As students, educators, and families prepare for the start of a new school year, experts from the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Education are available to share insights on some of the most pressing issues facing schools today. Their expertise spans topics including artificial intelligence in education, student mental health, teacher shortages, civic learning, college …
By Katie Grant, Office of Research & Scholarship Communications As concerns about rising college costs continue to drive higher education policy discussions, a new study by University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Education researcher Taylor Odle suggests that policies designed to limit tuition increases may not always achieve their intended results. In a newly published article in …
By Karen Rivedal, Office of Research & Scholarship Communications A new study led by UW–Madison education researchers offers one of the first detailed assessments of how K–12 teachers view the potential use of automated scoring and feedback of writing assignments by young multilingual learners. The study, published in Assessing Writing, “Educator perspectives on automated writing scoring and …
A new report from WIDA, housed in the School of Education’s Wisconsin Center for Education Research, was featured in Education Week. The report found that, for the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, English learners’ average English-language proficiency test scores did not decline. Instead, scores held steady or increased in most grade …
By Katie Grant, Office of Research & Scholarship Communications Deja Mason, project manager at the Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER), has been named to In Business Madison’s 40 Under 40, in recognition of her leadership, professional accomplishments, and community impact. Mason supports the Comprehensive Assessment of Leadership Learning/Equity-Centered Leadership (CALL-ECL) project, a major initiative focused on …
By Karen Rivedal, Office of Research & Scholarship Communications A timely infusion of bridge funding enabled UW–Madison program evaluators over the past year to sustain and expand crucial work supporting induction and mentoring programs for the state’s special education workforce. The replacement money, triggered by the loss of a federal grant, totaled $60,000 in matching …
By Karen Rivedal, Office of Research & Scholarship Communications UW–Madison Assistant Professor of Education Finance and Leadership Christopher Saldaña is part of a team that has been awarded a $75,000 Vision Grant from the Spencer Foundation to develop a major research initiative focused on improving how K–12 schools, districts, and community organizations coordinate resources to …
By Katie Grant, Office of Research & Scholarship Communications The Multilingual Learning Research Center (MLRC) at the Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER), University of Wisconsin–Madison, in partnership with the Educational Research and Action Platform (Plataforma de Investigación y Acción Educativa S.A. — PIASE), has been awarded a one-year Vision Grant from the Spencer Foundation to plan a major …
By Katie Grant, Office of Research & Scholarship The UW–Madison School of Education is proud to announce the selection of 18 projects for funding through the One School Innovation Fund, a competitive internal program designed to catalyze bold, collaborative research and scholarship across the arts, education, and health. Launched earlier this year by the Office …
By Karen Rivedal, Office of Research & Scholarship WCER researchers recently offered a behind-the-scenes look at why and how they built a Gemini‑based AI tool to help them make sense of a vast array of complex data collected over five years as part of a national project to develop equity-centered school leadership. In a spring …