News from WCER
VARC Research Presented at This Week’s AEFP Conference
March 21, 2011
This week researchers from WCER’s Value-Added Research Center will present at the annual meeting of the Association for Education Finance and Policy.
Teachers’ Changing Beliefs about Engineering Learning and Instruction
March 15, 2011
More K-12 educators are participating in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) professional development activities.
Teaching Assessment for Teacher Human Capital Management
March 14, 2011
A new Working Paper compares seven prominent systems for assessing teaching practice.
Increasing Community College Student Success
March 7, 2011
Educators often attribute poor completion rates in community colleges to numerous ‘deficiencies’ that students bring with them.
Applying Insights from Faculty Teaching Practices
February 28, 2011
Policymakers and educators engaged in pedagogical reform in math and science seek to better understand teaching practices in colleges and universities.
Educational Games for Personalized Medicine
February 21, 2011
Personalized medicine, particularly in the area of diabetes education, benefit from games and simulations.
Reclaiming Assessment
February 15, 2011
Effective assessment practices are more likely to take place in schools with higher achievement.
Bolstering Achievement at Minority Serving Institutions
February 14, 2011
Clifton Conrad and colleague Marybeth Gasman study “models of success” that help students finish their degrees at minority-serving institutions.
Value-Added Measures in Education: What Every Educator Needs to Know
February 7, 2011
In a newly published book, Douglas Harris sets out to help educators and policy makers understand the complex subject of value-added measurement.
Managing the Human Resource System in Schools
January 31, 2011
A new book by Allan Odden offers a comprehensive and strategic approach to address what is known as "talent and human capital."
Evaluating Literacy Instruction in Milwaukee
January 24, 2011
Staff from the Value-Added Research Center are evaluating The Milwaukee Community Literacy Project (MCLP).
Comparing Adequacy Across 50 States
January 15, 2011
Until now, no one has tried to estimate the costs of educational adequacy across all 50 states using a common method applied in a consistent manner. UW-Madison education professor Allan Odden and colleagues have realized that goal.
Research Into Practice
January 10, 2011
WCER researcher Susan Millar works to harness the power of computer games to help diabetes patients better manage their illness.
Games and Simulations in Informal Science Education
January 3, 2011
Video games and simulations have emerged as an important cultural and educational medium.
Scientific Collaboration and Cyberinfrastructure
December 27, 2010
School districts are building data systems and infrastructure to handle the complex requirements of data-driven decision making.
