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James Wyckoff is affiliated with the University of Virginia in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the broad field of Social Sciences, with a focused emphasis on Education. This includes subfields such as Education, Information Systems and Management, Political Science and International Relations, Safety Research, and Sociology and Political Science.

The main topics that recur throughout their work are:

  • School Choice and Performance
  • Teacher Education and Leadership Studies
  • Educational Assessment and Improvement
  • Parental Involvement in Education
  • Higher Education Research Studies
  • Early Childhood Education and Development
  • Education Systems and Policy

Wyckoff has contributed multiple papers to the academic community. Notable recent publications include:

  • "Teacher Evaluation and Teacher Turnover in Equilibrium: Evidence From DC Public Schools" (2020), published in AERA Open
  • "Racial and Socioeconomic Disparities in the Relationship Between Children's Early Literacy Skills and Third-Grade Outcomes: Lessons From a Kindergarten Readiness Assessment" (2022), published in Educational Researcher
  • "Core Requirements, Structured Flexibility, and Local Judgment: Balancing Adherence and Adaptation in the Design and Implementation of District-Wide Professional Development" (2023), published in Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis
  • "Teacher salaries, a policy brief" (2024), published in Journal of Policy Analysis and Management
  • ""Refining" Our Understanding of Early Career Teacher Skill Development: Evidence From Classroom Observations" (2025), published in Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis

The venues in which Wyckoff's work appears include:

  • Journal of Policy Analysis and Management
  • Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis
  • AERA Open
  • Educational Researcher
  • Journal of College Student Development

Frequent collaborators associated with Wyckoff's research include Jessalynn James, Courtney Bell, Eric Taylor, Walter Herring, and Daphna Bassok. Jessalynn James is the most frequent co-author, appearing on multiple works.

Best Publications

  • Teacher Sorting and the Plight of Urban Schools: A Descriptive Analysis

    Hamilton Lankford;Susanna Loeb;James Wyckoff

  • How Teacher Turnover Harms Student Achievement

    Matthew Ronfeldt;Susanna Loeb;James Wyckoff

  • How Changes in Entry Requirements Alter the Teacher Workforce and Affect Student Achievement

    Donald Boyd;Pamela Grossman;Hamilton Lankford;Susanna Loeb

  • The Narrowing Gap in New York City Teacher Qualifications and its Implications for Student Achievement in High-Poverty Schools

    Donald Boyd;Hamilton Lankford;Susanna Loeb;Jonah Rockoff

  • Teacher Preparation and Student Achievement

    Donald J. Boyd;Pamela L. Grossman;Hamilton Lankford;Susanna Loeb

  • The Influence of School Administrators on Teacher Retention Decisions

    Donald Boyd;Pamela Grossman;Marsha Ing;Hamilton Lankford

  • Who Leaves? Teacher Attrition and Student Achievement

    Donald Boyd;Pam Grossman;Hamilton Lankford;Susanna Loeb

  • The draw of home: How teachers' preferences for proximity disadvantage urban schools

    Donald Boyd;Hamilton Lankford;Susanna Loeb;James Wyckoff

  • Explaining the Short Careers of High-Achieving Teachers in Schools with Low-Performing Students

    Donald Boyd;Hamilton Lankford;Susanna Loeb;James Wyckoff

  • Incentives, Selection, and Teacher Performance: Evidence from IMPACT.

    Thomas S. Dee;James Wyckoff

  • Who Leaves? Teacher Attrition and Student Achievement. NBER Working Paper No. 14022.

    Donald Boyd;Pam Grossman;Hamilton Lankford;Susanna Loeb

  • Measure for Measure: The Relationship between Measures of Instructional Practice in Middle School English Language Arts and Teachers’ Value-Added Scores

    Pamela Grossman;Susanna Loeb;Julia Cohen;James Wyckoff

  • Measure for Measure: The relationship between measures of instructional practice in middle school English Language Arts and teachers' value-added scores

    Pam Grossman;Susanna Loeb;Julia Cohen;Karen Hammerness

  • The effect of certification and preparation on teacher quality.

    Donald Boyd;Daniel D. Goldhaber;Hamilton Lankford;James Humphrey Wyckoff

  • Teacher Turnover, Teacher Quality, and Student Achievement in DCPS

    Melinda Adnot;Thomas Dee;Veronica Katz;James Wyckoff

  • The role of teacher quality in retention and hiring: Using applications to transfer to uncover preferences of teachers and schools

    Donald Boyd;Hamilton Lankford;Susanna Loeb;Matthew Ronfeldt

  • 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 Wyckoff

  • Primary and secondary school choice among public and religious alternatives

    Hamilton Lankford;James Wyckoff

  • Complex by Design: Investigating Pathways into Teaching in New York City Schools.

    Donald Boyd;Pamela Grossman;Hamilton Lankford;Susanna Loeb

  • Incentives, Selection, and Teacher Performance: Evidence from IMPACT: Incentives, Selection, and Teacher Performance

    Thomas S. Dee;James Wyckoff

  • Measure for Measure: The Relationship between Measures of Instructional Practice in Middle School English Language Arts and Teachers' Value-Added Scores. NBER Working Paper No. 16015.

    Pam Grossman;Susanna Loeb;Julia Cohen;Karen Hammerness

  • The Narrowing Gap in New York City Teacher Qualifications and Its Implications for Student Achievement in High-Poverty Schools. Working Paper 10.

    Donald Boyd;Hamilton Lankford;Susanna Loeb;Jonah Rockoff

Frequent Co-Authors

Susanna Loeb
Susanna Loeb Brown University
Pam Grossman
Pam Grossman University of Pennsylvania
Thomas S. Dee
Thomas S. Dee Stanford University
Jonah E. Rockoff
Jonah E. Rockoff Columbia University
John S. Akin
John S. Akin University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
David K. Guilkey
David K. Guilkey University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Angela Calabrese Barton
Angela Calabrese Barton Michigan State University
Dan Goldhaber
Dan Goldhaber University of Washington

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