Our nation’s lowest performing schools have traditionally struggled to offer students the instruction and supports they deeply need. The first phase of the federal School Improvement Grant Program targeted the goal of turning around these schools and improving learning for students. This report examines the first year of SIG implementation ...
Better schools help make better communities and improve students’ chances of success. AIR experts use research-based strategies to help schools and districts build systems that improve outcomes and sustain improvements over time.
Better schools help make better communities and improve students’ chances of success. But what does research tell us about what works in school improvement? Explore what our researchers are learning about turning around struggling schools.
AIR recognizes the vital role of high-quality standards in developing equitable assessment, evaluation, and accountability systems. At AIR, we work with states and districts to apply evidence-based strategies to design and develop policies and practices to create education systems centered on high-quality standards for all students. ...
A program that uses music, drama and dance to teach young students basic math concepts has demonstrated a significant positive effect equivalent to one to two months of learning, according to a new brief from AIR. The brief builds on the results of a randomized-controlled trial of Wolf Trap’s Early ...
Despite positive changes at low-performing schools that received federal grants to spark dramatic improvement, teachers from a diverse group of case-study schools question whether those changes are sustainable. That finding is part of a multiyear examination, led by AIR for the Institute of Education Sciences, of schools that receive School ...
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Washington is taking a close look at Title II, Part A (Title IIA) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) as Congress debates reauthorization. A new Title IIA would make certain that state, district, and school leaders have the capacity required to manage professional development activities and resources more ...
School districts in most states employ at least one dual-language program, in which students receive instruction in English and a partner language to help them acquire both, according to a study for the U.S. Department of Education. AIR researchers examined recently published research and reports on dual-language programs, along with ...
The Race to the Top (RTTT) initiative provided an unprecedented amount of federal competitive grant funding to push educational systems toward innovation using coherent and comprehensive reforms. AIR's evaluation of the grant in Hawaii found that, although student achievement in Hawaii has continued to improve during the course of RTTT, ...