Center for Greater Philadelphia Publications
Operation Public Education - Investment/Accountability/Value-Added
Aligning the System: The Case for Linking Teacher Pay to Student Learning, Ed Week (March 29, 2006).
An article by Theodore Hershberg and Barbara Lea-Kruger that refutes the arguments most frequently used to oppose the inclusion of student learning results in teacher evaluation and compensation.
Value-Added Assessment and Systemic Reform: A Response to the Challenge of Human Capital Development, Phi Delta Kappan (Dec. 2005)
A paper by Theodore Hershberg that suggests that a shift to value-added assessment, if it is used as the foundation of a comprehensive school reform model, will be the key to raising the achievement of all students.
Value-added Assessment and Systemic Reform: A Response to America's Human Capital Development Challenge, Aspen Institute (Feb. 2005)
A paper prepared for Theodore Hershberg's presentation on "Value-added Assessment and Accountability," the Opening Session of the Aspen Institute's Congressional Institute The Challenge of Education Reform: Standards, Accountability, Resources and Policy in Cancun, Mexico, February 22-27, 2005.
Value-Added Assessment: Powerful Diagnostics to Improve Instruction and Promote Student Achievement, AASA Conference Proceedings (2005)
A paper by Theodore Hershberg prepared for the Leadership on the Line Conference of the American Association of School Administrators on November 4, 2004 in McLean, VA.
The Revelations of Value-Added, The School Administrator (December 2004)
Written by Theodore Hershberg, Virginia Adams Simon and Barbara Lea-Kruger, this article explains the diagnostic benefits of value-added assessment and how it complements Adequate Yearly Progress measures and helps schools meet their NCLB targets.
Measuring What Matters: How value-added assessment can be used to drive learning gains, American School Boards Journal (February, 2004)
An article by Theodore Hershberg, Virginia Adams Simon and Barbara Lea-Kruger that explains value-added assessment and how it can be used as a powerful diagnostic tool for improving student performance.
Adequacy, Equity and Accountability, Education Week (February 19, 2003)
An Article by Theodore Hershberg, Ian Rosenblum and Virginia Adams Simon on how to change our public school system that was designed for the 20th century so that it can meet the needs of the 21st century.
Accountability/Standards-related articles
Teacher Accountability Conference Pre-Conference Report
At the heart of standards-based reform lies a problem-solving and critical thinking pedagogy that today's educators must be taught. A system of educator accountability can provide incentives so teachers and administrators are motivated to embrace the new pedagogy and can give the public reason to support the use of additional state funds to underwrite significant new professional development costs. The acceptance of accountability may even be the basis for a shift in the funding of schools from local real estate taxes to the state personal income tax.
Comments on the Essay "Building a High-Quality Assessment and Accountability Program: The Philadelphia Example"
Theodore Hershberg's Comments on the essay "Building a High-Quality Assessment and Accountability Program: The Philadelphia Example" by Andrew Porter and Mitch Chester were prepared for a May 2001 Brookings Institution conference called "Accountability and Its Consequences for Students: Are Children Hurt or Helped by Standards-based Reform?" Hershberg establishes the local and national contexts in which to understand the Philadelphia experience.
New Standards in Education: A Regional Approach to Human Capital Development, The Regionalist (Volume 2, Number 4, Winter 1997)
Describes the Center for Greater Philadelphia's New Standards in Education project: an effort to help school districts introduce rigorous, internationally-benchmarked academic standards.
New Standards in Education: Meeting America's Human Capital Development Challenge, Education Week (December 10, 1997)
Argues that human capital will be the source of comparative advantage in the 21st century and that standards-based school reform is the solution for preparing our students for success in the new economic order.
Human Capital Development: America's Greatest Challenge
Presents arguments explaining why human capital development will be the source of comparative advantage in the twenty-first century global economy and why rigorous academic standards are needed in the nation's K-12 schools.
Articles about Regional Cooperation
Regional Cooperation Strategies and Incentives for Global Competitiveness and Urban Reform, National Civic Review (Spring-Summer, 1996)
Describes changes brought about by the global economy and strategies metropolitan areas can adopt to succeed in the new world economy.
Case for Regional Cooperation, The Regionalist (December, 1995)
The economic realities of the 1990s make clear that cities and suburbs must work cooperatively to ensure a prosperous future. This article begins a rational dialogue in metropolitan Philadelphia about what it will take for cities and suburbs to work with each other and why it matters so much.
Articles about the Partnership Project
Meeting America's Diversity Challenge Through Community Service and Regional Cooperation: The Greater Philadelphia High School Partnership
Describes America's current "diversity challenge" and how the CGP's Greater Philadelphia High School Partnership addresses this challenge by providing high school students across metropolitan Philadelphia with a mechanism to build personal bridges of trust and friendship over the barriers of race, class, and politics that divide them.
Conference Reports
Post-Conference Report: 1989 Southeastern Pennsylvania State Legislators' Conference
Proceedings from the 1989 State Legislators' Conference describe efforts of public officials and business leaders in Southeastern Pennsylvania to work together to improve the region's mobility infrastructure; namely, the Port, Philadelphia International Airport, and SEPTA.
Post-Conference Report: 1990 Southeastern Pennsylvania State Legislators' Conference
Summary of proceedings from 1990 State Legislators' Conference that focused on the region's human capital mismatch. Legislators and business leaders learned about and discussed what needs to change so that our schools prepare students to participate in the global economy of the 21st century.
Post-Conference Report: 1992 Southeastern Pennsylvania State Legislators' Conference
A record of the proceedings from the 1992 State Legislators' Conference. This year's Conference concentrated on changing relations between federal, state and local governments, economic transition at the Philadelphia Naval Base and Shipyard, and governance and expansion issues at the Philadelphia International Airport.
Post-Conference Report: 1993 Southeastern Pennsylvania State Legislators' Conference
The two-fold agenda of the 1993 Legislators' Conference -- exploring the business climate in the state and region and addressing prospects for welfare reform in Pennsylvania -- is covered in these proceedings.
meetingHearing the Call: Proceedings from the Call to Action Conference
Summary of first-ever Call to Action Conference that featured keynote addresses by Neal Peirce, Mayor Ed Rendell and Governor Tom Ridge as well as nine policy sessions covering important regional topics.
1994 Southeastern Pennsylvania State Legislators' Post-Conference Report: The Impact Of Health Care Reform On Southeastern Pennsylvania
Proceedings from the 9th Southeastern Pennsylvania State Legislators' Conference in June, 1994 on the impact of health care reform in the region.
1996 Southeastern Pennsylvania Municipalities Post-Conference Report: "Bridging Boundaries without Losing Local Control"
Proceedings from 1996 Conference show efforts to catalyze the search for cooperative solutions among municipalities in the region.
1997 Southeastern Pennsylvania Municipalities Post-Conference Report: "Bridging Boundaries without Losing Local Control"
Proceedings from 2nd annual Municipalities Conference, at which participants considered cooperative strategies to make local government more cost-effective and efficient as part of a larger effort to make the region more competitive in the global economy.
Newsletters
RegionWise Newsletter, Issue 8 (January, 1997)
RegionWise Newsletter, Issue 9 (May, 1997)
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