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IES Grant to Fund Doctoral Training Program

A $5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education will enhance UW-Madison's capacity to conduct high-quality research on practical questions in education and will help to prepare a new generation of scholars in the social sciences with expertise in the design, implementation, and statistical analysis of evidence on "what works" in education. The five-year grant will fund an interdisciplinary training program in the education sciences to be housed at WCER. Adam Gamoran, professor of sociology and educational policy studies and director of WCER, will direct the project. Funded by the Institute of Education Sciences, the program will accommodate 30 fellows from the disciplines of sociology, economics, psychology, political science, and social welfare. The faculty who will provide the training include 20 scholars from the social sciences, education, public affairs, and social work. The program will focus on two distinct themes: 1) the design and implementation of field-based randomized studies in schools and other complex settings; and 2) the statistical analysis of quantitative survey, observational, and assessment data on education, with special attention to questions of causal inference.