Staff Spotlight! Kim Curtis, PhD, is a Senior Research Scientist. Trained in both quantitative & qualitative research methods, she has > 10 yrs experience in study design, instrument development, data collection, data analysis, and reporting & presentation of research findings. Full bio here:

Staff Spotlight! Tim is our Data Scientist. He is experienced in data analysis, statistical methods, and UX research. He writes code to automate & create efficiencies in projects involving data analysis web scraping, & quality assurance. See his full bio here:

Staff Spotlight! Melissa Patton, MPP, is a Research Scientist. Melissa is passionate about turning data into insight. She believes that high-quality research drives better decisions and that data visualizations should always tell an honest story. Full bio here:

Staff Spotlight! As Business Development Manager, Taisha Ali provides managerial and administrative assistance to all contract and business development activities, as well as serving as project coordinator on numerous client projects. See full bio on LinkedIn:

Staff Spotlight! Taylor Elop, MPP, is a Research Scientist at Activate. Taylor assists with the technical review of all data products and supports qualitative data collections. See more on linkedin: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

Activate Research is honored to lead U.S. participation in the world’s largest study capturing the perspectives of teachers and school leaders worldwide - @oecd-ocde.bsky.social TALIS 2024.
🌍 280K teachers • 17K schools • 55 education systems
📖 Report - Results from TALIS 2024: The State of Teaching

Activate Research is proud to have worked with @ala-pla.bsky.social on its 2024 Public Library Staff Survey.

Join PLA for a free online event on 9/25 at 2 PM ET to learn about the results of the 2024 Public Library Staff Survey! 📝

🤝 Speakers will share how your library can use the report & PLA’s data tools to understand & improve your library’s impact in your community.

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Activate staff recently gathered in Washington, DC, for a day of team building. It’s no surprise that we completed surveys to help drive our agenda and goals!

Our review of NCES HS student assessment data presents trends in avg test scores across multiple studies. Analysis highlights the difficulty in comparing HS scores across large-scale assessments. Plus, federal efforts to evaluate HS student performance will become even more limited in the future.

A new analysis of NCES data conducted by @activate-research.bsky.social reveals that improvement in student achievement in the years following the implementation of the NCLB has steadily eroded over the course of the past decade and was completely erased by the early 2020s. Read more here:

We recently updated our website! Check it out at www.activateresearch.net

Activate Research is a WOSB that provides expert social science consulting services and works with government agencies and private-sector clients to conduct research and data analysis. This includes program evaluation, quantitative and qualitative data collection, and technical assistance services.