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Project Publications

Current Projects

The Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (CIRTL) offers articles and reports in PDF, Word, and HTML format.

CoMPASS project Bibliography of articles and conference presentations (HTML).

The Coordination, Consultation, and Evaluation (CCE) Center provides working papers, technical documents (PDF), etc.

The Culture, Cognition and Evaluation of STEM Higher Education Reform (CCHER) Project is a mixed-methods longitudinal study designed to examine and describe the factors that shape faculty teaching practices in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) disciplines. 

Data-Driven Instructional Systems
(DDIS) posts the project's original grant proposal, working papers, papers by PI Rich Halverson, and links to data-driven instructional resources (HTML, PDF).

DELTA Program in Research, Teaching, and Learning Papers and guidebooks (PDF, Word).

Early Child Care & After-School Care Bibliography of publications and conference presentations (HTML).

FLARE Formative Language Assessment Records for ELLs in Secondary Schools. Presentations and publications (PDF).

Interdisciplinary Training Program in the Education Sciences Course syllabi and papers (PDF, FlashPaper).

MSAN Minority Student Achievement Network. Student and network publications and conference presentations.

Mobilizing STEM Education for a Sustainable Future. Project descriptions and meeting publications.

Socio-Technical Environment for Learning and Learning-Activity Research (STELLAR) Bibliographies of grants, published papers, and presentations (HTML), with some links to full-text documents.

System-wide Change for All Learners and Educators Research papers, progress reports, technical documents.

Teaching Enhanced Anchored Mathematics (TEAM) Bibliography of publications and presentations (HTML).

Understanding and Cultivating the Transition from Arithmetic to Algebraic Reasoning Papers, reports, and publications (PDF).

Value-Added Research Center (VARC) Briefs, PowerPoint presentations, and working papers (HTML, 
PDF, PowerPoint)

Completed Projects

Brief to Principals (1991-1995) was published by the Center on Organization and Restructuring of Schools, which completed its work in August, 1996.

Center for the Study of Systemic Reform in Milwaukee Public Schools (2000-2004) Technical reports, conference presentations (PDF, Word).

Center on English Learning and Achievement (CELA) (1995-2004) (Click on Publications) Books, research articles, newsletters, booklets, briefs, reports (HTML, PDF).

The Comprehensive Center-Region VI (CC-VI) has a number of online publications (from 1995-2005) which include the CC-VI Newsletter (formerly known as the CC-VI Forum) and REFORM TALK, a publication addressing topics of concern and interest to educators involved in schools. 

Digital Insight (1999-2005) Conference paper (Word, PowerPoint); link to electronic journal article.

Families and Schools Together (FAST) Bibliography of FAST publications, research materials and reports (HTML, PDF).

Issues in Restructuring Schools (1991-1995), also published by the Center on Organization and Restructuring of Schools, discusses how organizational features of schools can be changed to increase students' intellectual and social competence.

LEAD Center
Learning through Evaluation, Adaptation, and Dissemination (LEAD) Center has worked with faculty and program administrators at UW-Madison and nationwide to evaluate the impact and improve the strategies of hundreds of educational programs. This page includes links to Project Reports, External Publications, and Tools/Resources.

National Center for Improving Student Learning and Achievement in Mathematics and Science (NCISLA; 1996-2004)
Features, research briefs, newsletters, center bibliography, reports, articles and chapters, books, presentations, center bibliography (PDF).

National Institute for Science Education (1995-2001) Occasional papers, workshop reports and proceedings, research monographs, briefs (PDF).

The Mathematics for Parents newsletter was provided to classroom teachers to be sent home with children during the school year. The newsletter was designed as an extension of the Cognitively Guided Instruction (CGI) program.

Professional Development to Build Organizational Capacity in Low Achieving Schools (1996-2000) Reports (HTML, Word).

Research Institute on Secondary Education Reform for Youth with Disabilities (RISER) (1997-2003) Briefs, references (PDF, HTML).

Secondary Teacher Education Project (eSTEP) (1999-2002) Articles, book chapters, conference presentations (PDF).

Study of the Impact of Statewide Systemic Initiatives (1999-2004) Technical reports, conference papers (PDF, PowerPoint, HTML).

Testing Accommodations Research (1999-2002) Papers, conference presentations (PDF, HTML, PowerPoint, Word).