The Every Student Succeeds Act challenged education policymakers to reinvent their school accountability systems, and to describe how those systems will address ESSA's provisions. Policy experts at AIR have closely reviewed the state plans submitted this fall and summarized the key elements in these concise profiles. ...
The Preschool Development Grant Birth Through Five initiative supports states to create plans to facilitate collaboration and coordination among existing early childhood care and education programs. AIR has partnered with four states—California, Illinois, Michigan, and Minnesota—to support their work as they expand access to high-quality early childhood care and ...
The CPA Exam is universally accepted by all 55 US state and territory boards of accountancy to support their licensing decisions. AIR recently helped the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants update their practice analysis of CPAs to reflect changes to the profession, with a focus on advancements in technology ...
The released EdSurvey Version 3.1 is an R statistical package tailored to processing large-scale education data with appropriate procedures to analyze these data efficiently, taking into account their complex sample survey design and the use of plausible values.
A new free web tool created by CollegeMeasures.org, a joint venture of AIR and Matrix Knowledge Group, makes it easier to review the U.S. Department of Education's "Gainful Employment" data on whether the cost of career training programs at colleges and other institutions complies with federal standards. ...
How can the Health Insurance Marketplaces improve consumers’ experiences when shopping for, selecting, and enrolling in affordable health plans during future open-enrollment periods? To help answer this question, AIR developed the Marketplace Survey Improvement Guide. The Guide provides seven evidence-based strategies that will help Marketplaces improve the consumer experience by ...
Dr. Gary Phillips, a nationally known expert on educational assessments and a vice president with the American Institutes for Research (AIR), will offer his insights on "The Past and Future of Reading in America: The Big Picture" during his keynote address November 22nd at the West Virginia Reading Association's annual ...
AIR experts use rigorous evidence to address all areas of health and well-being, including physical, social, and emotional, throughout the life cycle, from promotion and prevention to treatment and care.
AIR developed a systematic, transparent, evidence-based protocol to review and translate the extant research about juvenile drug courts and related interventions into comprehensive, reasonable, actionable, understandable, and measurable guidelines.
Health Affairs is hosting a briefing called “New Era of Patient Engagement” that will examine the evidence of patient engagement in health care as well as the challenges and opportunities associated with it. The all-day event will explore topics raised in the Health Affairs February 2013 issue ...