More than 70 members of the American Institutes for Research will be participating in this year's American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting, discussing a wide range of topics, including the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), school bullying and high school reform. The AERA conference will be held on ...
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) mitigates threats by employing a multi-faceted risk-based system that includes behavior detection. Behavior detection officers need to maintain situation awareness and scan the airport environment for indicators of a security threat. AIR conducted focus groups with behavior detection officers to identify those factors ...
Elizabeth Adams is a senior researcher in the Education Systems and Policy, Human Services program at AIR. She has extensive experience in quantitative educational research including causal inference and quasi-experimental research design and measurement development and validation.
Her work primarily focuses on K-8 interdisciplinary STEM education. She has interest in ...
AIR developed and delivered a one-day course, Face the Media, covering the basics of crisis communication for the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) spokespersons.
Lawrence D. Bobo is the dean of social science and the W.E.B. Du Bois Professor of the Social Sciences at Harvard University. He also has appointments in Harvard University’s departments of Sociology and African and African American Studies. Bobo is an elected member of the National Academy of Sciences and ...
In the context of the coronavirus pandemic, this REL Midwest “quick chat” webinar, co-hosted with the Region 9 Comprehensive Center, highlighted strategies for effectively teaching K–12 students in a virtual setting.
Examining whether students in schools receiving School Redesign Grants (SRG) experienced better academic outcomes and attendance than non-SRG students, this evaluation done for the Massachusetts Office of District and School Turnaround Assistance found consistently positive and generally robust effects on student academic achievement, particularly on standardized state assessments. Results also ...