ITP: Interdisciplinary Training Program in the Education Sciences ITP: Interdisciplinary Training Program in the Education Sciences
at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

Student Publications 2005-2010

(Alphabetical by student name, highlighted)

An, B. P. & Gamoran, A. (2009). Trends in school racial composition in the era of unitary status. In From the Courtroom to the Classroom: The Shifting Landscape of School Desegregation, eds. Claire Smrekar and Ellen Goldring, 19-48. MA: Harvard Education Press.

An, B. P. (2010). The relations between race, family characteristics, and where students apply to college. Social Science Research, 39 (2):310-323..

Goldrick-Rab, S. & Benson, J. (2005, April 6). Are community colleges like towns? Not really [Letter to the editor]. Education Week 24 (30): 38.

Borman, G. D., Benson, J., & Overman, L. T. (2005). Families, schools and summer learning. Elementary School Journal 106: 131-150.

Goldrick-Rab, S., & Benson, J. (2006, March). Access Wisconsin: An Exploration of college-going in the context of high school and district characteristics. Forum Paper Series. Madison: University of Wisconsin–Madison, Wisconsin Center for the Advancement of Postsecondary Education.

Borman, G. D. & Benson, J. (2006). Can brain research and computers improve literacy? A Randomized field trial of the Fast ForWord language computer-based training program. Madison: WCER Working Paper No. 2006-5, August 2006.

Benson, J. & Borman, G. D. (2007). Family and contextual socioeconomic effects across seasons: When do they matter for the achievement growth of young children? Madison: WCER Working Paper no. 2007-5, August 2007.

Borman, G. D., Benson, J. G., & Overman, L. (2009). A Randomized field trial of the Fast ForWord Language computer-based training program.  Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 31 (1): 82-106.  

Benson, J. & Borman, G. D. (2010). Family, neighborhood, and school settings across seasons: When do socioeconomic context and racial composition matter for the reading achievement growth of young children? Teacher's College Record, 112 (5): 5-6.

Bodmann, S. M., Hulleman, C. S., & Harackiewicz, J. M. (2008). Achievement goal systems: An Application of goal systems theory to achievement goal research. International Review of Social Psychology, 21, 398-416.

Borman, G.D., Gamoran, A., & Bowdon, J. A. (2009). Randomized trial of teacher development in elementary science: First-year achievement effects. Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness 1 (4): 237-264.

Berger, L. M., Bruch, S. K., Johnson, E. I., James, S., & Rubin, D. (2009). Estimating the impacts of foster care placement on child well-being. Child Development 80(6): 1856-1876.

Bruch, S. K., Marx Ferree, M., & Soss, J. (2010). Political learning and policy feedback effects: Explanations of political and civic participation among the disadvantaged. American Sociological Review, 75 (2): 205-226.

Berger, L. M., Slack, K. S., Waldfogel, J., & Bruch, S. K. (In press). Caseworker perceived caregiver substance abuse and Child Protective Services outcomes.  Child Maltreatment.

Carlson, D., Haveman, R., Kaplan, T., & Wolfe, B. (2008). Long-term effects of public low-income housing vouchers on work, earnings, and neighborhood quality. Madison, WI: Institute for Research on Poverty. Discussion Paper no. 1338-08.

Witte, J. F., Carlson, D. E., & Lavery, L. (2008). Moving n: Why students move between districts under open enrollment. Published on website of The National Center for the Study of Privatization in Education, Occasional Paper Series, No. 164. Accessed 09/19/08: http://www.ncspe.org/list-papers.php

Planty, M., & Carlson, D. Understanding Education Indicators: A Practical Primer for Research and Policy. New York: Teachers College Press, Columbia University, 2010.

Carlson, D. E., Lavery, L., & Witte, J. F. (Forthcoming, 2012) Charter school governance and student outcomes. Selected for special issue of Economics of Education Review.

Soss, J., Condon, M., Holleque, M., & Wichowsky, A. (2006). The Illusion of technique: How method-driven research leads welfare scholarship astray. Social Science Quarterly 87 (4): 798–807.

