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Recent Research Brief
Examining How School Climate is Measured and How Elementary School Students Think about What It Means to Belong in School
Recent Media Feature
White Students More Likely to Exit Madison Schools via Open Enrollment
Recent Practitioner Brief
School-Based Mental Health Centers in Madison Schools
MEP brings together the Madison Metropolitan School District (MMSD) and the Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER) at the University of Wisconsin–Madison in a locally based, nationally relevant, research-practice partnership.
Research & Collaboration
MEP joins research and practice by engaging in mutually defined, high-quality, problem-based research that contributes to policy, builds capacity, and strengthens practice.
Collaborating on MEP are UW Madison researchers and faculty; MMSD administration, teachers and staff; and stakeholders from the broader Madison community. The partnership enables research to be conducted more quickly and results released more efficiently—to advance strategies that benefit Madison students, families, and schools.
Recent MEP Reports
- Murasova, O., Grodsky, E., Monahan, B., Klingbeil, D. (2026) Elementary Math Achievement in the 2024-2025 Academic Year (PDF). Madison, WI: Madison Education Partnership. Wisconsin Center for Education Research. Pp. 1-15.
- Murasova, O., Grodsky, E., Vaade, B., Witthun, C., & Monahan, B. (2025). Full Day 4K Revisited: Growth Between 2022-2023 and 2023-2024. Madison, WI: Madison Education Partnership. pp. 1-11.
- Eklund, K., Priestaf, E., Guetschow, K., & Bowen, A. (2025). School-Based Health Centers in Madison Schools (PDF). School-Based Health Center Brief for the Madison Education Partnership. Wisconsin Center for Education Research. pp. 1-2.
News & Updates
Ongoing Research Topics
Early Education
Full-day 4K Evaluation: MEP worked with MMSD to measure 4K students’ skills at the start and end of the 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 school years in both full-day and half-day 4K classes. In 2022–23, we extended this work to 5K. We also looked at the distribution of culturally responsive and inclusive pedagogical practices in 4K classrooms. MEP and MMSD are working together now to use these findings to influence the full-day 4K program in 2023–24.
Elementary School Math Achievement
We are working with MMSD to support improvements in math achievement. This project extends prior work on middle school math achievement (PDF) and focuses on students’ experiences and outcomes in math earlier in their academic careers.
