Christina Davis

Christina Davis specializes in large-scale assessment design, development, operations, and analysis. Supporting the National Center for Education Statistics, she leads the assessment operations and development team for the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) as well as the data collection and analysis technical review team for international studies. She has over a decade of experience contributing to content development, UI/UX design and testing of assessment platforms, administration monitoring, and quality assurance activities throughout the assessment lifecycle.

Prior to joining AIR, Davis was an elementary literacy Response to Instruction and Intervention Specialist. She continues to focus her work on K-12 literacy/ELA education through research and development activities that evaluate ELA standards, curricula, and assessment alignment. Christina has led content development support for NAEP’s reading and writing assessments, as well as for the NAEP Oral Reading Fluency Study. She has also led training institutes for school and district staff as a certified training consultant for the Peer Assisted Learning Strategies (PALS) Reading program for grades K-6.

Davis is a certified reviewer for What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) group design standards through the Institute of Education Sciences. With this certification, she has evaluated studies against WWC evidence standards to determine the effectiveness of educational programs and interventions. She also holds a Project Management Professional (PMP) certificate from the Project Management Institute.