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Web sites with assessment materials
updated August 2005
Arizona Commission on the Arts
http://www.arizonaarts.org/arts_education/resources_assessment.htm
Arts Learning Assessment has two sections with links to some very good material: Assessment Tools and Assessment Websites. Most of the materials refer to the NAEP efforts from 1997 and the Arts Education Partnership.
ArtsEdge
http://www.artsedge.kennedy-center.org/teach/hto.cfm
Here are two articles of interest: "A Guide to Authentic Assessments" and "Assessing for Understanding." This site is kept current; more helpful articles may be added.
CEDFA the Center for Educator Development in Fine Arts
http://www.cedfa.org/
from the Texas Department of Education. This is a good site.
Chicago Public Schools: Ideas and Rubrics
http://intranet.cps.k12.il.us/Assessments/Ideas_and_Rubrics/
ideas_and_rubrics.html
Excellent materials for all four arts disciplines.
http://intranet.cps.k12.il.us/Assessments/Ideas_and_Rubrics/
Assessment_Tasks/Ideas_Tasks/ideas_tasks.html
"Ideas for performance assessment tasks," pretty interesting stuff.
- Introduction to Performance Assessment Scoring Rubrics
- How to Create a Rubric from Scratch
- Performance Assessment Tasks
- Assessment Resources
- The Rubric Bank (we found this most helpful!)
Creating Your Own Rubrics
http://www.2learn.ca/projects/together/START/rubricc.html
Helpful.
The Future of Technology in Education
http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:2VNc2zCCfVwJ:www.air.org/
forum/Assey.pdf+Theatre+Assessment+K-12&hl=en&ie=UTF-8
This is an excerpt from a paper by Joan Assey Ed.D. from the Office of the Governor of South Carolina exploring the use of technology in assessment. Should lead to a number of interesting practices.
The Higher Education Academy
http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/
resources.asp?process=filter_fields§ion=generic&type=some&id=1
From the UK. A bit heady since written for college teachers, but there are interesting articles here about alternative approaches to assessment. Surely much is applicable to the high school classroom.
Marge Dickinson's Draft Rubrics for Dance, Dramatic Performance, Music and Visual Arts http://www.google.com/
search?q=cache:VpWcxZ9Q9xcJ:intranet.cps.k12.il.us/
Assessments/
Ideas_and_Rubrics/Rubric_Bank/
FineArtsRubrics.pdf+Visual+Arts+Assessment+K-12&hl=en&ie=UTF-8
From the State School Office, developed for the Chicago Public Schools. Very interesting.
NCES National Center for Education Statistics: Developing an Arts Assessment
http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/pubs/strategies/
Suggests six strategies and has four Arts Task examples: Grade 4 Theatre: Responding; Grade 8 Theatre: Performing; Grade 8 Music: Performing; Grade 12 Dance: Performing and Responding; Visual Arts Responding and Creating. A dynamite site!
Also at this site is a link to the NAEP Assessment Framework for the arts. http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/arts/howdevelop.asp NAEP represents some of the very best thinking about assessment that we've had to date! Check it out!!
Ohio Alliance for Arts Education
http://www.oaae.net/Projects/OAEAP/
The Alliance has developed an assessment project. An address for ordering copies of the materials is available at this site.
Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
http://www.ridoe.net/standards/frameworks/
arts/Assess.htm
An interesting article on Student Assessment and Program Evaluation.
The Staff Room for Ontario Teachers: Rubrics
http://www.harding.edu/USER/dlee/WWW/
webquest/RUBRICBUILDING.HTM
A wonderful site!! Has links to a couple of general sites and then to dozens of subject specific examples. A must see if you want rubrics!!!
State Department of Connecticut
http://www.state.ct.us/sde/dtl/curriculum/
currart_guide1.htm
"The Arts: A Guide to K-12 Program Development - 2002" along with standards, there are Illustrative Learning/Assessment Activities with Scoring Dimensions for the four Arts. If you dig a bit, there may be some useful ideas.
Texas Education Agency
http://www.tea.state.tx.us/tchrtoolbag/
EduRes_ClassStrat.html
Lists how to do Student Assessment in Dance, Music, Theatre and Visual Arts. As of September 1, 2005, the materials were not online, but we'd keep checking to see if they do put it on line. Texas materials are usually excellent.
University of Wisconsin - Stout
http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/
rubrics.shtml#primary
"Teacher Created Rubrics for Assessment" has one site dealing specifically with Music, but there is much here that can be adapted to the other arts. Interesting examples.
Washington Superintendent of Public Education
http://www.k12.wa.us/curriculumInstruct/
Arts/default.aspx
The state of Washington is preparing to test its students in the arts in 2008-09. In the process they are developing some very interesting assessment tools. Check out the Classroom Based Assessment Pilots and the Classroom-Based Performance Assessments. Here you will find materials for: Dance Grade 5, Music Grade 8, Theatre Grade 10 and Visual Arts Grade 8. The Visual Arts portion is the most complete with Scoring Guides, Rubrics, Scoring Notes, Responses and Annotations. Great stuff!
Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction: State Collaborative on Assessment and Student Standards (SCASS)
http://www.dpi.state.wi.us/dpi/dlsis/cal/mubiblio.html
- The Rubric link leads to a good discussion of building rubrics.
- The Bibliography on Instruction/Assessment in the Arts is annotated and has entries as late as 2000.
Dance Assessment Links
Dance Teacher: Meeting the Standards
http://dance-teacher.com/backissues/jan01/k12.shtml
"How to develop a standards-based instructional unit for your class" is an article by Susan McGreevy-Nichols that includes information on portfolios.
