The Wisconsin Center for Education Research was established in 1964 as one of the first and largest university-based research and development centers created under the federal Cooperative Research Act. A part of the University of Wisconsin-Madison's School of Education, WCER provides a productive environment where some of the country's leading scholars conduct basic and applied research in education. WCER research spans the full scope of education, from the effects of infant child care and after-school programs to undergraduate curriculum reform. Much of the work focuses on the teaching, learning, and assessment of K-12 students in mathematics, science, social studies, and
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