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VETWAYS Explores Social Support Networks for Student Military Across the Country
Current and former members of the military tend to thrive in higher education when service providers reach out to them early and when faculty members recognize the breadth of experience they bring…
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New WIDA Report Finds Post-Pandemic English Learner Proficiency Scores Continue to Drop
A new report from WCER’s WIDA, the third in an annual series, examines aggregate trends in English learner (EL) proficiency and growth since the pandemic. Titled “Examining English Learner Testing, Proficiency, and Growth:…
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Field Day’s Media Literacy Game Featured in Story From Wisconsin Public Radio, PBS Wisconsin
A story by ‘Wisconsin Life’ contributor Christina Lieffring titled “Choose your own journalism adventure: Teaching media literacy with ‘Headlines and High Water’” on April 9 puts readers, viewers and listeners ringside while students in a class…
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UW–Madison’s Halverson and Saldaña Secure $2 Million From Wallace Foundation for Equity-Centered School Leadership Research
A new research project led by two School of Education faculty members will develop new ways to measure the process and outcomes of equity-centered leadership in schools. The project, called Comprehensive Assessment of…
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WEC’s Nicole Bowman Guest-Edits Special Issue of New Directions for Evaluation
Wisconsin Evaluation Collaborative (WEC) evaluator/associate scientist Nicole R. Bowman is one of four guest editors of a special issue of the quarterly journal, New Directions for Evaluation. Bowman, an expert in culturally responsive evaluation (CRE) and…
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New MEP Reports Examine Second Year of MMSD’s Full-Day 4K Program
Two new reports from the Madison Education Partnership (MEP) look at differences in the experiences of students enrolled in full-day and half-day four-year-old kindergarten (4K) in the Madison Metropolitan School District (MMSD) during the…
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WCER Researchers Win School of Education Award for Community-Engaged Scholarship
WCER researchers Bailey Smolarek and Matthew Wolfgram are this year’s winners of the UW–Madison School of Education’s Award for Community-Engaged Scholarship. As leaders of the Student-Engaged Participatory Action Research Center at the Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER), Smolarek…
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UW–Madison evaluator Nicole Bowman Named one of Wisconsin’s Most Influential Native American Leaders
Nicole Bowman, an associate scientist and evaluator with WCER’s Wisconsin Evaluation Collaborative (WEC), and a traditional community member and citizen of the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of the Mohican Nation in Wisconsin, has been named one of the…
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UW–Madison School of Education to Boost Special Education Teacher Workforce in Milwaukee With New Initiative
A new partnership between the UW–Madison School of Education and Milwaukee Public Schools aims to combat a shortage of special education teachers in one of the state’s most high-needs school districts by…
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What is a Cognitive Lab and How Does it Work? WIDA Researcher Mark Chapman Explains
A lot of work goes into developing an assessment. At WIDA and the Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL), teams of language testing experts manage all stages of the test development process, from…
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