As the new year begins, we reflect on the efforts of our Professional Services Division to further AIR’s mission of conducting and applying the best behavioral and social science research, evaluation, and technical assistance towards improving people's lives, with a special emphasis on the disadvantaged. Here are just a few ...
The bachelor’s degree is America’s most commonly granted postsecondary degree—and most people equate it with a college education. Yet the associate’s degree is often a far more efficient route into good jobs than the longer, more expensive bachelor’s degree path. In this blog post, Mark Schneider shares recent data that ...
Experts with the American Institutes for Research will explore topics in career and technical education at the “CareerTech Vision 2015” conference, being held Nov. 19-22 in New Orleans. The conference is sponsored by the Association for Career & Technical Education. (ACTE). ACTE is devoted to helping prepare youth and adults ...
Experts from AIR played an integral role in the production of the Digest of Education Statistics: 2015, the 51st in a series released by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). The Digest is a broad compendium of data on American education from prekindergarten through graduate school.
AIR awarded a $500,000 grant to Impact Network, a nonprofit seeking to make high-quality education in Zambia sustainable. Impact Network will use the funds to develop new intervention programs and strengthen existing work before expanding its eSchool 360 model in the southern African nation.
The American Institutes for Research (AIR) is teaming up with Microsoft and AssistX Education, LLC to bring students across the United States the most secure online assessment environment for Windows 8 devices.
Assessing access to early care and education is a key first step in any policy improvement initiative. In part because of the diverse delivery system for early childhood programs in the U.S., there is no single source of data on the availability of programs much less on the enrollment in ...
Jonathan A. Simonetta is Vice President, International Development at AIR. As Vice President, he mentors researchers, oversees projects, monitors overall project performance, and leads business development for our International Development Division.
Ethiopia hosts more than 900,000 registered refugees and asylum seekers. To help displaced populations build sustainable livelihoods, UNICEF implemented the Building Self-Reliance for Refugees and Vulnerable Host Communities by Improved Sustainable Basic Social Service Delivery (BSRP) in five refugee-hosting regions of Ethiopia. AIR provided an impact evaluation of a BSRP ...
Experts from AIR played a key role in preparing a new report released June 23, 2011, by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). "Achievement Gaps: How Hispanic and White Students in Public Schools Perform in Mathematics and Reading on the National Assessment of Educational Progress" provides detailed information on ...