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American Institutes for Research (AIR) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan behavioral and social science research organization based in Washington, D.C. with other locations in the United States and abroad.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.air.org/about/contact/locations/ )〕 One of the largest social science research organizations in the world,〔 AIR has 1,700 employees providing research, assessment, and technical assistance in seven program areas: AIR Assessment; Education; Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Educational Research; Health and Social Development; International Development, Evaluation and Research; and Workforce and Lifelong Learning.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.air.org/about/ )〕 AIR's founder, John C. Flanagan, a pioneer in aviation psychology,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://psycnet.apa.org/journals/amp/32/1/72b )〕 is known for developing the Critical Incident Technique, an innovative method for screening and selecting personnel. Flanagan and AIR are known for Project Talent, the largest and most comprehensive study of high school students ever conducted in the United States; core evaluations for U.S. Department of Education programs, including major assessments of the No Child Left Behind Act,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url= http://www2.ed.gov/rschstat/eval/disadv/nclb-accountability/index.html )〕 Title I, Title III and others; Project A, the largest personnel survey in the history of the U.S. Army; 〔(【引用サイトリンク】date=August 1991 )〕 and partnering with states to provide student assessment testing design and administration to schools across the U.S.;〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.mnstateassessments.org )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.oaks.k12.or.us )〕 among many other projects and services. In 2010 and 2011, The Washington Post selected AIR as one of the top ten nonprofit firms in the Washington metropolitan area. ==History== AIR founder John C. Flanagan developed the groundbreaking Critical Incident Technique (CIT) while working for the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II. The military used Flanagan's CIT as an aptitude test to identify potential combat pilots. Later the technique was adapted for other industries, and CIT is still a model for numerous organizations and researchers. After leaving the army, Flanagan established American Institutes for Research in 1946. He focused on education research and launched Project Talent, a longitudinal study following 400,000 high school students across the U.S., which has continued for the past 50 years and provided data for hundreds of researchers and publications.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url= http://www.projecttalent.org/about/biblio )〕 Today, AIR continues to use Flanagan's research principles in areas beyond aviation and education, including health and international development. The organization works with federal and state agencies, nonprofits, international development organizations, foreign governments, school districts, foundations, and private businesses.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.air.org/about/?fa=viewContent&content_id=351 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「American Institutes for Research」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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