Members from several of the American Institutes for Research centers will give presentations during the CEC meeting, including staff from the National Center for Technology Innovation (NCTI); the National Center on Response to Intervention (RTI); the National High School Center (NHSC); and the Center for Implementing Technology in Education (CITEd). ...
The COVID-19 and Equity in Education (CEE) Research Spotlight webinar series is back! On March 28, 2024, researchers discussed learning disparities and the digital divide in California.
AIR policy experts will present at the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management’s (APPAM) annual conference, being held November 6-8, 2014, in Albuquerque, NM, at the Albuquerque Convention Center and Hyatt Regency Hotel.
Jessica Heppen, a nationally recognized expert in education research, policy, and practice, is the president & CEO of AIR. Dr. Heppen been with AIR for 20 years and, in that time, has held several key roles during her tenure.
The National Center for Education Statistics this week released the annual Condition of Education report, a congressionally mandated compendium of multiple data points about all levels of education. AIR provided technical and editorial support for the report, including improvements that make the data more accessible and easier for policymakers, researchers, ...
Schools that show better academic performance than would be expected given characteristics of the school and student populations are often described as “beating the odds.” State and local education agencies often attempt to identify such schools as a means of identifying strategies or practices that might be contributing to the ...
A new study by Coffey Consulting and AIR for the U.S. Department of Labor identifies promising practices first responder agencies and organizations can use to increase the diversity of their workforces. The research team visited five agencies and first responder training providers that were selected on the basis of how ...
For low-income and minority students, education is the key to success and upward mobility. But evidence has shown in past decades that education has not been acting as the Great Equalizer. AIR's work covers a broad range of equity issues in education.
Join experts from the University of Oregon and the University of Louisville for an AIR-hosted two-part webinar series designed to help researchers become better consumers of systematic reviews and meta-analyses. The series will provide an introduction to systematic reviews, highlight standards for top-quality reviews, and provide resources for learning about ...
The COVID-19 pandemic underscored the need for educational equity so that all students receive what they need to develop to their full academic and social potential. The third in our series of roundtable discussions engaged experts in education research and practice, school leadership, policy, and youth advocacy as they shared ...