Anlan Zhang has more than a decade of experience in the analysis and reporting of education-related statistics using national- and state-level population and education surveys and administrative data. She currently serves as the task lead for a project that focuses on professional development as a strategy for improving access to high-quality ...
Amy Trauth has expertise in P-16 STEM curriculum and instruction, classroom and large-scale assessment, teacher preparation, and issues related to equity and access in P-16 STEM education. She serves as a science content expert on the National Assessment for Educational Progress (NAEP) and the Trends in International Mathematics and Science ...
Stephanie Levin specializes in educational leadership and school finance. Her work is dedicated to improving outcomes in public K–12 education. As deputy director of the Strategic Funding and Finance Center—a content center funded by the U.S. Department of Education—Levin provides guidance to states and districts on school finance policy. Her ...
Learn more about the data behind Project Talent’s unique combination of cognitive, social, psychological, and health measures, family and school information, and its large and nationally representative sample.
The Project Talent study produced a wealth of information about a generation of Americans that came of age at a transformative time in American history. Data from the study has informed over 450 government reports, academic articles, and scholarly books.
In 1960, roughly 5 percent of American high school students participated in the Project Talent study. Approximately 440,000 students were selected to represent all 9th through 12th graders throughout the country. Learn more about the study design of Project Talent.
In 1960, after several years of planning, 440,000 students from across the country participated in Project Talent. The study gathered an enormous amount of information about America’s young people and led to hundreds of reports, articles, and academic books and to several follow-up studies of the original participants. ...
The Methods of Synthesis and Integration Center (MOSAIC) conducts systematic literature reviews and meta-analyses, and creates methodological improvements by conducting simulation studies and deriving new statistical methods, in the areas of education, health, international development, social welfare, and the workforce. ...
Senior Researcher Manolya Tanyu and her colleague Anna Barry support youth both in their careers at AIR and also as volunteer mentors to youth. In this Q&A, they discuss what they’ve learned and gained from youth-adult mentoring, how their hands-on experience affects their work, and why anyone considering becoming a ...
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