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 and contextual socioeconomic effects across seasons: When do they matter for the 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.

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

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.

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. (Book under contract with Teachers College Press, Columbia University).

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.

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 print). 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 print). 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.

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.

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.