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.

Dwayne Norris, Ph.D.

Principal Research Scientist

Dwayne Norris, Ph.D., is a Principal Research Scientist at AIR with over 12 years experience in HR and personnel consulting. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from Virginia Tech University. His work deals with job and occupational analysis, selection and certification, performance management, organizational surveys, and data analysis. Currently, Dr. Norris is the Project Director for the development and maintenance of the National Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee (NJATC) selection program for electrical workers. In addition to the selection work for NJATC, Dr. Norris is leading the development of an electrical worker certification program and an attitude survey of apprentices. Dr. Norris is also leading a validation study for the College Board that will assess the predictive and incremental validity of the new writing section of the SAT. Dr. Norris recently worked with the U.S. Navy to develop competency models to facilitate the training and career progression for select officer and enlisted ratings. Dr. Norris was also involved in a similar effort—job task analysis of systems specialist positions—for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Dr. Norris is an expert in personnel and organizational psychology, applied research methodology, program evaluation, and statistics/data analysis.