Office of Research & Scholarship Communications A new journal article co-authored by Matthew Wolfgram, a researcher at the Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER) in UW–Madison’s School of Education, argues that participatory action research offers a powerful and ethical framework for engaging refugees in higher education and improving services for refugee communities. Published in Cultural and …
Office of Research & Scholarship Communications Researchers from the Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER) at the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s School of Education and partner Universities of Wisconsin campuses have published new findings that explore how instructors and advisors support HMoob (Hmong)* students in STEM fields amid changing political and institutional conditions. The new study, “Researching, …
By Karen Rivedal, Office of Research & Scholarship Communications A study team led by UW–Madison education researcher Michal Avera Samuel will use a $45,300 private grant to examine how parents of Black-Jewish children support identity and belonging in early childhood — with findings to help Jewish educators build more inclusive and affirming learning environments for …
By Katie Grant, Office of Research & Scholarship Communications The Center for the Improvement of Mentored Experiences in Research (CIMER), a center within the Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER) at the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s School of Education, has received the 2026 Margo Murray Award for Excellent Results in Mentoring at the Societal Level from the International Mentoring …
By Katie Grant, Office of Research & Scholarship Communications A new annotated bibliography published by Oxford Bibliographies in Education is reshaping how scholars and practitioners approach evaluation in Indigenous contexts — centering Indigenous knowledge systems, ethical practices, and global perspectives. Among its authors is Nicole Bowman (Lunaape/Mohican), a researcher with the Wisconsin Evaluation Collaborative (WEC) at the …
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 …