Condon, M. (2006). Education. In The Reporter’s Source Book (73–87). Philipsburg, MT: Project Vote Smart.

Condon, M. (2006). Entitlement reform. In The Reporter’s Source Book (62–72). Philipsburg, MT: Project Vote Smart.

Condon, M. (2008). Education; Entitlement reform. In The Reporter's Source Book (35-58). Philipsburg, MT: Project Vote Smart.

Condon, M. & Mayer, K. (2008). Health care. In The Reporter's Source Book (69-78). Philipsburg, MT: Project Vote Smart.

Cowen, J. (2007). School choice as a latent variable: Estimating the complier average causal effect of school vouchers in Charlotte. Policy Studies Journal 36 (2): 301-315.

Cowen, J. M., Fleming, D. J., & Gofen, A. (2008). Measuring the motivation to charter: An Examination of school sponsors in Texas. Journal of School Choice, 2 (2), 301-315.

Witte, J., Wolf, P. J., Cowen, J. M., Fleming, D. J., Condon, M., & Lucas-McLean, J. (Forthcoming). Milwaukee Parential Choice Program Longitudinal Educational Growth Study Third Year Report. University of Arkansas Educational Working Paper Archive.

Witte, J., Wolf, P. J., Cowen, J. M., Fleming, D. J., Condon, M., & Lucas-McLean, J. (Forthcoming). Milwaukee Parential Choice Program Longitudinal Educational Growth Study Third Year Report. University of Arkansas Educational Working Paper Archive.

Borman, G. D., & Grigg, J. A. (2009). The Visual and narrative interpretation of research syntheses. In H. Cooper, L. Hedges, & J. Valentine (Eds.) The Handbook of research synthesis (2nd ed.). New York: Russell Sage Foundation.

Halverson, R., Grigg, J. A., Prichett, R., & Thomas, C. (In press). The New instructional leadership: Creating data-driven instructional systems in schools. Journal of School Leadership 17 (2): 159-194.

Halverson, R., Grigg, J. A., Prichett, R., & Thomas, C. (In press). Data-driven instructional systems: A model for understanding school capacity to meet high-stakes accountability policies. Die Deutsche Schule.

Wildeman, C., Haskins, A. R., & Muller, C. (Forthcoming). “Implications of Mass Imprisonment for Inequality among American Children” in The Problem of Punishment. University of Virginia Press.

Hattikudur, S., & Alibali, M. W. (In press). Learning about the equal sign: Does comparing with inequalities help? Journal of Educational Child Psychology.

McNeil, N. M., Weinberg, A., Hattikudur, S., Stephens, A. C., Asquith, P., Knuth, E. J., & Alibali, M. W. (In press). A is for Apple: Mnemonic symbols hinder the interpretation of algebraic expressions. Journal of Educational Psychology.

Barron, K.E. & Hulleman, C.S. (2006). Is there a formula to help understand and improve student motivation? In Essays from E-xcellence in Teaching, vol. 8. Retrieved [August 5, 2006] from the Society for the Teaching of Psychology Web site: http://list.kennesaw.edu/archives/psychteacher.html

Hulleman, C. S., Durik, A.M., Schweigert, S., & Harackiewicz, J. M. (2008). Task values, achievement goals, and interest: An Integrative analysis. Journal of Educational Psychology 100: 398-416.

Prather, R. W. (2007). Implicit learning of arithmetic principles. In R. Alterman & D. Kirsch (Eds.), Proceedings of the Twenty-Ninth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, 1839. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

Prather, R. W., & Alibali, M. W. (2008a). Understanding and using principles of arithmetic: Operations involving negative numbers. Cognitive Science 32 (2): 445-457.

Prather, R. W., & Alibali, M. W. (2008b). Implicit learning of arithmetic principles. In J. McClelland & J. Weng (eds.), Proceedings of the 7th IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning.

Darnon, C., Muller, D., Schrager, S. M., Pannuzzo, N., & Butera, F. (2006). Mastery and performance goals predict epistemic and relational conflict regulation. Journal of Educational Psychology 98: 766–776.

