James Wyckoff

The Virginia Education Science Training (VEST) program, funded originally in 2004, is designed to provide doctoral students with advanced training in conducting scientifically rigorous and policy-relevant education research that can improve outcomes for prekindergarten through postsecondary education students.

The Virginia Education Science (VEST) Interdisciplinary Post-Doctoral Training Program engaged five promising researchers in opportunities to develop skills to conduct rigorous research in education science.

The partnership of the District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS), University of Virginia (UVA), and Stanford University focused on the development and analysis of student, teacher, and school administrative data from DCPS to understand the effects of IMPACT: The DCPS Effectiveness Assessment System for School-Based Personnel on student achievement and guide its ongoing design refinements. In addition, researchers worked closely with policymakers to understand better the strategic and instit...

This training program prepared five postdoctoral fellows to conduct rigorous education research in topics related to effective teachers and teaching practices, early learning, and social and behavioral contexts for learning.

Since 2006, the National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER) has conducted a focused program of research on current State or district education policies intended to improve student achievement and other education outcomes (e.g., high school graduation rates) in any grades from prekindergarten through Grade 12.