Dance Teacher: Model Portfolio
http://www.dance-teacher.com/backissues/aug00/k12.shtml
"Using portfolios as a tool for evaluating dance instruction: Creating student assessment forms" is an article by Susan McGreevy-Nichols. It includes:
- Self-Evaluation for Daily and Project Work Form
- Checklist for Choreography Form
- Performance Evaluation Form
- Responding to Dance Form
PE Central
http://www.pecentral.org/lessonideas/searchresults.asp?category=147
A commercial site, but lists a creative dance lesson (7-8) with a good rubric example.
Tennessee .Gov
http://www.state.tn.us/education/ci/standards/music/dance68.php
Dance 6-8: Standards, Learning Expectations, and Performance Indicators includes Sample Performance Tasks and Assessments for each of their dance standards.
Music Assessment Links
MENC
http://www.menc.org/publication/books/prek12st.html
Along with the national standards, you'll find an essay discussing assessment of PreK children.
Music Assessment Web Site
http://www.music.miami.edu/assessment/
Written by Dr. Edward P. Asmus of the University of Miami. Contains:
- Forms - blank observation forms that can be used to create in-class music performance assessment devices
- Glossary - definitions for the major terms used in music assessment
- Links - to other assessment sites that have been found to be of value for those involved in music assessment
- Rubrics - an entire site that provides information about, rules to create and example rubrics
Oyster River School District, NH
http://www.orcsd.org/Curriculum/Music/assessment.htm
An essay by the school district that lists types of possible assessments, but warning that assessment will take time limited opportunities to teach music and should be used to help students, teachers and parents with information to foster continued improvement of instruction and learning.
Teachers Helping Teachers, Oklahoma Department of Education
http://www.sde.state.ok.us/Art/penpaptest.htm
"Paper and Pencil Tests" for Music grades 5 and 8. Very good, professionally developed.
Theatre Assessment Links
Seattle Public Schools
http://www.seattleschools.org/area/visualarts/3rd/3_the_ass.html
"Elementary Theatre Arts Assessment Tool Kit" presents an assessment process based on five Key Traits: voice, movement, sensory/emotional recall, focus, ensemble (collaboration), and audience skills. The teacher/authors have also included a Criterion-Based Performance List. This material is for Grade 2-3 but could be adapted for older students as well. Well thought out.
Tennesee.Gov
http://www.state.tn.us/education/ci/standards/music/theatre68.php
Theatre 6-8: Standards, Learning Expectations, and Performance Indicators includes Sample Performance Tasks and Assessments for each of their theatre standards. The assessments are terse, but may provide some ideas.
Visual Art Assessment Links
http://216.124.253.252/TLA%20Materials/ArtPerformanceAssessment.htm
An annotated list of 19 links to assessment materials for the visual arts teacher.
Jefferson County Public Schools: Visual Arts Curriculum
http://jeffcoweb.jeffco.k12.co.us/isu/art/artstandards.html
Jefferson County Schools are leaders in arts education. Their Visual Arts Curriculum includes a number of assessment materials:
- Assessment: Assessment Overview - How to; Assessment and Instruction Pre-Planner; What is an Instructional Rubric? How do you make an Instructional Rubric? Rubric Template, printable copy. Rubric: Example for Watercolor; Open Template - Working Rubric; Words/Phrases for Prompt and Rubric Design; Thesaurus of Qualitative and Quantitative Terms
- Aesthetics/Criticism: Questioning Techniques 2; Assessment Worksheet for Art Class; Aesthetic Scanning with Students
- Aligned lessons [some] with assessment from in-services. Perhaps the most helpful is the essay on how to upgrade assessment with older lessons so that it aligns with standards
New York State Education Department
http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/rss/mle/clvisart.htm
Visual Arts Checklist is a rubric to assess: Student Performance; Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment (Student's Opportunity to Learn; Professional Staff and Development, etc.
Teachers Helping Teachers, Oklahoma Department of Education
http://www.sde.state.ok.us/Art/penpaptest.htm
Paper and Pencil Tests for Visual Arts Grades 5 and 8. Very good, professionally developed.
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.
Cone, Teresa Purcell and Stephen Cone, (2005) ASSESSING DANCE IN ELEMENTARY PHYSICAL EDUCATION. Available through http://member.aahperd.org/template.cfm?template=
Productdisplay.cfm&productID=760§ion=5
Marzano, Robert J. (2000). TRANSFORMING CLASSROOM GRADING. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.
NAEA http://www.naea-reston.org/publications-list.html#assessment
Two publications: ASSESSING EXPRESSIVE LEARNING (2004) and DESIGNING ASSESSMENT IN ART (1994) from the national association.
Paris, Scott G. & Ayers, Linda R. (1994). BECOMING REFLECTIVE STUDENTS AND TEACHERS WITH PORTFOLIOS AND AUTHENTIC ASSESSMENT. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Project Zero eBookstore
http://www.pz.harvard.edu/
ebookstore/detail.cfm
http://www.pz.harvard.edu/eBookstore/ ((New address)) Under "Search," click on "topics." Then type in "assessment." You'll find 32 listings. The materials are very well done.
Clicking on "Topics" will take you to "Authentic Assessment" with some thirty listings. Project Zero at Harvard University pioneered "authentic assessment" in the arts. The materials are very well done.
Wolf, Dennie, & Pistone, Nancy (1995). TAKING FULL MEASURE: RETHINKING ASSESSMENT THROUGH THE ARTS. New York: College Entrance Examination Board.
  
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