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Assessment in the Arts
How can learning in the arts be assessed? There are many ways to ensure that students are developing the necessary knowledge and skills to become effective appreciators and practitioners of the arts. The resources in this ReadySearchTM present information from organizations that have created arts standards and/or assessment strategies such as portfolios, critiques, and authentic assessments.
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Educators Should Embrace Standards for Assessing the Arts
This resource from the Dana Foundation briefly emphasizes a need for measuring the arts in the current climate of accountability and describes the recent efforts of several organizations to develop tools and standards for arts assessment. 2008. http://www.dana.org/news/artseducationinthenews/detail.aspx?id=10620 |
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Maryland Fine Arts Education Online Instructional Tool Kit Homepage
This Web site provides information on fine arts assessment. The site is broken down into sections: Maryland Fine Arts Education, Developing Fine Arts Assessments, Integrating Fine Arts Across the Curriculum, and Assessment Outcomes and Implications. Information is also tailored for the disciplines of Dance, Music, Theatre, and Visual Arts. 2006. http://www.mfaa.msde.state.md.us/source/MDFA_index.asp |
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A Guide to Authentic Assessments
This online guide from The Kennedy Center's Web site, ARTSEDGE, provides information on authentic assessments. The guide offers questions to think about when designing or utilizing authentic assessment, along with examples of authentic assessments in the arts. http://www.artsedge.kennedy-center.org/content/3337/ |
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Art Critiques Made Easy
This page from The Kennedy Center's ARTSEDGE Web site provides a list of tips for the use of critiques as arts assessments. http://www.artsedge.kennedy-center.org/content/3932/ |
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All About Arts Assessment
This site provides Web links, Word documents, and PowerPoint presentations on forms of assessment, examples of assessments and standards. http://www.nj.gov/education/njpep/classroom/arts_assessment/index.html |
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Assessment
This site provides useful tools for arts assessment including information on essays and portfolios, sample observations, checklists, rubrics and rating scales for music, theater, and the visual arts. http://artswork.asu.edu/arts/teachers/assessment/index.htm |
