Researchers found promising results when schools "nudged" students to take more challenging courses.

AIR has a long history of partnering with federal, state and local partners to move from policy design and funding strategy to implementation, evaluation, and continuous improvement to help create healthier rural communities.

A K-12 funding expert with the American Institutes for Research says state special education funding systems need to be evidence-based and student-focused.

AIR is partnering with a cohort of states to identify and define the tasks and skills required to do a job. This information—grounded in evidence, validated across states, and designed for practical u...

While states, employers, and workers all recognize the value of Registered Apprenticeship Programs there are challenges in building, expanding, and sustaining apprenticeship programs.

Oklahoma Native American students ranked first in the nation in reading, math and combined achievement in 2024, a result researchers link to aggressive student identification practices and robust Johnson-O'Malley program support. But flat federal fundin...

In 2025, AIR partnered with the Steans Family Foundation to conduct a landscape study of out-of-school-time policy, funding, and system priorities in Illinois to inform planning considerations for a more integrated OST system.