Speaker biographies
Frederick M. Hess is a resident scholar and director of education policy studies at AEI and executive editor of Education Next. His many books include The Future of Educational Entrepreneurship (Harvard Education Press, 2008) When Research Matters (Harvard Education Press, 2008), No Remedy Left Behind (AEI Press, 2007), Educational Entrepreneurship (Harvard Education Press, 2006), Tough Love for Schools (AEI Press, 2006), Common Sense School Reform (Palgrave Macmillan, 2004), and Spinning Wheels (Brookings Institution,1999). His work has appeared in both popular and scholarly outlets including Social Science Quarterly, American Politics Quarterly, Education Week, Phi Delta Kappan, the Washington Post, and National Review. Mr. Hess serves on the review board for the Broad Prize in Urban Education, as a research associate with the Harvard University Program on Education Policy and Governance, and as a member of the research advisory board for the National Center for Educational Accountability. He is a former high school social studies teacher and professor at the University of Virginia.
Daniel Koretz is a professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, where he researches educational assessment and policy. Mr. Koretz is currently working on the design and evaluation of test-focused educational accountability systems. His past research has included studies of the effects of testing programs in several states, the assessment of students with disabilities, international differences in the variability of student performance, alternatives to traditional college admissions testing, and the application of value-added models to educational achievement. Mr. Koretz founded and chairs the International Project for the Study of Educational Accountability, an international network of scholars investigating improved approaches to educational accountability.
Roberto Rodriguez is a senior education advisor to Senator Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.) on the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee. His duties include legislative, policy, budget, and appropriations work on a variety of education issues, including early, elementary, and secondary education. Mr. Rodriguez focuses on the No Child Left Behind Act, Head Start, child care, and the education of special populations. Prior to working on the committee, Mr. Rodriguez was a senior education specialist at the National Council for La Raza (NCLR), where he engaged in applied research and policy analysis of federal and state education reform issues and facilitated the development and evaluation of NCLR’s community-based education programs.
Bella Rosenberg is an education consultant. She was at the American Federation of Teachers for twenty-two years, most of them as special assistant to its late president, Albert Shanker. Ms. Rosenberg also chaired the advisory board of the federal Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing. She has worked on a wide variety of issues, including standards, testing, and accountability; the No Child Left Behind Act; and the National Assessment of Educational Progress. Her most recent publications include “A View from the Teacher Trenches: Accountability and the Betrayal of the Standards Vision,” in The Future of Test-Based Educational Accountability (Routledge, 2008); What’s Proficient? The No Child Left Behind Act and the Many Meanings of Proficiency (American Federation of Teachers, 2004); and Charter School Achievement on the 2003 National Assessment of Educational Progress; (American Federation of Teachers, 2004, with F. Howard Nelson and Nancy Van Meter).
