Sam Rikoon
Sam Rikoon is a senior researcher at AIR. He has extensive experience applying quantitative methods to the development and validation of measures of intra- and interpersonal competencies and other hard-to-measure constructs for use with populations ranging from early childhood through those in higher education and the workforce.
His work at AIR focuses on efforts to advance measurement and assessment, including projects such as designing and generating validity evidence for educator survey instruments, evaluating the efficacy of educational interventions, understanding how assessments of students’ functional abilities relate to special education spending, and examining how multiple indicators impact school accountability systems and designations. His research interests include validity studies, program evaluation, civic learning competencies, and situational judgment tests (SJTs).
Prior to joining AIR, Dr. Rikoon was a senior research scientist at Educational Testing Service (ETS) where he led and co-led projects in the above areas in addition to serving as co-lead for the Monitoring, Evaluation, & Research team at ETS’s Institute for Student Achievement. While at ETS he also led a longitudinal study of student learning outcomes in higher education and served as PI on a study funded by the Wallace Foundation to develop a brief SJT of interpersonal skills for middle and high school students.
