Geoffrey Borman and Adam Gamoran are testing experimentally the impact on student achievement of a content-rich, systemic intervention in teacher development for elementary school science.

A new Working Paper provides guidance on how states might establish benchmarks for progress in annual measurable achivement objectives and English attainment policies.

A new project within the Consortium for Policy Research in Education (CPRE) seeks to improve the quality of teaching and learning in K-12 classrooms by improving the strategic management of human capital in public school districts.

Over the past decade WCER's Value-Added Research Center has collaborated with the Milwaukee Public Schools.

The National Science Foundation's National Endeavor project seeks to reenergize science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education in U.S. colleges and universities.

The WIDA project welcomes South Dakota as the 17th state to adopt ACCESS for ELLs.

Eric Knuth and colleagues are editing a book on teaching and learning mathematical proofs at different grade levels.

Print copies of the WIDA English Language Proficience Standards and Recourse Guide, 2007 Edition, are now available.

Several dissertations have been completed in WCER's Interdisciplinary Training Program in Education Sciences.

Surveys are commonly used to measure instruction in education research. Authors Eric Camburn and Seong Won Han have identified critical gaps in research from the last 20 years.

Educators in many districts are challeneged to adapt instruction for students who are English Language Learners (ELLs).

WCER and the Council of Chief State School Officers are collaborating to improve methods of analyzing the alignment of instruction to assessments and standards for English Language Learners.

As much as possible, school districts seek to allocate their resources so that they link to improved student achivement.

A new study seeks to reframe engineering education as a set of developmental experiences that could attract more people, and a more diverse group of people, into the engineering profession.

The SCALE mathematics and science partnership has posted a new progress report and an evaluator's report.

Recent calls to improve preservice teacher education have prompted policymakers and others to rethink models of instructional improvement and teacher preparation.

Reaching All Students: A Resource Book for Teaching in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) contains a wealth of articles for instructors in STEM fields.