Developing and Applying Assessments in the Music Classroom

Developing and Applying Assessments in the Music Classroom addresses the challenges faced by today's K-12 educators and future music educators who are expected to utilize and incorporate assessment data as a hallmark of student learning and reflection of effective teaching.

Kelly A. Parkes is Director and Associate Professor of the Music and Music Education program at Teachers College, Columbia University. Frederick Burrack is Director of Assessment, Professor of Music Education, Graduate Chair for Music, and Distinguished Graduate Faculty at Kansas State University.

Foreword (Richard Colwell) / Preface / Acknowledgements / Chapter 1: Historical Foundations (Kelly A. Parkes) / Chapter 2: The Purpose of Assessment (Frederick Burrack and Kelly A. Parkes) / Chapter 3: Assessment Across a K-12 School Music Program (Frederick Burrack and Kelly A. Parkes) / Chapter 4: Developing Learning Outcomes, Assessment Tasks, and Scoring Devices (Brian C. Wesolowski and Phillip Payne) / Chapter 5: Validity, Reliability, and Fairness in Classroom Tests (Brian C. Wesolowski) / Chapter 6: Performance Assessments (Kelly A. Parkes) / Chapter 7: Indirect Assessment Techniques (Frederick Burrack and Phillip Payne) / Chapter 8: Analyzing Classroom Assessment Data (Brian C. Wesolowski) / Chapter 9: Using Assessment for Program Improvement (Phillip Payne and Frederick Burrack) / Glossary / About the Authors / Index