As the national economy expands in areas of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM), the teaching of this content has become vital for adults to succeed in the workplace. AIR developed new and innovative ways to improve the teaching of STEM content to adult education students using open educational resources ...
How can surveys help vocational rehabilitation agencies carry out their work? Not only are surveys required by law, surveys also help describe the employment needs of those with a disability in a state. On June 2, AIR presented a webinar on planning, executing, and analyzing surveys. The webinar provided an ...
CLEAR's mission is to make research on labor topics more accessible to practitioners, policymakers, researchers, and the public more broadly so that it can inform their decisions about labor policies and programs.
The National Reentry Resource Center (operated by AIR from 2019-2023) supported the provision of a comprehensive response to the adults and juveniles who leave prisons, jails and juvenile residential facilities and return to their communities with support from the Second Chance Act.
This guidance document was developed with input from a technical advisory group of state/federal representatives and field researchers, and describes the utility and practice of integrating the information available in state agency data sets with information on clients of alcohol and other drug abuse services. ...
One critical aspect in the implementation of skills-based practices is to be able to measure and track the skills that employees learn on the job. This report looks into the landscape of employer skill validation practices and the systems and tools that support them.
This paper enters the debate about how U.S. schools might address long-standing disparities in educational and economic opportunities while improving the educational outcomes for all students. The aim is to spark fruitful discussion among educators, policymakers, and researchers.
Workforce programs are often complex and difficult to access and navigate. This is particularly true for communities with poor access to critical resources. See how we are using behavioral science and human-centered design to make workforce programs more equitable, accessible, and effective.
This paper sought to provide a comprehensive analysis of a rater training program through the use of multifacet Rasch measurement. The purpose was to display how such an analysis can provide specific information on raters that is useful for feedback, and also important information concerning the performance of the rating form ...
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.