The Kakuma refugee camp in northern Kenya hosts approximately 200,000 refugees, many of whom have lived in the camp all their lives. The UK government introduced the SPARK program to support the displaced populations in building sustainable livelihoods, and contracted AIR to conduct an impact evaluation of the program. ...
While states provided direct support to struggling schools in the past, ESSA places more responsibility on districts by requiring them to select evidence-based interventions—which can take the form of programs, policies, or practices—to help these schools improve.
AIR has developed Promoting College and Career Readiness: A Pocket Guide for State and District Leaders, a research-based reference tool that identifies strategies to ensure that all students, regardless of special needs or language fluency, are prepared for postsecondary education and careers.
The Florida Literacy and Reading Excellence (FLaRE) professional development (PD) study examined the effects of receiving FLaRE support vs. not, and receiving high vs. low levels of support.
Of the approximately 175 countries on the World Bank’s Human Capital Index, Burkina Faso scores among the lowest, with more than 40 percent of the country’s population living below the national poverty line. In response to recurrent food crises, high levels of malnutrition, and low and unequal levels of education ...
Programs designed to combat child labor store information on the social and economic services they provide their participants and beneficiaries. As part of a series of impact evaluations sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of International Labor Affairs, IMPAQ conducted five randomized controlled trial evaluations of programs to ...
Partners United for Supportive Housing Cedar Rapids will work to retain family unity, provide stable housing, and improve family functioning and well-being for children who are in, or at-risk of entering, the child welfare system.
The Medical Legal Partnership is one of the initiatives funded by the New York County District Attorney’s Office Criminal Justice Investment Initiative.
A federally-funded two-year study of professional development programs for seventh grade mathematics teachers found there was no statistically significant cumulative impact on teacher knowledge or on student achievement. The study, led by AIR, in partnership with MDRC, was released on May 25, 2011 by the U.S. Department of Education's Institute ...
Meshell Hicks is a principal researcher in the Health Division at AIR. Her career has focused on helping to expand access to quality care.
Drawing on 20 years of policy, operations and project management experience supporting public payers, Hicks directs a wide array of federally facilitated Marketplace exchange research and stakeholder ...