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.


Sara Goldrick-Rab in Inside Higher Ed

February 17, 2011

Sara Goldrick-Rab finds that high school graduates of lower socioeconomic status are more likely to delay college and to experience longer gaps, and are less likely to graduate (Inside Higher Ed, 17 Feb.)


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.


Steve Kimball in the Wisconsin State Journal

February 13, 2011

Steve Kimball says some reform ideas proposed now by a state teachers' union could have helped win Race to the Top funds (Wisconsin State Journal, 13 Feb.).


Madeline Hafner in the Capital Times

February 9, 2011

Minority Student Achievement Network director Madeline Hafner comments on the Madison's school district's efforts to close the achievement gap (Capital Times, 9 Feb.).


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."


John Rudolph on the Journal Sentinel

January 26, 2011

John Rudolph comments on Wisconsin's performance in the recent National Assessment of Educational Progress (Journal Sentinel, 26 Jan.)


Beth Graue in the Badger Herald

January 26, 2011

Beth Graue counters arguments from a Wisconsin state senator who wants to end the expansion of 4-year-old kindergarten (Badger Herald, 25 Jan.)


Douglas Harris in Education Week

January 26, 2011

Douglas Harris discusses how economists and educators can find common ground in the debate over value-added assessment (Education Week, 26 Jan., registration required).


Evaluating Literacy Instruction in Milwaukee

January 24, 2011

Staff from the Value-Added Research Center are evaluating The Milwaukee Community Literacy Project (MCLP).