Sakiko Ikoma is a senior researcher at AIR. She provides technical assistance for the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). She leads multiple research projects focused on analyzing large-scale assessment data, such as the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), the High School Longitudinal Study (HSLS), and the Program for ...
In this blog post, AIR's Sophia Arredondo reflects on the key role of school in fostering safe, supportive, and positive environments for LGBTQ+ youth. From policy solutions to youth leadership to mental health support and community allyship, she shares how youth-serving professionals, researchers, and policymakers can work together to ensure ...
Kyosin Kang is a senior project specialist at AIR. Kang’s work focuses on survey data collections and data quality and use, with a primary focus on school climate and related topics (i.e., conditions for learning and social and emotional skills). She is the project director of the Nevada School Climate/Social ...
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A new report drawing on the work of experts in science, technology, engineering and math sets forth an aspirational future for STEM education, one that emphasizes problem-solving, interdisciplinary approaches, and the value of discovery and play. The 10-year vision, synthesized by AIR for the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of ...
Around the world, women join groups or collectives to overcome economic and social barriers to financing, education, healthcare and employment. There is promising research on women’s groups as an intervention strategy to improve gender equality, women’s well-being, and empowerment. AIR and its partners today launched a new website for the ...
Cheng Shuang (Grace) Ji is a senior researcher in the Research and Evaluation program at AIR. Her primary responsibilities include managing the state mapping project and conducting research on social-emotional learning, college and career preparedness, testing behaviors, and improving measures of social economic status. Ji also provides statistical support and reviews of technical documents and web publications for NAEP, ...
Using 2015 grade 8 NAEP science data, this study aims to understand the role that science motivation plays in middle school science achievement using a hierarchical linear modeling approach. The results indicated that both science self-efficacy and science interest as measures of science motivation were significant positive predictors of science ...
The Justice Department's civil rights probe of Ferguson, Missouri's police force again rivets attention to one more American community whose police officers have lost residents' trust. Whatever the findings, experience and research suggest that five moves made now could help build trust and restore justice between police and communities they ...
How did higher education get so expensive? Who should be counseling prospective college students? Do bachelor's degree holders have relevant job skills? AIR Vice President and Institute Fellow Mark Schneider recently answered these and other questions during an Ask Me Anything session on Reddit. Here are the highlights. ...