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. Highlighting best practices while presenting current scholarship and literature, this practical workbook-style text provides future music teachers with a framework for integrating assessment processes in the face of a certain lack of understanding and possible dissatisfaction with assessment tools and tasks. Each chapter is prefaced by an overview outlining learning expectations and essential questions, and supplemented throughout by an array of pedagogical features:
Discussion prompts
Activities and worksheets
Learning experiences
Expanded reference lists
Citing examples across a range of musical settings-e.g. band, chorus, orchestra, jazz, and piano and guitar labs-Developing and Applying Assessments in the Music Classroom builds from the classroom assessment paradigm, encouraging teachers to create assessment tasks most appropriate to their curricula goals and planned student outcomes. Joined by fellow experts in the field Brian C. Wesolowski and Phillip Payne, the authors invite readers to explore and apply the material in authentic ways to inspire student learning through a comprehensive approach to educative assessment.

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