On Wednesday, February 6, 2013, Kristin Carman and Jill Mathews Yegian, co-directors of AIR’s Health Policy and Research Group, participated in a briefing hosted by Health Affairs, a leading journal of health policy thought and research.
This paper explores the application of finite population correction factors to the between-school component of variance and examines how this might effect sample size requirements in the types of states that currently require exemptions from the minimum sample requirements for the state NAEP.
Patricia Gurin was the chair of the AIR board of directors for more than 25 years, until she stepped down in 2023. She served as the AIR Board chair during the tenure of three CEOs—David Goslin, Sol Pelavin, and David Myers. Gurin is the Nancy Cantor Distinguished University Professor Emerita ...
Education, health and social policy experts with the American Institutes for Research (AIR) are available to discuss issues raised by President Barack Obama in his final State of the Union Address, including efforts to cut college costs, curb gun violence and make healthcare more affordable. AIR’s experts are available to ...
Significant disproportionality (SD) is the overrepresentation of students of any racial or ethnic group identified for special education, placed in more restrictive settings, or disciplined at higher rates than their peers in other racial and ethnic groups. AIR's SD team helps to identify strategies and action steps that can reduce ...
Tzu-Jou (Carol) Wan is a senior researcher at AIR with survey methods training and expertise and experience in sampling and data management. Her primary responsibilities include sampling and statistical analysis for nationwide and local survey operations, such as the National Center for Education Statistics’ National Household Education Surveys Program (NHES) ...
This webinar will include two studies that demonstrate costs of scaled-up livelihoods and health interventions, delivered through women’s group programming. The session will specifically explore economies of scale and cost-effectiveness of a Self-Help Group program in India.
Adam Troy is a TA Consultant at AIR. His primary responsibilities include serving as a project manager for Equity MAAPPS (Measurements for Accountability to All People in Policy Solutions), an initiative to help states align spending with strategies promoting restorative justice. Troy's secondary responsibilities include serving as a TA specialist ...
Smoking among students reached the lowest levels since researchers began tracking such data in 1980, according to a new report produced with key assistance from experts at AIR. That finding is one of several in America’s Children in Brief: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2016, an annual report on children ...
Frank Rider, a specialist in financing mental health services for children and youth with the American Institutes for Research, has been named to an inaugural advisory panel of the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, tasked with disseminating evidence-based research to help patients under the Affordable Care Act. ...