Xinsheng “Cindy” Cai is a knowledge translation expert who has been invited by federal agencies such as National Institutes of Health and Department of Veterans Affairs as well as leading medical schools in the U.S. to present on medical rehabilitation and knowledge translation. Dr. Cai serves as the co-chair and ...
The National Household Education Survey (NHES) program provides descriptive data on the educational activities of the U.S. population. The surveys cover learning at all ages, from early childhood to school age through adulthood. AIR’s experts provide support for all aspects of the survey.
Johannes M. (Hans) Bos is a senior vice president and Institute Fellow at AIR. Dr. Bos is a nationally recognized expert in the conduct of randomized control trials in education and other areas of social policy research. Since 1992 he has conducted numerous evaluations and policy studies in education, child ...
Ben Backes is currently a principal economist at AIR. His 2012 dissertation focused on the impact of statewide bans on the use of racial preferences in college admissions.
Dr. Backes has published papers on several topics, including whether affirmative action bans depressed minority college enrollment rates, and whether the bans discouraged ...
Markus Broer has more than 25 years of experience conducting and overseeing research focused on U.S. and international education outcomes and their associated factors, assessment validity, and measurement, as well as disseminating findings to different audiences (e.g., researchers, practitioners, policymakers). Dr. Broer is currently serving in a senior advisory and quality ...
Jill M. Shively is a senior technical assistance consultant at AIR. She develops professional development tools, guides, and online materials for educators on the use of data for data-driven decision making for school improvement. Shively has developed and produced the Data Exploration video, the Web-based engine for the Surveys of ...
Elizabeth Spier has over 20 years of experience designing and managing large-scale, policy-relevant studies examining the effectiveness of programs, and interventions designed to improve developmental and educational outcomes for children. Her expertise includes child development, safe and supportive learning environments, child and family wellbeing, and school readiness. Dr. Spier has worked ...
David Seidenfeld oversees a portfolio of dozens of active research, evaluation, and technical assistance projects in low- and middle-income countries around the globe. He also oversees AIR’s Technology Solutions and data science practices and is the executive liaison for the company’s Institutional Review Board. He is currently serving as the ...
Jennifer Sable specializes in the management, editing, and dissemination of administrative records data. For over 24 years, she served as project director and assisted the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) with survey operations, data management, and quality improvement for the three annual Common Core of Data (CCD) nonfiscal data ...
Megan Sambolt specializes in cross-sector collaboration to improve youth outcomes, including well-being, attendance, and chronic absenteeism. Sambolt serves as the project director for the Wallace Foundation’s Advancing Opportunities for Adolescents project designed to help cross-sector partnerships expand youth engagement in expanded learning and infuse youth development into wraparound supports. Sambolt also served ...
