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

Adult Education & Literacy Children's Mental Health District Consulting Education Evidence & Indicators Early Childhood Education Finance Education Technology Higher Education School Reform Special Education

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

Communications & Social Marketing Research & Policy Analysis Conference Services, Technical Writing & Clearinghouse/Call Center Management Technical Assistance & Training Informatics, Web Site Development & Information Management

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

State Student Testing Computer Statistical Services

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.

Equity Analysis Organizational Performance Skills Assessment Team Performance Usability Engineering

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

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Joel D. Sherman, Ph.D.

Vice President

Joel D. Sherman, Ph.D., Vice President at AIR, has 25 years of experience directing education studies and projects. He has directed numerous task-ordering contracts for different ED offices, including the Planning and Evaluation Service and the Budget Service. Since 1992, he has been the Project Director of the task-ordering contract for the International Activities Project in the National Center for Education Statistics. As Project Director on these contracts, he has conducted numerous quick-turnaround analyses and supervised project staff who have performed similar work for ED.

In addition, Dr. Sherman has conducted numerous studies comparing education in the United States and other developed countries. His domestic work in education finance has focused on the federal role in financing education. Dr. Sherman is currently a Senior Advisor on the Targeting and Resource Allocation Component (TRAC) of the National Longitudinal Study of No Child Left Behind. Dr. Sherman received his M.A. in Comparative Government from New York University, and his Ph.D. in Political Economy from Columbia University.