Jim Wyckoff
Biographic Data
| ID | 1605799 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jim Wyckoff |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jim |
| FAMILY NAME | Wyckoff |
| SIGNATURE | WYCKOFF J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Virginia Charlottesville Virginia USA |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 49 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Puzzling over declining academic achievement
Many are concerned about the large decline in K–12 student achievement since 2019. And rightly so, given what it signals about student learning and later life outcomes. Less noted is the pre‐pandemic sustained decline in student achievement growth that followed more than 30 years of increases. We examine the nature of achievement decline as measured by national and state NAEP scores. Our analysis suggests that pre‐pandemic achievement declines ar…
Teacher salaries, a policy brief
Many schools are experiencing troubling numbers of vacant teaching positions, with student achievement substantially below pre‐pandemic levels. At the same time many states and districts are discussing substantial across‐the‐board increases in teacher salaries, often aspiring to some arbitrary benchmark. General increases in teacher salaries may well be warranted in some, or even many, districts. However, existing research suggests that by themse…
The Role of Teacher Quality in Retention and Hiring
Many large urban school districts are rethinking their personnel management strategies, often giving increased control to schools in the hiring of teachers, reducing, for example, the importance of seniority. If school hiring authorities are able to make good decisions about whom to hire, these reforms have the potential to benefit schools and students. Prior research on teacher transfers uses career history data, identifying the school in which …
Complex by Design
New York City represents a microcosm of the changes that are shaking the very foundations of teacher education in this country. In their efforts to find teachers for hard-to-staff schools by creating multiple pathways into teaching, districts from New York City to Los Angeles are in the midst of what amounts to a national experiment in how best to recruit, prepare, and retain teachers. This article provides an overview of a research project that …
The Role of Teacher Quality in Retention and Hiring
Many large urban school districts are rethinking their personnel management strategies, often giving increased control to schools in the hiring of teachers, reducing, for example, the importance of seniority. If school hiring authorities are able to make good decisions about whom to hire, these reforms have the potential to benefit schools and students. Prior research on teacher transfers uses career history data, identifying the school in which …
Complex by Design
New York City represents a microcosm of the changes that are shaking the very foundations of teacher education in this country. In their efforts to find teachers for hard-to-staff schools by creating multiple pathways into teaching, districts from New York City to Los Angeles are in the midst of what amounts to a national experiment in how best to recruit, prepare, and retain teachers. This article provides an overview of a research project that …
Teacher salaries, a policy brief
Many schools are experiencing troubling numbers of vacant teaching positions, with student achievement substantially below pre‐pandemic levels. At the same time many states and districts are discussing substantial across‐the‐board increases in teacher salaries, often aspiring to some arbitrary benchmark. General increases in teacher salaries may well be warranted in some, or even many, districts. However, existing research suggests that by themse…
Complex by Design
New York City represents a microcosm of the changes that are shaking the very foundations of teacher education in this country. In their efforts to find teachers for hard-to-staff schools by creating multiple pathways into teaching, districts from New York City to Los Angeles are in the midst of what amounts to a national experiment in how best to recruit, prepare, and retain teachers. This article provides an overview of a research project that …
The Role of Teacher Quality in Retention and Hiring
Many large urban school districts are rethinking their personnel management strategies, often giving increased control to schools in the hiring of teachers, reducing, for example, the importance of seniority. If school hiring authorities are able to make good decisions about whom to hire, these reforms have the potential to benefit schools and students. Prior research on teacher transfers uses career history data, identifying the school in which …
Teacher salaries, a policy brief
Many schools are experiencing troubling numbers of vacant teaching positions, with student achievement substantially below pre‐pandemic levels. At the same time many states and districts are discussing substantial across‐the‐board increases in teacher salaries, often aspiring to some arbitrary benchmark. General increases in teacher salaries may well be warranted in some, or even many, districts. However, existing research suggests that by themse…
Puzzling over declining academic achievement
Many are concerned about the large decline in K–12 student achievement since 2019. And rightly so, given what it signals about student learning and later life outcomes. Less noted is the pre‐pandemic sustained decline in student achievement growth that followed more than 30 years of increases. We examine the nature of achievement decline as measured by national and state NAEP scores. Our analysis suggests that pre‐pandemic achievement declines ar…
Political science (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Economics (3 works) · Mathematics education (3 works) · School Choice and Performance (3 works) · Academic achievement (2 works) · Demographic economics (2 works) · Higher Education Research Studies (2 works) · Medical education (2 works) · Medicine (2 works)