The Achievement & Assessment Institute
AAI and its centers partner with numerous agencies to improve the lives of children and adults through academics, employment, career advancement, and building healthy environments, and to enhance the capacity of organizations that help children, adults, and communities succeed.
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AAI Centers
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Grant Support
Learn about our life cycle grant support for AAI researchers and KU faculty.
Celebrating 10 Years of AAI
Learn about our origins and how we have grown over the last 10 years.
AAI in the News
2024 Impact Report Now Available
The Achievement & Assessment Institute (AAI) is pleased to announce the release of its 2024 Impact Report. The 70-page document covers the work of AAI and its many centers, showcasing how the organization directly and indirectly impacts the lives of people throughout the state of Kansas and…
AAI Announces Recipient of 2023 Arts & Humanities Grant
The Achievement & Assessment Institute at the University of Kansas has awarded the 2023 AAI Art & Humanities Grant to Giselle Anatol, interim director of the Hall Center for the Humanities and professor of English, for the project “Imagining Our Futures”…
How ATS' Kite Suite Facilitates Educational Assessment In Kansas and Beyond
The Kite Suite is an online software as a service assessment product suite developed by the University of Kansas’ Assessment & Technology Solutions (ATS) under the Achievement and Assessment Institute. Used by the Kansas Department of Education and other educational agencies in school districts…
AAI Announces the Center for Reimagining Education (CRE)
The Achievement & Assessment Institute (AAI) has announced the new Center for Reimagining Education (CRE), whose mission is to accelerate the pace of change in schools and districts. CRE will pursue its goals by leveraging technology and data and bringing together diverse teams of people to…