Assessing Teaching Practice
April 15, 2012
Done well, evaluation of teacher performance has the potential to improve student achievement. Done indifferently, it has the potential to stagnate student achievement.
Cultural Brokering Stresses Students, Families
April 9, 2012
When families immigrate to the U.S. with limited English skills, parents often ask their children to translate newspapers, bills, rental agreements, and notes from school.
Adam Gamoran on the Isthmus.com
April 4, 2012
Adam Gamoran says the achievement gap is the greatest challenge that all urban school districts face (Isthmus.com, 4 April).
Nudging Faculty Toward Interactive Teaching
April 2, 2012
Higher education faculty observe implicit and explicit norms for things like course content and instructional autonomy.
Assessment Services Supporting ELs through Technology Systems
March 26, 2012
A new technology-based assessment system for English language learners will measure student progress in attaining the academic English necessary to succeed in school and, ultimately, post-secondary studies and work.
Geoffrey Borman in Education Week
March 22, 2012
Geoffrey Borman and colleagues have found that students from data-driven-reform districts outperformed their control-group counterparts by approximately 8 percentile points in math and 5 percentile points in reading (Education Week, 22 Feb.).
Allan Odden in the Education Gadfly
March 21, 2012
Allan Odden recommends that teacher salary schedules replace 'years of experience' with metrics that reflect a teacher’s instructional expertise and impact on student learning (Education Gadfly, 21 March)
Adam Gamoran in the Badger Herald
March 20, 2012
Adam Gamoran comments on Wisconsin's high school graduation rate and how to turn around low performing schools (Badger Herald, 20 March)
Achieve Excellence Despite Budget Cuts
March 19, 2012
A new book by Allan Odden shows how to maintain school excellence while overcoming budget cuts.
Data-driven Reform Efforts can Improve Achievement Significantly
March 15, 2012
Information is power. And good information empowers educators to improve teaching and student learning.
Nathan Unveils Computing Education Research Group
March 12, 2012
Education Professor Mitchell Nathan has led the development of a new section in AERA (American Educational Research Association) for engineering and computer science.
Douglas Harris in the Huffington Post
March 7, 2012
Douglas Harris says publishing teachers' value added scores is ill-conceived (Huffington Post, 7 March).
Spanish Academic Language Standards & Assessment
March 5, 2012
WIDA staff are collaborating with the Illinois State Board of Education to develop and implement academic Spanish language development standards for students in pre-kindergarten through 12th grade.
Sara Goldrick-Rab on Madison.com
March 2, 2012
Sara Goldrick-Rab takes issue with the idea that "some kids just aren’t college material" (Madison.com, 2 March).
Douglas Harris in Gotham Schools,
March 1, 2012
Douglas Harris says teacher value-added ratings might best be used to give low-rated teachers more training or principal observations (Gotham Schools, 1 March).
