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. ...
Thirty years after the release of the landmark A Nation at Risk report on the quality of U.S. education, seven experts with the American Institutes for Research (AIR) assess the report’s lasting impact in relation to current education challenges and reforms.
The Program for International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIACC) is a cyclical, large-scale, direct household assessment that compares the basic skills and competencies of adults around the world. It measures relationships between individuals’ backgrounds and cognitive skills in the areas of literacy, numeracy and problem-solving. AIR provides technical, analytical, and ...
37% of adults in the Permian Basin, a 22-county area covering large swaths of West Texas and Southeastern New Mexico, are low literate. The Literacy Coalition of the Permian Basin is committed to confronting this challenge by providing resources, increasing awareness, and convening partners to ensure efforts are aligned and ...
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.
Principals influence student learning by leading efforts to improve school climate; recruiting, retaining, and supporting effective teachers; and driving organizational change. Too often, however, states and districts focus on teachers rather than principals when planning for professional supports. This brief offers an easy to digest overview of current school leadership ...
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.
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.
Mounting evidence shows that social and emotional learning skills may be more predictive than test scores of student success in English language arts and math. In this blog post, Deborah Moroney and Michael McGarrah discuss how states and districts can build systems to support and properly assess these social and ...
Dr. Gary Phillips, a vice president and chief scientist at AIR, was selected by the U.S. Department of Education to participate in a Race to the Top "input meeting" designed to assist states in developing the next generation of student assessment tests.