Just as the NAEP provides a national assessment of 8th graders’ music and arts education, I think the commentary surrounding Ellen DeGeneres’s role as the newest judge on American Idol is also worth looking at in terms of assessing the state of music education in the US. In articles across the Internet such as this […]
Today is the last day you can make comments regarding MENC’s Strategic Plan. You can contribute comments via email or on a dedicated bulletin board. As of this post only about 20 people have contributed comments on the bulletin board. The comments range in topic from debate over whether or not there should be high […]
MENC is currently accepting feedback on a current draft in progress of a position statement on assessment in music education. This is a great opportunity to reflect on our own perspectives and class/school/music department policies on assessment. Do we make use of both summative and formative assessment? What are our criteria for assessing our […]
The recent decision by Florida music educators to begin the use of optional standardized assessments in music for fourth graders gives our field another reason to have a wide scale discussion about assessment and related issues in music education. Reading the responses of teachers and the general public gives an interesting picture of peoples attitudes, […]
