David Myers, Ph.D.
Senior Vice President
Director of Education, Human Development and the Workforce
David Myers, a nationally recognized education researcher, is Senior Vice President and Director of Education, Human Development and the Workforce at AIR.
Myers is a leading authority on the design, implementation, and analysis of experimental studies of education programs, and has played a major role in some of the largest randomized control trials in the field of education ever conducted in the United States. His expertise includes studies using random assignment, matching procedures such as propensity scoring, and advanced statistical modeling.
Prior to joining AIR he served as senior vice president and chief strategy officer at Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., in Washington, D.C.
He has directed policy analyses of elementary, secondary, postsecondary, and adult education issues, including such diverse topics as the effects of compensatory education programs and school vouchers on student achievement, the impact of high school achievement on college enrollment of black and white youth, and differences in learning trajectories of children as they progress through elementary school. He also led an impact study of adult literacy programs.
Myers, who publishes and presents widely on the use of experimental designs in education settings, has discussed elements of high-quality research at seminars sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES), Education Quality Institute, and Progressive Policy Institute, and has made similar presentations to the National Research Council.
He earned his Ph.D. in Sociology from Washington State University.