This research brief, the fourth from the Back on Track study, evaluates the content provided in online and face-to-face algebra credit recovery courses and reveals possible differences based on instructor preferences and district guidelines.
The Affordable Care Act established several initiatives to identify new payment models to focus on delivery system reform. Payment and Delivery System Reform in Medicare: A Primer on Medical Homes, Accountable Care Organizations, and Bundled Payments describes the framework and concepts of three payment models currently being tested within traditional ...
Shannon L. Russell is a senior researcher at AIR. She has over 10 years of experience conducting school-based research with expertise in adolescent and child social development as well as methodological strengths in survey development and quantitative analysis. Currently, Dr. Russell provides expert support for multiple longitudinal studies conducted by ...
The final report of an ongoing series of reports based on data collected for the Teacher Assignment and Student Work Study for the evaluation of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s high school grants. We first review findings on redesigned schools from our previous research and summarize key findings from ...
AIR worked with Yale University and RAND to develop tools to assess the performance of health plans and healthcare providers from the perspectives of beneficiaries and patients for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's Consumer Assessment of Health Plans Study II.
Since 2007, the MTSS Center has been a national leader in supporting states, districts, and schools across the country in implementing tiered support systems that address students’ academic, behavioral, social, and emotional needs.
Robert Boruch is University Trustee Chair Professor at the University of Pennsylvania. He also is a professor at the University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education and the Wharton School Statistics Department. Boruch serves as a member of the graduate group in the Criminology Department, a fellow at the Ortner ...
Iris Daruwala is a senior researcher at AIR, where she works with foundations and federal, state, and local agencies on research and evaluation projects. Her work is primarily focused on understanding how educational interventions and reforms can reduce inequities among marginalized student groups and support whole child well-being. As an ...
It is well documented that teacher quality is the most important school-based factor associated with improving student achievement. Researchers found that the school context in which student teaching occurs has important implications for the later outcomes of teachers and their students.
Russia’s child protection system is engaged in a national initiative to reduce the number of children in orphanages and state care, build capacity of foster parents, and recruit mentors and adoptive parents to support young people as they learn to live on their own. The US-Russia Social Expertise Exchange is ...