for establishing student proficiency levels in major education tests—such as the National Assessment of Educational Progress—is being adapted to healthcare so patients and their families ...
The Human Capital Solutions workgroup at AIR has been conducting applied research in employment assessment since 1950. Our team of industrial and organizational psychologists, research methodologist/quantitative researchers, and data scientists is dedicated to exploring, researching, and implementing AI-based assessments. ...
In today's competitive talent landscape, traditional assessment methods that solely focus on academic achievements or qualifications are increasingly recognized as insufficient. AIR’s team of experts propose integrating holistic and skills-based assessment practices. Such integration offers a more nuanced and comprehensive evaluation of candidates. ...
Measurement and assessment are critical to informing research, policy, and practice across the human services. We conduct research and technical assistance designed to address societal needs and challenges while promoting innovation and excellence in the design, administration, reporting, and use of data from a variety of measurement approaches. ...
This study examines the literacy skills of adults and compares the literacy skills of workers with different types of training by conducting a data analysis of the 2003 assessment data.
The Center on Advancing Measurement and Assessment is committed to improving measurement and assessment to maximize opportunities for all young people and adults to learn and thrive.
AIR worked with Yale University and RAND to develop tools to assess the performance of health plans and healthcare providers from the perspectives of beneficiaries and patients for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's Consumer Assessment of Health Plans Study II.
The initiatives to enhance adult learning program accountability and assessment systems of the following states are described in this paper: Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Kentucky, Oregon, Texas, Washington, West Virginia.
Improving the quality of instruction through the development of content standards is a critical step in developing effective curriculum and meaningful assessment to enhance student learning. In adult education, many programs do not use standards to guide their programs. The Adult Education Standards and Assessment Warehouse initiative was created in ...
The Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies is a multi-domain adult skills assessment designed to understand how individuals’ education, workplace experiences, and other background factors relate to cognitive skills in the domains of literacy, numeracy, and problem solving in technology-rich environments. This brief highlights differences between several countries ...