Helen Muhisani is a senior researcher at AIR. She has more than ten years of experience in data analysis and reporting, with a particular focus on postsecondary outcomes and indicators of college and career readiness. Muhisani currently serves as the project director of a study examining the relationship between National ...
Caitlin Dawkins, a principal technical assistance consultant at AIR, helped to develop the concept of Second Chance Month, with colleagues at Prison Fellowship. In this Q&A, Dawkins explains why successful reentry is hard to measure and dispels some misconceptions around reentry.
Researchers, practitioners, policymakers, and funders are increasingly aware of the powerful potential for summertime experiences and the need to design, implement, and continuously improve summertime experiences for all.
Martin Hooper analyzes contexts for learning through large-scale assessment data. In this Q&A, he talks about his recent publications highlighting trends in literacy attitudes and practices, including the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study. He also discusses how attitudes toward reading have shifted since 2001, in the U.S. and abroad; ...
In an effort to address gender disparities in the computer science field and promote diversity, Girls Who Code (GWC) offers two free virtual summer programs to high school students, specifically designed for female and nonbinary high school students. AIR partnered with GWC to conduct an independent evaluation of the effectiveness ...
Building on existing external school support literature, this brief offers a set of indicators for assessing the quality of support provided to low-performing schools, with respect to the No Child Left Behind Act.
At an AIR Equity Initiative roundtable on May 25, 2022, AIR Board of Directors Vice Chair Lawrence Bobo moderated a panel of four experts representing different aspects of the educational system, each of whom highlighted persistent challenges that arose during the pandemic—or were exacerbated by it—as well as policy and ...
Angelica Herrera is a senior researcher at AIR with over 20 years of experience in designing and implementing research and evaluation studies for international, federal, state, and local contracts. Dr. Herrera currently serves as the lead for Working in Partnerships (Task 3) for the Regional Educational Laboratory Southwest (REL Southwest). ...
Diane Pelavin, executive vice president of AIR, was one of three individuals honored by Women in Government Relations at an evening event celebrating “Women Trailblazers in Education” on November 15, 2010 at the Australian Embassy in Washington, D.C.
Effective education technology is more than just dropping off the right equipment. In this blog post, Tracy Gray talks about the importance of leadership, infrastructure, and training in using technology in the classroom to transform student learning.