Graciela Castillo is a senior researcher at AIR, involved in the collection, evaluation, and analysis of data. Areas of expertise include cost and coverage and consumer engagement.
Castillo is experienced in conducting literature reviews and environmental scans, message and material testing as well as survey development and testing. She has moderated ...
Vanessa Hoffman is a researcher in the International Development Division at AIR. She has over 8 years of experience leading qualitative approaches for evaluations and assessments in developing country settings. Her current work evaluates energy efficiency and renewable energy generation activities in Kosovo, improving children’s educational outcomes in Burkina Faso, ...
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.
This brief highlights findings from the Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) in an effort to obtain a clear understanding of the ability of adults to undertake digital problem solving. This brief uses data gathered from a sample of 5,000 adults across different socio-demographic groups in the ...
The American Institutes for Research invites you to a panel discussion on adult charter schools’ potential to prepare adult learners for today’s jobs. The conversation will emphasize Washington, D.C.—the national leader with 11 such schools.
Jason Katz is a senior researcher at AIR and serves as a deputy director for a pilot project conducted by AIR’s Quality Initiative. He has expertise in implementation science, program evaluation, and continuous quality improvement.
Dr. Katz leads and co-leads many qualitative data collection activities. He is currently the qualitative lead ...
The growing frequency of weather shocks like hurricanes and droughts, as well as other extreme events, is increasingly and disproportionately impacting vulnerable households in low- and middle-income countries that lack sufficient safety nets for when calamities occur. In recent years, Malawi has experienced multiple adverse events. To increase the understanding ...
Marilyn Moon, an AIR Institute Fellow and director of the Center on Aging, will participate in a forum March 20th on Medicare’s 50th anniversary at the annual American Society on Aging (ASA) conference in Washington, D.C.
Programs designed to alleviate hunger and increase food supply through cash transfers to some of Zambia’s poorest families achieved those goals and more, final evaluations conducted by AIR revealed. Overall, researchers found that a cash-transfer program geared toward families with at least one young child had effects that amounted to ...
Three years into a program offering cash grants to some of rural Zambia’s poorest families, the program continues to reduce poverty and increase economic security, but one critical need is still unmet because so few services are offered in the region: improving the nutrition and health of young children. The ...