M A K I N G R E S E A R C H R E L E V A N T

International Development, Evaluation & Research Program

1000 Thomas Jefferson Street, NW, Washington, DC 20007

202.403.5000 | www.air.org

Julia LaneSenior Managing Economistjlane@air.org

Mike FastManaging Researchermfast@air.org

CONTACTS

Hans BosProgram Directorjbos@air.org

Mark KutnerProgram Director mkutner@air.org

AIR’s Mission ̶ AIR conducts and applies the best behavioral and social science research and evaluation towards improving peoples’ lives, with a special emphasis on the disadvantaged.

What makes IDER different?

Our projects and partnerships...Integrate research, evaluation and practice

Build countries’ capacity to assess student achievement and measure educational progress

Draw on the unrivaled expertise of 1600 AIR colleagues

Insist on methodological rigor and innovate new research methods

Foster longstanding partnerships worldwide

Reflect diverse perspectives and cultural sensitivity

Put into practice the highest quality assurance principles

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NEW FOCUSAmerican Institutes for Research (AIR) created IDER in 2013 to redirect our international work to provide low and middle-income countries and international development agencies with well-integrated research, evaluation, educational assessment and technical assistance.

Closer alignment of our domestic and international work will yield better results for international development agencies and the governments and other stakeholder partners. That matters because:

1.2 billion people still live in extreme poverty, but that’s 700 million fewer than in 1990, and together we may be able to end such extreme poverty in the coming decades.

Most of the world’s estimated 93 million out-of-school children are girls who still can’t start or finish school, but targeted programs have steadily reduced gender-based school enrollment gaps around the world.

Hundreds of thousands of youth in middle-income countries are unem-ployed for lack of basic skills, but economic growth combines with new government policies and innovative programs to help these youth and their communities get ahead.

Dualities like these inspire us to redouble our international efforts in sustained partnerships with research-ers and policymakers around the world. That way, our impact goes beyond individual projects and products to help build and sustain a thriving international evaluation field.

W H E R E W E W O R K

A SAMPLING OF OUR PROJECTSOur work ranges from small early childhood education programs to large-scale school reform and teacher training efforts in South and Central Asia, the Middle East, Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America.

Egypt ̶ Career Education and Training Institutes (USAID)

Ethiopia ̶ Assessment of Accelerated Development of Literacy, Numeracy, and Life Skills for First-Cycle Learners (UNICEF)

Honduras ̶ Mejorando el Impacto al Desempeño Estudiantil de Honduras (USAID)

Kyrgyzstan ̶ Quality Reading Project (USAID)

Liberia ̶ Girls’ Opportunities to Access Learning (USAID)

Namibia ̶ Technical Assistance to the Directorate of National Examinations and Assessment (MCA)

Nicaragua ̶ FADCANIC Project (USAID)

Peru ̶ Programa de Mejoramiento de la Educación Inicial en Ayacucho, Huancavelica, y Huánuco (IDB)

Zambia ̶ Evaluation of Zambia Social Cash Transfer Program (UNICEF)