Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4.1.1 measures the proportion of children and young people (a) in grades 2 and 3 and (b) at the end of primary school, achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in reading and mathematics. Globally, this important indicator receives substantial funding and attention from international agencies ...
The Wind River Elementary Computer Science Collaborative is team of teachers, professional development providers, and researchers working together to bring culturally relevant computer science education to Indigenous elementary school students who live on the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming.
Under the Creating Opportunities to Strengthen Equity and Labor Rights for Women project (COSER), AIR and our implementing partner, Grameen Foundation, seek to improve working conditions for women textile and apparel maquila workers in Honduras by addressing gender discrimination in the workforce.
From India and Laos to school districts in California, our research, resources, and multimedia provide insight into a wide array of topics across the U.S. and around the world. Explore highlights from our 2017 work.
The current Zambian educational system is neither providing the access to nor the quality of education that its students and communities need. AIR is working to expand and evaluate the eSchool 360 program to 35 rural schools in Zambia. The program aims to deliver higher quality and low-cost education to ...
Experts from AIR will present several sessions at the upcoming AcademyHealth 2022 Annual Research Meeting (ARM), June 4-7 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. The theme of the meeting is “Leading with Evidence in a Time of Change.”
The AIR Economic Evaluation of Policies and Programs (EEPP) Methods Hub focuses on three types of economic evaluations: cost analysis, cost-effectiveness analysis, and cost-benefit/return-on-investment analysis. We use our expertise to promote and conduct rigorous economic evaluations for projects led by AIR and our external partners. ...
Little is known about the most effective and accessible ways to engage people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) in remote, virtual research. The purpose of this work is to conduct research toward the development of rigorous research methods and approaches that can be used in virtual environments to enable ...
Effective monitoring and evaluation (M&E) systems are essential to helping development actors implement interventions based on evidence, with fidelity and integrity; to access and utilize evidence needed for scale up and replication of effective solutions; and to document proven practices that serve those most in need. AIR's evaluation capacity is ...