Maria Payri

Researcher

Maria Payri is a researcher in the Youth, Family, and Community Development program at AIR. Payri has over 10 years of experience as an evaluator with expertise in qualitative research and survey design for large-scale federal studies such as the National Household Education Study (NHES), where she serves as qualitative lead and oversees the quality of Spanish translations.

Payri also serves as the evaluation lead for the School Connectedness and the Mental Health Demonstration Projects for the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention Division on Adolescent and School Health, working closely with district leads and overseeing qualitative and quantitative data collection. Payri is currently growing her research portfolio in AIR’s Full Service Community Schools (FSCS) work by serving as project director of the Southeast Alaska FSCS evaluation and as the implementation lead of the Lewis University FSCS evaluation.

Maria Payri
Expertise
Education
Multi-Tiered System of Supports (formerly RTI)
School Climate
Social and Emotional Learning
Early Childhood and Child Development
Services
Research & Evaluation
B.A. and M.A., Psychology, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid

Contact Maria Payri

+1.202.403.5000
Related Work
Teens in a huddle

Full-Service Community Schools Grant Evaluation for the Lewis University Community Schools Consortium (LUCSC)

Through Full-Service Community Schools (FSCS), students, their families, and the local community can receive academic, social, and health services, which can contribute to better educational outcomes for students. In 2023, the Lewis University Community School Consortium received a Full-Service Community Schools Program grant from the U.S. Department of Education. Through ...
Teenage girls walking down a school hallway

Evaluation of Southeast Alaska Full-Service Community Schools (SAFSCS) Grant

Through Full-Service Community Schools (FSCS), students, their families, and the local community can receive academic, social, and health services, which can contribute to better educational outcomes for students. In 2023, the Association of Alaska School Boards (AASB) received a Full-Service Community Schools Program grant from the U.S. Department of Education ...

National Household Education Survey

The National Household Education Survey (NHES) program provides descriptive data on the educational activities of the U.S. population. The surveys cover learning at all ages, from early childhood to school age through adulthood. AIR’s experts provide support for all aspects of the survey.