University of Wisconsin-Madison

A Collaboration between the College of Letters and Sciences, School of Education, and Wisconsin Center for Education Research

» The Interdisciplinary Training Program (ITP) for Predoctoral Research in the Education Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is training a new generation of researchers to carry out rigorous quantitative research that will provide scientific evidence on pressing problems of policy and practice in education. Wisconsin's ITP focuses on two related themes: (a) design and implementation of field-based randomized studies in schools and other complex, real-world settings; and (b) the statistical analysis of quantitative survey, observational, and assessment data on education, with special attention to questions of causal inference. The program brings together the talents and research interests of over 25 scholars from the College of Letters and Sciences and the School of Education, along with the resources of the Wisconsin Center for Education Research, to provide specialized academic, professional and financial support and field research opportunities to a select group of doctoral students in economics, psychology, political science, sociology, and social welfare. These students form the core of an emerging interdisciplinary community that includes a wide variety of scholars, state and local education experts, and students concerned with scientific evidence on educational effects.

Predoctoral training information