James H. Wyckoff
Jim Wyckoff is the Curry Memorial Professor of Education and Policy, and Director of the Center for Education Policy and Workforce Competitiveness at the University of Virginia. He has published widely on issues of teacher labor markets, teacher preparation, recruitment, assessment and retention. In this work he has collaborated with policymakers in New York City, New York State and most recently the District of Columbia. Currently, he is examining how teacher assessment and evaluation systems influence the quality of teaching, especially in traditionally low performing classrooms. He is a member of the editorial board of Education Finance and Policy. He has served on four National Research Council panels examining issues in teacher preparation, and the school lunch program, was the president of the Association for Education Finance and Policy, and served on the Policy Council for the Association of Public Policy Analysis and Management. He has a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Publications
- Julie Cohen, Susanna Loeb, Luke C. Miller, James H. Wyckoff. Policy Implementation, Principal Agency, and Strategic Action: Improving Teaching Effectiveness in New York City Middle Schools.
- Allison Atteberry, Susanna Loeb, James H. Wyckoff. Teacher Churning: Reassignment Rates and Implications for Student Achievement.
- Benjamin Master, Susanna Loeb, James H. Wyckoff. More than Content: The Persistent Cross-Subject Effects of English Language Arts Teachers' Instruction.
- Benjamin Master, Susanna Loeb, Camille Whitney, James H. Wyckoff. Different Skills? Identifying Differentially Effective Teachers of English Language Learners.
- Allison Atteberry, Susanna Loeb, James H. Wyckoff. Do First Impressions Matter? Predicting Early Career Teacher Effectiveness.
- Hamilton Lankford, Susanna Loeb, Andrew McEachin, Luke C. Miller, James H. Wyckoff. Who Enters Teaching? Encouraging Evidence that the Status of Teaching is Improving.
- Donald Boyd, Hamilton Lankford, Susanna Loeb, James H. Wyckoff. Analyzing the Determinants of the Matching of Public School Teachers to Jobs: Disentangling the Preferences of Teachers and Employers.
- Donald Boyd, Hamilton Lankford, Susanna Loeb, James H. Wyckoff. Measuring test measurement error: A general approach.
- Pamela Grossman, Susanna Loeb, Julia Cohen, James H. Wyckoff. Measure for measure: The relationship between measures of instructional practice in middle school English language arts and teachers' value-added.
- Allison Atteberry, Susanna Loeb, James H. Wyckoff. Do First Impressions Matter? Improvement in Early Career Teacher Effectiveness.
- Matthew Ronfeldt, Susanna Loeb, James H. Wyckoff. How teacher turnover harms student achievement.
- Donald Boyd, Pamela Grossman, Hamilton Lankford, Susanna Loeb, Matthew Ronfeldt, James H. Wyckoff. Recruiting effective math teachers: Evidence from New York city.
- Donald Boyd, Pamela Grossman, Marsha Ing, Hamilton Lankford, Susanna Loeb, Rachel H. O'Brien, James H. Wyckoff. The effectiveness and retention of teachers with prior career experience.
- Donald Boyd, Pamela Grossman, Marsha Ing, Hamilton Lankford, Susanna Loeb, James H. Wyckoff. The influence of school administrators on teacher retention decisions.
- Donald Boyd, Hamilton Lankford, Susanna Loeb, James H. Wyckoff. Teacher layoffs: An empirical illustration of seniority v. measures of effectiveness.
- Donald Boyd, Hamilton Lankford, Susanna Loeb, Matthew Ronfeldt, James H. Wyckoff. The role of teacher quality in retention and hiring: Using applications-to-transfer to uncover preferences of teachers and schools.
- Donald Boyd, Pamela Grossman, Hamilton Lankford, Susanna Loeb, James H. Wyckoff. Teacher preparation and student achievement.
- Susanna Loeb, James H. Wyckoff. Surveying the landscape of teacher education in New York city: Constrained variation and the challenge of innovation.
- Donald Boyd, Hamilton Lankford, Susanna Loeb, James H. Wyckoff. The impact of assessment and accountability on teacher recruitment and retention: Are there unintended consequences?.
- Donald Boyd, Pamela Grossman, Hamilton Lankford, Susanna Loeb, James H. Wyckoff. Who leaves? Teacher attrition and student achievement.
- Donald Boyd, Pamela Grossman, Hamilton Lankford, Susanna Loeb, James H. Wyckoff. How changes in entry requirements alter the teacher workforce and affect student achievement.
- Donald Boyd, Pamela Grossman, Hamilton Lankford, Susanna Loeb, Nicholas Michelli, James H. Wyckoff. Complex by design: Investigating pathways into teaching in New York city schools.
- Donald Boyd, Hamilton Lankford, Susanna Loeb, James H. Wyckoff. Explaining the short careers of high-achieving teachers in schools with low-performing students.
- Hamilton Lankford, Susanna Loeb, James H. Wyckoff. Teacher sorting and the plight of urban schools: A descriptive analysis.
