News from WCER
Evaluating Teacher Effectiveness
April 8, 2013
WCER researcher Sara Kraemer is leading an evaluation study of the Teacher Union Reform Network.
Grants Can Improve Student College Success
April 1, 2013
Financial aid has long been evaluated for its effectiveness at promoting college attendance. But the utility of college at promoting social mobility hinges on students completing years of college credits.
Factors that Affect Student Academic Growth
April 1, 2013
The Value-Added Research Center (VARC) develops ways to compare school performance in a fair and accurate way, whether the school is public or private, urban or suburban, large or small.
What, Exactly, is an “English Learner” Student?
March 25, 2013
Because no two students are alike, developing a common definition for “English learner” will be tough.
Supporting Dual Language Children
March 18, 2013
Early Dual Language Learners (children, ages birth through 5 years) have been learning more than one language since birth, or begin to learn another language after their home language is partially established.
Mathematics for Social Justice
March 11, 2013
Anita Wager is among educators who explore, develop, research, and/or teach mathematics for social change.
After First Anniversary, WCEPS Looks to the Future
March 4, 2013
When Matt Messinger became the Wisconsin Center for Educational Products and Services’ first executive director in 2011, he knew the nascent organization had the potential to pay great dividends back to the University of Wisconsin.
Raising English Learner Achievement in STEM Subjects
March 4, 2013
Elizabeth Cranley and colleagues at WIDA are helping classroom teachers to make core STEM content accessible to English Learner students (ELs) and to put them on the path to college and career readiness.
More Inclusion than Diversion
March 1, 2013
More than ever before, students have a variety of ways to benefit from higher education.
Programming Standing Up
February 25, 2013
Matthew Berland is developing software and high school curricula to teach engineering programming using mobile devices that will allow students to walk around and interact with each other as they develop programs for virtual robotics competitions.
WCER Hosts 2013 Conference on Engaged Research
February 21, 2013
The Wisconsin Center for Education Research hosted administrators from school districts across the state at its 2013 Conference on Engaged Research on Tuesday, Feb. 19.
Scaling Up Research in Philadelphia
February 19, 2013
A diverse and highly motivated team of educators and researchers met in Philadelphia in early February to begin a scale-up of the Families and Schools Together (FAST) program in Philadelphia Schools.
Virtual Internships Develop Engineering Skills
February 18, 2013
First-year engineering students are engaging in a computer-based virtual internship that simulates engineering professional practice.
Districts Climb to New Gains in WIDA’s LADDER Program
February 15, 2013
Catherine Fox, an English Language Learner (ELL) educator in the Rhode Island public school system, has experienced more than her fair share of professional development programs. Some have been helpful, she said. But most have been painfully frustrating, lacking either a cohesive structure or an adequate follow-through.
He Leaves Wisconsin to Winter in…Norway
February 12, 2013
In the early 1900s his grandparents left Norway to the live in the U.S. More than a century later, Paul Bredeson is back in Norway for a year of sharing about the education systems in both countries.
