WCER Working Papers
The WCER Working Paper Series shares research in progress, early findings, and methodological developments from WCER researchers. These papers are intended to support timely dissemination and encourage discussion among researchers, practitioners, and policymakers.
This series reflects WCER’s commitment to advancing knowledge and supporting evidence-informed decision making.
WCER accepts submissions from UW–Madison researchers with a connection to the WCER mission.
Browse the WCER working papers below, dating back to 2020, covering a wide range of topics investigated by WCER researchers and others at UW–Madison advancing education research.
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Evidence-Based Practice: Promoting Evidence-Based Interventions in School Psychology
Authors: Thomas R. Kratochwill, Elisa Steele Shernoff December 2003, 24 pp. Abstract: We present an overview of issues related to evidence-based practice and the role that the school psychology profession can play in developing and disseminating evidence-based interventions (EBIs).…
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Final Report on the Study of the Impact of the Statewide Systemic Initiatives
Authors: Norman L. Webb, Iris R. Weiss Volume 1: September 2003, 270 pp. Volume 2: September 2003, 302 pp. Abstract: In an effort to evaluate the impact of the Statewide Systemic Initiatives (SSIs) on student achievement and the lessons…
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Portrait of the Oxford Design Studio: An Ethnography of Design Pedagogy
Author: David Williamson Shaffer September 2003, 33 pp. Abstract: This ethnographic study explores the underlying structure of the design practices in the Oxford Studio, a design studio course taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Department of Architecture. The…
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Creating a Research Community in Mathematics Education
Author: Thomas A. Romberg August 2003, 42 pp. Abstract: This paper presents evidence for the emergence of a research community in mathematics education by contrasting work in the field in the 1960s with current work across six features of…
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Effect of an Internet-Based Multimedia Teacher Development Program in Enhancing Teachers’ Assessment Literacy
Authors: Nan Huai, Jeffery P. Braden, Jennifer White, Stephen N. Elliott July 2003, 32 pp. Abstract: This study examined the effectiveness of Assessing One and All (AOA), a web-based teacher professional development program. AOA was designed to enhance practicing…
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The Use of Recommended and Provided Testing Accommodations
Authors: Deitra Gibson, Frances B. Haeberli, Todd A. Glover, Elizabeth A. Witter July 2003, 29 pp. Abstract: Testing accommodations used in students’ individualized education programs (IEPs) or recommended by classroom teachers were investigated. Three domains of testing accommodations are…
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Effects of Testing Accommodations on Math and Reading Scores: An Experimental Analysis of the Performance of Fourth- and Eighth-Grade Students With and Without Disabilities
Authors: Ryan J. Kettler, Bradley C. Niebling, Andrew A. Mroch, Elizabeth S. Feldman, Markeda L. Newell June 2003, 19 pp. Abstract: The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of testing accommodations on the mathematics and reading…
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Pedagogical Praxis: The Professions as Models for Learning in the Age of the Smart Machine
Author: David Williamson Shaffer June 2003, 18 pp. Abstract: Successful curricula are not collections of isolated elements; rather, effective learning environments function as coherent systems (Brown & Campione, 1996; see also Papert, 1980; Shaffer, 1998). The theory of pedagogical…
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Value-Added Indicators: Do They Make an Important Difference? Evidence From the Milwaukee Public Schools
Author: Robert H. Meyer April 2003, 15 pp. Abstract: This paper draws on mathematics achievement data from Milwaukee middle school students to illustrate the value-added approach to estimating school performance. Value-added indicators differ from traditional attainment indicators such as…
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Secondary Classroom Teachers’ Views on Inclusion
Authors: M. Bruce King, Peter Youngs April 2003, 16 pp. Abstract: Since the fall of 1999, the Research Institute on Secondary Education Reform for Youth with Disabilities (RISER) has studied inclusion and instructional reform in four U.S. secondary schools.…
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