School of Education | University of Wisconsin–Madison
Author: Christopher A. Thorn April 2002, 13 pp. Abstract: Systemic efforts to implement data-based decision making at the school and classroom level face several challenges. First, most data available within district information systems are limited to what has been deemed important for the operational needs of schools and the district. Second, educational organizations have little …
Authors: Stephen N. Elliott, Ryan J. Kettler, Brian C. McKevitt April 2002, 21 pp. Abstract: The inclusion of students with disabilities in assessment is deemed critical to improve the quality of educational opportunities for these students and to provide meaningful and useful information about students’ performance to the schools and communities where they are educated. …
“Five-year-old boys with summer birthdays are rarely ready for kindergarten. They should spend another year at home or in nursery school.” You often hear that statement. But the suggestion is unsubstantiated by research, according to UW–Madison Education Professor Elizabeth Graue and Lehigh University’s James DiPerna. Their study challenges conventional wisdom about the value of redshirting and …