Provides services and technical assistance for students so they benefit from research-based curricula taught in safe environments.

Produces and disseminates information to provide motivation and tools to enable individuals to make informed decisions about health issues.

Develops and implements education testing programs that benefit students, parents and public officals.

Works with the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), the government's primary source for collecting and analyzing data about public education.

Helps to provide all children with access to a quality education, and empowers people, organizations, and communities to bring about social change.

Is committed to helping clients improve the effectiveness of their workforce through a wide range of management, organizational, and business improvement efforts.

Produces, maintains and disseminates systematic reviews of the effects of social and behavioral interventions.

Stephanie Cronen, Ph.D.

Senior Research Analyst

Stephanie Cronen, Ph.D., a Senior Research Analyst at AIR, has extensive experience in designing and managing research projects, collecting and analyzing quantitative data, and writing publications on current educational topics. Recent reports and briefs cover such contemporary issues as school safety, teacher quality, teacher's use of educational technology, the physical condition of public schools, and adult literacy.

As Deputy Director of the What Works Clearinghouse (WWC), she manages the development of standards and processes for conducting systematic reviews of research studies that make causal inferences about interventions’ effectiveness. Dr. Cronen also participated in designing the "What Works" for Adult ESL Literacy Students study. Dr. Cronen was responsible for managing the longitudinal collection of data from ESL programs and students across the country for this study, and participated in the design of the observation instruments and the analysis and reporting of results.

Dr. Cronen has also demonstrated proficiency in conducting secondary data analyses and writing research briefs and reports for the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). Dr. Cronen provides technical support to NCES through its Fast Response Survey System and various task ordering projects. Dr. Cronen received her Ph.D. in experimental social psychology from Washington University.