Madison Education Partnership
Becca Bier is a graduate student in sociology working with ITP and MEP’s 4K project. Since 2021, Becca has collaborated with MMSD’s Department of Early Learning and Research and Innovation on an evaluation of the district’s full-day 4-year-old Kindergarten (4K) program. The two-year evaluation assesses student skill gains in early literacy, numeracy, and executive function in …
Tory Jay is a graduate student in psychology who works with Patti in ITP. Jay observes classroom lessons, interviews teachers, and reviews curriculum to understand the barriers to and affordances for supporting conceptual knowledge of mathematics in MMSD middle school algebra and algebra-readiness classes. This work will help the district identify curricular supports and professional …
Julia Porter, graduate student in school psychology, is conducting a study to examine the feasibility of implementing a school engagement and school dropout intervention program with 9th grade students at East High School. This work aligns with the district’s prioritization of 9th grade student engagement and will help the district continue to support 9th grade …
Kat Swerbenski is a graduate student in psychology and works with the R&I climate team through ITP. Swerbenski works with the Madison Metropolitan School District (MMSD) to evaluate how school belonging and climate are being assessed within the district. She has also been interviewing students about what school belonging means to them. This project hopes …