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Model Cornerstone Assessments (MCAs): A Nationwide Initiative
Based on a 2/20/15 Keynote for the International Symposium on Assessment in Music Education Scott C. Shuler , Ph.D
Linkedin.com/in/ScShuler (860) 325-ARTS NAfME.org/Standards
National Core Arts Standards include:
1. Philosophical Foundations
2. Lifelong Goals (= vision of Arts Literacy) 3. 3+ Artistic Processes (CPR +) 4. Enduring Understandings (paired with EQs)
5. Connections
– Common Core (ELA, Math) – – 21 st Century Skills/College & Career Ready Cross-Arts Connections
6. Opportunity-to-Learn Guidelines 7. Model Cornerstone Assessments
– with Student Work
Organizational Structure:
Framework Matrix
General Music
Music Standards Levels (reflecting differences among 4 “strands”)
Elementary PK-2 3-5 Middle School 6-8 High School +1 year +4 years Beyond High School +5 years or more Novice Intermediate Proficient Accomplished Advanced Ensembles Harmonizing Instruments Composition / Theory Music Technology
New National Core Arts Standards envision students learning
all 3
Artistic Processes in
all
classes But the
relative emphasis
on each Process varies, depending on class type
Cornerstone Assessments
• •
Curriculum-embedded Engage students
in applying their knowledge and skills in an authentic and relevant context •
Anchor the curriculum
around the
most important performances
that we want learners to be able to do (on their own)
-- Jay McTighe (and Grant Wiggins)
2015 Music PrePiloting MCAs General Music Artistic Process Creating Performing Responding Grade 2 ♫ ♫ Grade 5 ♫ ♫ ♫ Grade 8 ♫ ♫ Artistic Process Performing Ensemble Novice Intermediate ♫ Proficient…
MCA Characteristics
• Focused on one Artistic Process • Multiple Process Components • Embedded in Unit • Parallel across Grades/Levels • Analytically Scored
MCA-Like Units from
CT Common Music Assessments Artistic Process Grade 2 Grade 5 Grade 8 Creating
Improvisation Composition Composition
Performing
Singing Prompt Singing Prompt Singing Prompt More at: www.CTcurriculum.org
Music MCA Leadership Structure
• • • Fred Burrack (Kansas State University) A. Kelly Parkes (Virginia Tech) Team of Research Advisors • • • • • • Scott C. Shuler (National Standards Co-Chair) Glenn Nierman (NAfME President) Ching Ching Yap (past South Carolina arts assessment leader) Richard Wells (National Standards Co-Chair) David Weatherred (Spokane, WA Music Supervisor) Tim Brophy (University of Florida Assessment Guru)
Music MCA Development Timeline Grades 2, 5, 8, and Ensemble STEP TIMING 1 ST P UBLIC D RAFTS
June 2014 (with standards)
Refinement 2 ND P UBLIC D RAFTS PrePiloting Revision 3 RD P UBLIC D RAFTS Piloting Revision Repiloting
(as needed) Final Revisions and
Benchmarking F INAL MCA S
June 2014 – February 2015 Mid-February 2015 February – April 2015 April – August 2015 September 2015 September – December 2015 December 2015 – January 2016 February – May 2016 Summer 2016 September 2016
How will we
MANAGE
nationwide piloting
and benchmarking?
beta Site: dev.CTcurriculum.org
(final name will be
ShareAssessment.org
circa May 2015)
Site enables Multiple Teachers/Piloters to Upload Student Work to Same Task
Manage Student Work and Scorers
Basic
Statistical Analyses
+
Export
to Excel for Further Analysis
dev.CTcurriculum.org
enables any user to:
• • • • • • • • • Create
standards-based units
with
embedded assessment
tasks; Upload and insert links to
files in various formats
, including video; Make units
public
,
private
, or accessible only to
designated users
; Assign others varied
levels of permission
(access) that allows them to – – – – provide
threaded feedback
and suggestions for improvement; participate in
editing
; and
upload student work
to the task and enter their scores.
Select
benchmark
(anchor) student work to illustrate levels of achievement on units/tasks; Assign work – specifically or randomly – to scorers for
blind scoring
, a crucial step in
benchmarking
and
calibration
processes;
Manage groups
of scorers,
monitoring
assigned task and
communicating
which have completed their with those who have not; Perform basic
statistical analyses
on scores and scorers, to identify outliers and determine inter-rater
reliability
; and
Clone
existing units/tasks and scoring scales for future use or
editing
.
Where can you find
National Core Music Standards
and PrePilot MCAs?
NAfME.org/Standards
Where can you find
Conceptual Framework
and Background Research?
www.NationalArtsStandards.org
Scott C. Shuler, Ph.D.
Arts Education Specialist, CT SDE (ret.) Co-Chair, National Core Music Standards Past-President, NAfME [email protected]
Linkedin.com/in/ScShuler (860) 325-ARTS www.NationalArtsStandards.org
NAfME.org/standards