Web sites with assessment materials

ArtsEdge
http://www.artsedge.kennedy-center.org
Check out "Professional Resources, How To's Guides and FAQs." Here are interesting articles on: Authentic Assessments, Benchmarks, How to Write a Successful Critique, Rubrics, and Portfolio Assessment.

NAEP
http://www.nces.ed.gov/naep
The National Assessment of Education Progress. Click on "The Arts." Here are the documents illustrating and explaining the national 1997 arts assessment tests and results. Included are student tasks to test creation, performance, and response in each of the four art forms -- and methods for scoring the tasks. This is a brilliantly conceived "authentic" assessment tool that can be a guide for classroom and school assessment.

National Conference of State Legislators
http://www.ncsl.org/programs/arts/artsed/artedhom.htm
presents state policies on arts education including arts assessment.

Project Zero
http://www.pz.harvard.edu/Research/StuSA.htm
Rubrics and Self Assessment Project give descriptions and results for two assessment studies: Lesson Plans Rubrics and Rubric-Reverenced Self Assessment. A sample rubric is included.

Arizona Assessment Links

The Arizona Department of Education
http://ade.state.az.us site always has some information about the state's assessment program. Currently the site has several items on AIMS.

Recommended books and articles on rubrics and assessment

Andrade, H.G. (1999). "When assessment is Lesson Plans and Lesson Plans is assessment: Using rubrics to promote thinking and understanding.." In L. Hetland & S. Veenema (Eds.), THE PROJECT ZERO CLASSROOM: VIEWS ON UNDERSTANDING. Cambridge, MA: Project Zero.

Bondy, Eric & Bill Kendall. "Ongoing Assessment," THE TEACHING FOR UNDERSTANDING GUIDE. (San Francisco: Josey-Bass, 1998) pp. 86-87.]

Brophy, Timothy S (2000). ASSESSING THE DEVELOPING CHILD MUSICIAN: A GUIDE FOR GENERAL MUSIC TEACHERS. Chicago: GIA Publications.

Marzano, Robert J. (2000). TRANSFORMING CLASSROOM GRADING. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.

Paris, Scott G. & Ayers, Linda R. (1994). BECOMING REFLECTIVE STUDENTS AND TEACHERS WITH PORTFOLIOS AND AUTHENTIC ASSESSMENT. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Wolf, Dennie, & Pistone, Nancy (1995). TAKING FULL MEASURE: RETHINKING ASSESSMENT THROUGH THE ARTS. New York: College Entrance Examination Board.