Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER), located in
Madison, Wisconsin
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, United States, is an education research center founded in 1964 as a branch of the
School of Education
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at the
University of Wisconsin–Madison
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. WCER currently has
extramural funding of approximately $40 million, and is home to over 500 faculty, staff, graduate and undergraduate students who are engaged in more than 100 research projects that investigate a variety of topics in education.
Mission
Throughout its history, WCER has maintained a commitment to improving
American education by studying varied learning environments and interventions and their effects on students. Of primary concern to this mission has been the question of how educational processes and social policy can best meet the needs of students from different cultural and educational backgrounds. WCER researchers have continually asked how educational "best practices" can be made more efficient, better supported, more strategic, and thus easier to implement.
Research projects
ALTELLA - Alternate English Language Learning Assessment ProjectC2L - Contextualize to LearnCALL - Comprehensive Assessment of Leadership for LearningCCHER - Culture, Cognition, and Evaluation of STEM Higher Education ReformCCWT - Center for Research on College-Workforce TransitionsThe Discussion ProjectCEE - Center for Ethics in EducationCIMER - Center for the Improvement of Mentored Experiences in ResearchCIRTL – Center for the Integration of Research, Training and LearningCRECE - Center for Research on Early Childhood EducationEpistemic AnalyticsField DayFortalezas FamiliaresFamily-School-Community AllianceEMPOWERThe Institute for Innovative AssessmentILDL - Interactive Learning & Design LabITP - Interdisciplinary Training Program in Education SciencesThe LEAD Center - Learning through Evaluation, Adaption, and DisseminationLearning, Cognition, and Development LabMEP - Madison Education PartnershipMSAN – Minority Student Achievement NetworkNSIA - National Study of Intercollegiate AthleticsRERIC - Rural Education Research & Implementation CenterSchool Mental Health CollaborativeStudy of Children's ThinkingTDOP - Teaching Dimensions Observation Protocol*
ttp://wcerfellows.wceruw.org/ WCER Fellows ProgramWEC - Wisconsin Evaluation CollaborativeWei LAB – Wisconsin’s Equity and Inclusion LaboratoryWIDAVETWAYS - The Veteran Education to Workforce Affinity and Success StudyWCER Clinical Program
Notable faculty
Courtney Bellbecame the director of WCER in 2020.
* Former WCER Director
Adam Gamoran, is the president of th
William T. Grant Foundation He remains the John D. MacArthur Professor of Sociology and Educational Policy Studies.
*
Gloria Ladson-Billings
Gloria Jean Ladson-Billings (born 1947) is an American pedagogical theorist and teacher educator known for her work in the fields of culturally relevant pedagogy and critical race theory, and the pernicious effects of systemic racism and economi ...
is an American pedagogical theorist and teacher educator on the faculty of the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Education. She is known, among other things, for her groundbreaking work in the fields of Culturally Relevant Pedagogy and
Critical race theory.
References
University of Wisconsin School of EducationWisconsin Center for Education Products and Services"Report: Wisconsin above average in SAT, AP scores" ''Badger Herald''"WCER’s Web site is reviewed favorably by the Internet Scout Project."
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