Education and Educational Research in an Era of Accountability: Insights
and Blind Spots
A conference sponsored by the Department of Educational Policy Studies
University of Wisconsin-Madison
February 7-8, 2007
Keynote Address
Richard F. Elmore, Gregory R. Anrig Professor of Educational Leadership,
Harvard University; Co-Director, Consortium for Policy Research in
Education
“Education and Educational Research in an Era of Accountability”
(VIDEO)
Conference Papers (in alphabetical order):
Geoffrey Borman, Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy
Analysis, Educational Policy Studies, and Educational Psychology,
University of Wisconsin-Madison
“Final Reading
Outcomes of the National Randomized Field Trial of ‘Success for All’”
Harry Brighouse, Professor of Philosophy and Educational Policy
Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison
“Values in Evaluation: Why
Empirical Evidence is Never Enough”
Patricia Burch, Assistant Professor of Educational Policy Studies,
University of Wisconsin-Madison
“Markets and the
Implementation of Federal Education Policy: The Case of Supplemental
Education Services”
Adam Gamoran, Professor of Sociology, Educational Policy Studies, and
Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis; Director, Wisconsin Center
for Education Research, University of Wisconsin-Madison
“From Discipline-Based Theories to Practical Knowledge: Measuring ‘What
Works’ in Education”
Elizabeth Graue, Professor of Curriculum and Instruction; Director of
Graduate Training, Wisconsin Center for Education Research;
Wisconsin-Spencer Doctoral Research Program, University of
Wisconsin-Madison
“Square Pegs, Round Holes, and Contested Agendas: Doing Policy Relevant
Research in a Culture of Accountability”
