Stephen Ponisciak was a 2010 First Place winner in the area of Oustanding Planning, Policy, or Management Research from the American Educational Research Association Division H (Research, Evaluation, and Assessment in Schools)

Rob Meyer has been honored with a 2010 Academic Staff Excellence Award in recognition of excellence in research by an independent investigator. Winners were recognized by the Academic Staff Assembly on April 12 and honored at a reception with University of Wisconsin Chancellor Biddy Martin.

Amy McIntosh, New York City Department of Education Chief Talant Officer, discusses VARC’s contribution to the district’s teacher data initiative (New York City Department of Education website).

Accountability and Performance in Secondary Education in the Milwaukee Public Schools

This two-year grant, received from the U.S. Department of Education and administered by the Council of the Great City Schools, uses Milwaukee Public School (MPS) middle and high school transcript data to develop an "Early Warning" system to identify students at high risk of dropping out. Parallel tracks of work involved with the project include the development of an "on-time" indicator of student progress each year and the expansion of the existing MPS system of value-added performance to the high school level.

Contact

Bradley Carl
Phone: (608) 263-3040
Office: 798 Ed Sciences
brcarl@wisc.edu