News from WCER
Examining the Impacts of Need-Based Aid
February 4, 2013
In a new Working Paper Sara Goldrick-Rab and colleagues examine the impacts of a private need-based college financial aid program among first-year Pell Grant recipients at 13 public Wisconsin universities.
Encouraging More Students to Pursue Engineering
January 28, 2013
Millions of students visit museum exhibits each year.
Supporting English Learners through Technology Systems
January 22, 2013
Students who are English Language Learners, and their teachers, will benefit from a new assessment system being developed by the 30-state WIDA consortium (World-Class Instructional Design and Assessment).
Games Based Assessment: Capturing Evidence of Learning in Play
January 20, 2013
UW–Madison education professor Richard Halverson believes that learning scientists and assessment designers can, and should, develop methods for using games to assess student progress.
Upping Value-Added Knowledge in Northeast Wisconsin
January 15, 2013
Sean McLaughlin is a rare breed. As a self-proclaimed data geek, that McLaughlin is comfortable interpreting a screen full of graphs, charts, and numbers does not come as a surprise.
Where Students are Trilingual and Serious about Learning
January 14, 2013
As a trainer for Families and Schools Together, Chris Daniel is accustomed to flying here and there. But Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan were new territory.
Creating Dynamic Digital Text for STEM Instruction
January 14, 2013
Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) instruction in schools and colleges still tends to be static.
How Does Early Algebra Effect Students’ Algebra-Readiness?
January 7, 2013
It’s generally agreed that students should experience a long-term, sustained algebra education beginning in the elementary grades.
$15 Million Grant to Improve Student Achievement
January 2, 2013
More than 4,000 students and their families will be better prepared for success in school thanks to a new initiative based at WCER.
Visualizing Regional Climate Change
December 26, 2012
Sandra Rutherford and colleagues work to improve climate literacy in the Great Lakes region.
Professional Speaking: CEW’s Careers Conference 2013 to Discuss Careers in Rapidly Changing World
December 20, 2012
Career development begins at birth. By kindergarten, kids are already imagining the job they want when they grow up. Once they’re adults, dreams of a great job and fulfilling career only get more intense.
Implementing a Workflow Visualization System
December 18, 2012
Educators need data systems that will better document the implementation history of complex cyberlearning interventions, including their contexts, rationale, iterations and outcomes.
Value-Added Measurement: What It Is and Is Not
December 15, 2012
Whether we’re measuring teacher skills or school performance, value-added evaluation continues to shape our definition of successful education.
Assessment Design and Presidential Palaces in Kazakhstan
December 13, 2012
David Williamson Shaffer visited Kazakhstan in September to deliver the keynote address at the International Association for Educational Assessment (IAEA) 2012 conference.
Engineering Success
December 12, 2012
It’s not common to see a graduate student participating in a National Science Foundation review panel. Consider Golnaz Arastoopour an outlier.
