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).

Center for Value-Added Research in the Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS)

For the past seven years WCER staff have worked with Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) district staff to develop their capacity to analyze and make full use of data on students and schools. Rob Meyer and Gary Cook provide technical direction to the district on research issues.

This project funds the work of an "embedded researcher" who splits time between WCER and the Division of Research and Assessment at MPS, and conducts program evaluations and research involving key MPS initiatives and district improvement efforts. Examples of work conducted to date include evaluations of MPS summer school programs, a single-gender classroom initiative at an MPS middle school, and the MPS/Milwaukee Recreation Arts Partnership program. Ongoing work includes the establishment of a postsecondary tracking system for MPS graduates and an evaluation of year-round and extended-year schooling options in MPS.

Contact

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