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).
Allan Odden on WyomingNews.com
January 21, 2011
Allan Odden is helping Wyoming lawmakers set up a statewide system to measure school accountability (WyomingNews.com, 21 Jan.).
Richard Halverson on the Journal Sentinel
January 15, 2011
Richard Halverson says instructional materials in digital form will allow schools to choose their resources from multiple vendors that best fit their needs, rather than depending on the monolithic textbooks (Journal Sentinel, 15 Jan.).
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.
