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  • Graphic: Knocking on Doors to Discover Why People Don't Respond to Surveys

    Knocking on Doors to Discover Why People Don’t Respond to Surveys

    20 May 2022
    Between 2012 and 2019, the response rate for the screener phase of the National Household Education Surveys Program declined. To find out why, AIR conducted a groundbreaking study and provided the National Center for Education Statistics with actionable information to combat this growing problem for the next survey administration in ...

  • TIMSS, PISA, and NAEP: What to Know Before Digging into the Results

    30 Nov 2016
    In a rare occurrence, PISA, TIMSS, and NAEP assessments are releasing science and math results in the same year. Chances are the results from the various assessments won’t all tell the same story. So what do you need to know to make sense of this bumper crop of assessments? In ...

  • Highlights from 2015's Most-Viewed Work

    04 Jan 2016
    In case you missed it, explore the more widely-read AIR work published online in 2015.

  • Making Progress on Our Diversity and Inclusion Journey

    16 Oct 2018
    At AIR, diversity and inclusion are truly mission-critical. In this blog post, President and CEO David Myers describes the investments AIR has made—in the form of time, passion, and energy by staff, many of whom have volunteered to support this effort—that have begun to pay off in incremental, direct and ...

  • Quality Standards: Design│ Building Quality in Afterschool

    After completing a thorough planning process, your network should have a diverse group of afterschool stakeholders who believe in the importance of a shared definition of quality and are ready to work together to design quality standards. This section outlines an effective design process for state afterschool networks that are ...

  • Pooja Reddy Nakamura

    Pooja Reddy Nakamura is a principal researcher at AIR. Dr. Nakamura’s work focuses on the processes underpinning successful literacy development in multilingual contexts of the developing world. She is currently principal investigator of a study funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) identifying the strongest predictors of ...
  • Teacher teaching virtually to students

    Promising Strategies to Prepare New Teachers in a COVID-19 World

    05 Aug 2020
    Lynn Holdheide, managing technical assistance consultant at AIR, and senior advisor and former director for the Center on Great Teachers and Leaders, explains how teacher preparation programs are responding to the coronavirus pandemic. She also shares some innovative ways that school districts and programs are preparing teachers during uncertain times. ...
  • Image of apprentice using a sander

    Building the U.S. Workforce of the Future: Key Challenges and Opportunities

    27 Apr 2021
    Even before the COVID-19 pandemic put extraordinary pressures on the U.S. economy, a number of disruptive shifts complicated workforce stability and preparation. Here are the key takeaways and guideposts for building a strong, enduring workforce system.
  • Map of southeast USA

    Southeast Comprehensive Center (SECC)

    The Southeast Comprehensive Center (SECC) was one of 15 regional comprehensive centers funded by the U.S. Department of Education for the October 2012–September 2019 grant cycle of the Comprehensive Centers Program. SECC provided training and technical assistance to state education agencies in Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, and South Carolina, ...

  • College and Career Readiness

    Readiness for postsecondary training and education is critical for students’ future success and ability to access career opportunities. AIR recognizes this challenge and applies its substantial expertise in building school, district, and state capacity and conducting research and evaluation studies to offer clients customized strategies that support college and career ...