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. ...
Dr. David Osher, a vice president at AIR and an expert on children's mental health, behavioral and development issues, will join other leading experts on school violence at a news briefing on Capitol Hill on Thursday, April 8, 2010. The briefing is sponsored by the American Educational Research Association and ...
October is Connected Educator Month, providing educators with opportunities to participate in online events and activities to enhance their skills and build personal learning networks. The American Institutes for Research (AIR), on behalf of the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Educational Technology, operates the Connected Educators project, which is ...
The Plan, Do, Study, Act Process is central to the improvement of instructional routines. Watch one of the Better Math Teaching Network members in real time and in a real classroom setting introduce the Plan, Do, Study, Act, or PDSA, process.
Steve Leinwand is a principal researcher at AIR and has over 30 years of leadership positions in mathematics education. He currently serves as mathematics expert on a wide range of AIR projects that evaluate programs, develop assessments, and provide technical assistance. Leinwand’s work at AIR has included developing specifications and ...
Kimberly Imel is a researcher at AIR, with over five years of experience providing subject matter expertise and maintaining quality assurance for the National Assessment of Educational Progress U.S. history and civics assessments. She also has over 2 years of experience supporting social studies-focused work on individual state contracts. Imel works ...
Karen Manship is a managing director with AIR focusing on early childhood and K-12 education policy and finance. She currently serves as project manager of the First 5 California Dual Language Learner Pilot Study and of a national study of the Montessori preschool model funded by the Institute for Education ...
AIR has a wealth of expertise in research synthesis and meta-analysis. Our experts have conducted systematic reviews of a wide range of interventions in education, health, and social development.
Jessie Pinchoff is a senior researcher at AIR, bringing internationally recognized expertise in climate change, global health, and gender. Her work focuses on studying how climate change affects different health and development outcomes, often by layering satellite-derived and remotely sensed imagery with surveys and other datasets, such as health surveillance ...