Monitoring trends in education outcomes over time is critically important to education policy. Dr. David Kaplan, the Patricia Busk Professor of Quantitative Methods, and his graduate student Mingya Huang have developed a Bayesian probabilistic forecasting …
Month: October 2021
Ed Psych Student Weicong Lyu Explores How Response Anchoring Can Detect Low Effort Completing Surveys
All researchers know that the ability to conduct good research depends on trustworthy data. For self-report rating scale data, a frequent concern is lack of respondent effort, or careless responding. If pervasive, this quickly leads to …
Batyshira Documents Ethnic Identity’s Role in Minoritized Students’ College Adjustment
Moving away from home onto a residential college campus can be a big change for Youth of Color—especially if the college environment differs markedly from their home neighborhood. But having a strong ethnic identity can …
Garbacz to Examine Family-School Partnership Intervention to Promote Children’s Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Competencies
Andy Garbacz, Associate Professor in the School Psychology Program, was recently awarded a grant of $4 million from the Institute of Education Sciences for a five-year project to examine the efficacy of a family-school partnership …
School Psychology Information Session November 15th
If you’re interested in learning more about the field of school psychology or the UW Madison School Psychology Program, please attend one of our information sessions. RSVP to Lydia Wells, wells5@wisc.edu