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.)


Gary Cook in Education Week

February 22, 2012

Gary Cook and colleagues have produced a a guidebook for the U.S. ED Department to help states set new proficiency standards and academic-achievement targets for English-language learners (Education Week, 22 February).


Improving Evaluations for Teachers and Principals

February 20, 2012

Steve Kimball and WCER colleagues are working with the Department of Public Instruction’s Educator Effectiveness Design Team to develop frameworks for teacher and principal evaluation.


Timothy Boals in The Guardian

February 14, 2012

Timothy Boals discusses the challenges of educating a growing number of students who are English Language Learners (The Guardian, 14 Feb.).


Network Promotes Climate Science

February 13, 2012

Sandra Rutherford and colleagues are working to advance discovery and understanding of climate science


Team Teaching Practices Affect Value-Added Measurements

February 12, 2012

Schools can be closed. Compensation for teachers and principals can be affected.


Madeline Hafner on Madison.com

February 7, 2012

MSAN Director Madeline Hafner comments on a new plan to close the achievement gap in Madison schools (Madison.com, 7 Feb.).