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).


Improving Health Through the HIV/AIDS Curriculum

March 1, 2012

In AIDS-afflicted areas, the task of caring for ill parents or relatives often falls on children, and these responsibilities compel many students to drop out of school.


Douglas Harris on To The Point

February 28, 2012

Douglas Harris discussed public dissemination of teacher effectiveness scores (To The Point, KCRW.org, 28 Feb.).


VARC Collaborates with Tulsa Schools

February 27, 2012

The Value-Added Research project has entered Year 2 in a collaboration with the Tulsa Public Schools.


Rob Meyer in the NY Post

February 25, 2012

Rob Meyer comments on the system New York uses to evaluate Grade 4-8 teachers (NY Post, 25 Feb.).


Sara Goldrick-Rab in Marketplace

February 24, 2012

Sara Goldrick-Rab says just over half of full-time students at four-year colleges graduate in six years (Marketplace, 24 Feb.)