Postsecondary administrators interested in serving parenting adult learners need to know more about them and the supports they need in their pursuit and completion of postsecondary credentials. This project leverages new data from AIR’s recent survey of adult learners and one-on-one interviews with a subset of parenting adult learners. ...
Christine Kiecha is AIR’s managing director in Kenya. Her key responsibilities include acting as AIR’s point of contact for office management and business development in Kenya; working with AIR’s senior leadership to develop future business opportunities; and gathering data to provide information about social, demographic, economic and funding trends. She ...
Margarita Olivera-Aguilar is a senior researcher at AIR. She supports the Center on Advancing Measurement and Assessment and has extensive experience developing and validating surveys and assessments and applying quantitative research design and statistical methods (such as structural equation modeling and multilevel modeling). Her work at AIR involves designing and ...
Kamal Middlebrook's primary responsibilities include working on various phases of the quantitative evidence synthesis process as well as measurement and assessment projects that promote student development across educational systems and policies. Dr. Middlebrook co-leads AIR’s Center on Advancing Measurement and Assessment. He also works on projects aimed at providing professional development ...
An innovative school program supported by AIR is being invested in by the Zambian government after showing promising effects for students in rural sections of the country. The eSchool 360 program is being implemented by the non-profit Impact Network and operates in more than 40 schools, serving over 6,000 students ...
In recent decades, most school systems have not prioritized civic learning in policy and practice. In this brief, we discuss the need for action in two inter-related areas to help address the current state of democracy through the promotion of K–12 civic learning: measurement and causal research.
Ensuring that secondary students are adequately prepared for college and career pathways after high school remains a critical priority for schools, education systems, and policymakers. In response to policy mandates for more explicit College and Career Readiness (CCR) requirements in K–12 academic standards, states have responded with varied approaches to ...
AIR has welcomed Kandace Jones as vice president to lead the institution’s education systems and policy program area. Jones is an expert in providing technical assistance to states, school districts, and other entities to improve student outcomes and increase equity in education.
The AIR Equity Initiative held its first annual Working at the Intersections public symposium in October 2023. At Pathways to Peace: Reimagining the Future of Public Safety for Youth and Communities, the AIR Equity Initiative united youth, community leaders, policymakers, researchers, and practitioners for conversation on the urgent topic of ...
Selective reporting is a critical concern in the scientific literature. Imagine if a study only reported on the positive effects of an educational intervention, while hiding negative or inconclusive results. This bias would give others an inaccurate understanding of the intervention’s effectiveness. This problem is especially salient in meta-analyses that ...