Berkowitz, L., Schrager, S. M., & Dunand, M. A. (2006). Shared suffering can mitigate aversively-generated aggression: On the role of the target’s stimulus characteristics. Aggressive Behavior 32: 80-87.

Schudde, L. (Forthcoming). The Causal effect of college residency on college student retention.  The Review of Higher Education.

Heinrich, C., Shager, H., Rothe, I. & Cancian, M. (2005). Families Forward child support arrears forgiveness program and evaluation: Implementation report. Madison, WI: Institute for Research on Poverty. Report prepared for the State of Wisconsin Bureau of Child Support.

Cancian, M., Heinrich, C., Rothe, I., Shager, H., & Burkhardt, B. (2006). Families Forward: Child support arrears forgiveness program and evaluation report. Madison, WI: Institute for Research on Poverty. Report prepared for the State of Wisconsin Bureau of Child Support

Heinrich, C., Burkhardt, B., & Shager, H. (2008). The Families Forward Program: Preliminary evaluation findings and recommendations. Madison, WI: Institute for Research on Poverty. Report prepared for the State of Wisconsin Bureau of Child Support.

Heinrich, C., Burkhardt, B., & Shager, H. (2008). The Families Forward Program: Interim evaluation findings and recommendations. Madison, WI: Institute for Research on Poverty. Report prepared for the State of Wisconsin Bureau of Child Support

[Shager, H.]. Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University. (2009). Maternal depression can undermine the development of young children: Working paper #8. http://www.developingchild.harvard.edu

Magnuson, K., & Shager, H. (In press). Early education: Progress and promise for children from low-income families. Children and Youth Services Review.

Shober, A. F., Manna, P. & Witte, J. F. (2006). Flexibility meets accountability: State charter school laws and their influence on the formation of charter schools in the United States. Policy Studies Journal 34 (4): 563-588.

Witte, J. F., Weimer, D. L., Shober, A. F., & Schlomer, P. A. (2007). The Performance of charter schools in Wisconsin. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 26 (3): 557-573.

Witte, J.F., Schlomer, P. A., & Shober, A. F. (2007). Going charter? A Study of school district competition in Wisconsin. Peabody Journal of Education 82 (2/3), 387-409.

Shober, A. F. (In press, May 2010). Splintered Accountability: State Governance and Education Reform. Albany, N.Y.: SUNY Press.

Topitzes, J., Tiwari, G., Godes, O., Ceglarek, S., & Reynolds, A. J. (2006). Internal Report: Adult Health. Madison, WI: Chicago Longitudinal Study.

Topitzes, J., Mersky, J., & Reynolds, A. (2006). Internal Report: Juvenile Delinquency Updated. Madison, WI: Chicago Longitudinal Study.

Reynolds, A. J., Temple, J. A., Ou, S., Mersky, J. P., Topitzes, J., Roberson, D. L., & Niles, M.D. (2007). Effects of a school-based early childhood intervention on adult health and well-being: A 19-year-old follow-up of low-income families. Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine 161 (8): 730-739.

Topitzes, J., Godes, O., Mersky, J., Ceglarek, S., & Reynolds, A. (2009). Educational success and adult health: Findings from the Chicago Longitudinal Study. Prevention Science, 10 (2): 175-195.

Palloni, A., Milesi, C., White, R. & Turner, A. (2008). Triggering inequality and health gradients: Do health selection effects matter? J. Surkyn, J. van Bavel, and P. Deboosere (Eds.), Demographic Challenges for the 21st century. A State of the art in demography. Liber amicorum for Ron Lesthaeghe. Brussels: Vrije Universiteit Press.

Mueller, A., Pearson, J., Frank, K.,Muller, C., & Turner, A.  (2010). The Role of schools in adolescentgirls' weight-loss behavior and self-perception. Journal of Health and Social Behavior 51 (1):64-77.

Lyons, D.E., Young, A.G., & Keil, F.C. (2007). The Hidden structure of overimitation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104 (50): 19751-19756.