AIR experts will deliver presentations on a broad range of education research topics during the Society for Research on Education Effectiveness conference March 2-5, 2016 in Washington, D.C. This year’s theme, Lost in Translation: Building Pathways from Knowledge to Action, explores ways to link the worlds of decision-making and evidence ...
To increase the capacity and efficiency of the nation’s airspace, the Federal Aviation Administration is implementing the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen). To support the FAA in determining the potential impact that NextGen may have on the training of air traffic controllers, AIR conducted a strategic training needs analysis ...
CS@AIR supports several alliances, consortia, and communities of practice. We serve various roles depending on the focus, organization, and membership, including as a facilitator, expert consultant, or evaluator.
"Future Ready” is a White House and U.S. Department of Education initiative focused on ensuring America’s students have the skills they need to succeed in a competitive global economy. AIR is working closely with the Department to help educational leaders foster a culture of digital learning in their schools. Learn ...
David Miller is a senior researcher at AIR, where he conducts and leads research on improving science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education, especially with regards to broadening participation in STEM fields. Dr. Miller currently serves as principal investigator on a five-year National Science Foundation (NSF) resource center to support ...
About 20 years ago, AIR began a new line of work: student assessment. Since then, AIR Assessment has grown significantly and become a real player in the K-12 testing industry. Today we announce that we are selling AIR Assessment to Cambium Learning Group, Inc., an education technology company.
High demand for public resources often leaves service providers struggling to deliver a broad range of health, education, and social services that truly make positive change. At the same time, public and private funders require evidence to show that investing in such services achieves intended benefits and outcomes. AIR is ...
This paper, presented at Forgotten Americans: The Future of Support for Older Low-Income Adults, examines health and income security issues among older Americans.
The Student Attrition Lookup Tool (SALT) provides empirical estimates of student mobility rates to help researchers plan for student attrition when conducting studies in U.S. public schools. With SALT, researchers can get student mobility estimates for different student and school subpopulations and for different transition periods from kindergarten to grade ...
Research findings continue to point to the importance of social and emotional learning in children's lives. In this response to David Bornstein's 7/24/15 New York Times article, David Osher describes initiatives in Cleveland and other districts that have improved students' social and emotional competence and school test performance. The key, ...