School of Education | University of Wisconsin–Madison
Authors: Matthew T. Hora, Ross J. Benbow, Amanda K. Oleson December 2016, 65 pp. Abstract: The idea of a skills gap suggests that employers have jobs available but cannot find skilled applicants because higher education is poorly aligned with workforce needs. This idea is shaping higher education and workforce development policy at the national and …
Authors: Ahyoung Alicia Kim, Akira Kondo, Alissa Blair, Lorena Mancilla, Mark Chapman, Carsten Wilmes November 2016, 22 pp. Abstract: WIDA ACCESS for ELLs (ACCESS), annually taken by approximately two million K–12 English language learners (ELLs) in the United States, is a large-scale exam for assessing their English proficiency. ACCESS measures four language domains: listening, speaking, …
Authors: Rich Halverson, Julie Kallio, Sarah Hackett, Erica Halverson October 2016, 23 pp. Abstract: This paper describes how the idea of participatory culture can provide a robust model for thinking about emerging learning practices in digital media spaces, in and out of schools. Although schools implement technologies intended to improve achievement, technologies in the wild …
Authors: Steven M. Kimball, Herbert G. Heneman III, Robin Worth, Jessica Arrigoni, Daniel Marlin August 2016, 42 pp. Abstract: In the past several years, many Wisconsin school districts have initiated transformations to their teacher compensation systems. Although some state media coverage has focused on pay changes, few sources describe the variety and scope of compensation …
Authors: Bailey B. Smolarek, Matthew T. Hora August 2016, 26 pp. Abstract: Drawing on insights from culturally responsive K-12 education frameworks and dual process theory, this qualitative study explores the situated nature of reflective practice among postsecondary faculty and calls for increased critical awareness and institutional support. Through interviews with 21 California research university faculty, …
Authors: Bill Clune, Jared Knowles July 2016, 15 pp. Abstract: Since 2012, the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) has maintained a statewide predictive analytics system providing schools with an early warning in middle grades of students at risk for not completing high school. This paper identifies national models of predictive analytics systems in education, …
Authors: Ross J. Benbow, Erika Vivyan April 2016, 40 pp. Abstract: Building on findings showing that undergraduate computer science continues to have the highest attrition rates proportionally for women within postsecondary science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines — a phenomenon that defies basic social equity goals in a high-status field — this paper seeks to …
Authors: Ahyoung Alicia Kim, Akira Kondo, Mariana Castro March 2016, 22 pp. Abstract: Due to the increase in the number of preschool-aged dual language learners (DLLs), there is a need to understand their language development and how to better support them. Although DLLs’ language development has traditionally been studied from a structuralist perspective, few have …
Author: Aydin Bal December 2015, 35 pp. Abstract: This paper presents a framework for culturally responsive positive behavioral interventions and supports (CRPBIS). The CRPBIS framework aims to facilitate positive, supportive, inclusive and democratic school cultures through ecologically valid and sustainable systemic transformations led and owned by local stakeholders. This is the first framework that operationalizes …
Authors: Rich Halverson, Al Barnicle, Sarah Hackett, Tanushree Rawat, Julia Rutledge, Julie Kallio, Curt Mould, Janice Mertes December 2015, 30 pp. Abstract: Personalized learning places the interests and abilities of learners at the center of their education experience. Educators develop environments in which students and teachers build plans together to help learners achieve both interest-based …