Jessica Heppen, a nationally recognized expert in education research, policy, and practice, is the president & CEO of AIR. Dr. Heppen been with AIR for 20 years and, in that time, has held several key roles during her tenure.
Demonstrating its ongoing commitment to education research and evaluation, the American Institutes for Research (AIR) today announced that the National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER) has relocated to AIR, effective July 18, 2011.
As we all adjust to the current situation brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, it is important that we create a safe, supportive, and engaging spaces for learning at home. In the coming weeks, we will continue to add new information, strategies, things to look for, and resources that have ...
This report, based on a national evaluation of the Eisenhower program, provides information about how the program is operating and how it might be strengthened. A second objective of this report is to contribute to knowledge about teacher professional development. The Eisenhower program is a source of funding for professional ...
AIR is assisting Cleveland Metropolitan School District in its Human Ware Initiative, which is assessing and improving conditions that support learning, teaching, safety, and child and youth development. The district designed this initiative following recommendations from AIR's Human Ware (HW) Audit. ...
Statistical experts from the American Institutes for Research (AIR) will discuss big data, nonresponse bias, survey research, and findings from AIR’s Project Talent at the 2014 Joint Statistical Meetings hosted by the American Statistical Association on August 2-7 at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center in Boston, MA. ...
To help inform public understanding and policymaking at a time when the nation is increasingly concerned about education, AIR is launching the Education Policy Center. The new Center will provide rigorous impartial research and evidence-based perspectives on both pressing and perennial education issues spanning preschool through college. The Center will ...
AIR’s support of the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Statistical Standards Program is technical, methodological, and statistical. AIR staff work to support the development of standards that ensure the quality of statistical surveys, analyses and products for NCES projects.
AIR evaluates early care and education programs and policies at the federal, state and local level. AIR evaluations help identify best practices and lead to recommendations for improving program quality and outcomes, with an eye toward system-wide implementation.
In this Q&A, Laura Hamilton, a senior director of education measurement and assessment at AIR, discusses the role of measurement and assessment in addressing systemic inequity, the potential implications of using artificial intelligence, and AIR’s work in these key areas.