The initiatives to enhance adult learning program accountability and assessment systems of the following states are described in this paper: Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Kentucky, Oregon, Texas, Washington, West Virginia.
Kellie Anderson (she/her) is a senior technical project manager at AIR. Her roles include project director, instructional designer, quality assurance reviewer, subject matter expert, and communications specialist for adult distance learning projects. Anderson also serves on the leadership teams for the Learning Technologies Team and the Communicators Community of Practice ...
Ryan Torbey is a researcher at AIR serving in the Educators and Instruction program area. He is an advocate for expanding computer science education in K-12 schools and believes that every student should learn the foundations of computer programming. At AIR, Dr. Torbey contributes to Wyoming Computer Science Micro-Credential Courses ...
Kwelin Waller is senior program manager with the AIR Equity Initiative. Waller works to combine research and technical assistance with real-world applications, leading the Equity Initiative's work in the interconnected areas of workforce development, community health and well-being. Additionally, she leads the AIR Scholars and Leaders Award grant competition, an initiative that ...
Taletha Mae Derrington is a senior researcher at AIR with over 25 years of experience in research and technical assistance (TA) projects focused on child and family health, development, and well-being. She is currently leading the Healthy Students Learn Better component of Promoting Equity Funding for Schools Facing Adverse Health Circumstances ...
Etai Mizrav, Ph.D., is a senior researcher in the Educators and Instruction Program Area at AIR. His primary responsibilities include developing research and supporting states and districts with bridging research and practice to address educational inequality and promote equity in education systems. Dr. Mizrav’s research investigates 21st-century drivers of educational inequality ...
When students engage in SEL, they develop the social and emotional competencies (i.e., skills, attitudes, and knowledge) needed to be ready for and successful in college, careers, and life. This brief refines pioneering work on the integration of SEL with academics and specifically addresses 10 educator practices that promote social, ...
Kamal Middlebrook is a research associate at AIR. His primary responsibilities include supporting evidence synthesis and measurement equity across education research. Middlebrook also focuses on equity in the workforce, among other systems across health and human development. He has extensive experience in survey research methods, along with other quantitative methods ...
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) mitigates threats by employing a multi-faceted risk-based system that includes behavior detection. Behavior detection officers need to maintain situation awareness and scan the airport environment for indicators of a security threat. AIR conducted focus groups with behavior detection officers to identify those factors ...