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We are a community of evaluators with diverse content and methodological expertise from across UW-Madison’s School of Education. Find us on Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, Threads, X, and YouTube @WECuwmadison.
We are so proud to see our WEC colleague, Christine Bell, participating in the upcoming UW-Madison Educational Leadership & Policy Analysis (ELPA) Career Panel: Professional Pathways in Higher Ed Policy, Research, & Evaluation!
Check out the flyer for more details:
increasing specialized training in early literacy. By giving volunteers better tools in phonics and reading science, we can help them support students even more effectively. (3/3)
Read the full article on our work here: go.wisc.edu/5722jh
📈 The Finding: Students who received tutoring showed real progress, with 50-60% improving on district tests (higher than their non-tutored peers).
🚀 The Recommendation: To turn that growth into even greater success, our colleague Grant Sim
recommends a crucial next step: (2/3)
How can we help Madison’s volunteer tutors make an even bigger impact?
The Cap Times recently covered our evaluation of the Schools of Hope program. While the headlines often focus on proficiency gaps, our data tells an encouraging story of growth: (1/3)
It is a vital step toward more ethical and equitable evaluation practices.
Check out the first article below and stay tuned for more papers in this series over the coming months!
📄 Read the Intro: buff.ly/1VTz95j
👋 Meet the Editors: buff.ly/127yQ5A (3/3)
As an Editor for the Ethics, Values & Culture Section, she has co-authored the introduction to a new 4-part series on Positionality.
This series challenges evaluators to look inward and ask: "How does my identity influence my work?" (2/3)
🔗Read the findings on the challenges and solutions facing our rural districts: go.wisc.edu/33lg8j (2/2)
How are teacher shortages shaping education in #rural #Wisconsin?
A new working paper co-authored by WEC Co-Director Dr. Brad Carl explores the explosion of emergency licenses and the effort to build a stronger educator pipeline. (1/2)
Big News for the Evaluation Community! 📢
We are proud to share that WEC team member Dr. Nicole Bowman is helping lead a critical conversation in the American Journal of Evaluation. (1/3)
It features over 100 vetted resources from Indigenous evaluators in North America and New Zealand, offering a roadmap for anyone—Indigenous or non-Indigenous—who wants to do this work with integrity and respect.
Instead of a traditional A-Z list, Dr. Bowman and co-author Dr. Claire Bjork organized this bibliography using the Seven Directions Indigenous Framework.
🚨 New Resource Alert!
If you are looking for the definitive guide to Indigenous Evaluation, this is it. We are thrilled to share that WEC evaluator Dr. Nicole Bowman has published "Indigenous Systems of Evaluation" with Oxford Bibliographies. (1/2)
👉 Check it out here: go.wisc.edu/627609
The new 21st Century Community Learning Centers Annual Report is out, showcasing how Wisconsin students are finding safe and enriching spaces to learn and connect beyond the school day. (1/2)
🔗 Read the full summary and report here: go.wisc.edu/0t2v90
While many districts tried "merit pay" experiments a decade ago, Steve explains why most have quietly gone back to traditional models. From administrative headaches to worries about fairness, the experiment taught us a lot about what teachers actually value in their compensation. (2/2)
Have you heard the latest from WPR? 📻
Our own Dr. Steve Kimball joined Wisconsin Today to talk about a trend that might surprise you: Wisconsin schools are largely rejecting performance-based pay for teachers. 🎧 Listen here: go.wisc.edu/0a2o94 (1/2)
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To the many schools, teachers, administrators, community members, programs, and more, we are so fortunate to work with. We are grateful for another year of your partnership. (1/2)
New reporting from details how "Grow Your Own" programs and strategic hiring are closing the gap. We are proud to provide the data that helps tell this story!
📖 Read the full story: captimes.com/news/educati...
We love seeing our team’s work in print! 📝👏
Check out the latest issue of the Wisconsin Medical Journal for a new article featuring contributions from WEC’s Christine Bell, Dan Marlin, and Dr. Anthony Hernandez. (1/2)
🔗 Read the full findings here: wmjonline.org/124no3/alsto...
We're proud of our WEC team member Molly for receiving the support of Ascendium Education Group to attend the 2025 Conference of SREE, Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness...and to be in the company of such amazing scholars.
Hey evaluators and friends, will you be traveling to Kansas City for this year's American Evaluation Association conference? If so, please join us for today's following sessions:
Learn more here: www.evaluationconference.org
Hey evaluators and friends, traveling to Kansas City for this year's American Evaluation Association conference? If so, please join us for today's session:
✴️ Intergenerational Spaces for Building Collective Evaluation Competencies
5:30pm-7:30pm
Learn more here: www.evaluationconference.org
If you missed our presentation at the Wisconsin Association of School District Administrators (#WASDA) on "Supporting School Principals: Elevating Principals’ Impact With Updated Leadership Tools" —or want to revisit the material— the slides are now available! (1/3)
Beyond student outcomes, what is the impact of a program on educators themselves?
Our SURGE Final Evaluation Report for Milwaukee Public Schools uncovered a powerful emergent finding: the program helped teachers rediscover their passion for the profession. (1/4)
We are thrilled at the opportunity to share results from the first year of our evaluation of WIDA's professional learning offerings!
Learn more about the ways WIDA is empowering our educators here: wida.wisc.edu/grow
Dive into the full report to explore all our findings on student identification, cluster grouping, STEM instruction, and the sustainability of this vital work in addressing the excellence gap: wec.wceruw.org/documents/WE...
#wecuwmadison#culturalresponsiveness #STEM#evaluation #sustainability (4/4)
Over 57% of participants reported feeling "very prepared" to sustain SURGE practices after the grant concluded (see Figure 14, pg 45).
This powerful finding speaks to the deep impact of the professional development, the empowerment of educators, and lasting change created by the SURGE project.(3/4)
A major focus of the project's final year was sustainability. As we asked participating educators about their readiness to continue the program's equity-focused work, the results were inspiring. (2/4)
What happens when grant funding ends? It's a critical question for any project. We're proud to share a key finding from our SURGE Final Evaluation Report for Milwaukee Public Schools. (1/4)
It’s a fascinating look at the long-term impact of a major policy change on our schools and educators.
Check out the full working paper here: wcer.wisc.edu/docs/working... (3/3)
#Education #TeacherPay #Wisconsin #Act10 #EdPolicy