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
ShulerNAfME@gmail.com
Linkedin.com/in/ScShuler
(860) 325-ARTS
NAfME.org/Standards
National Core Arts Standards include:
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2.
3.
4.
5.
Philosophical Foundations
Lifelong Goals (= vision of Arts Literacy)
3+ Artistic Processes (CPR +)
Enduring Understandings (paired with EQs)
Connections
– Common Core (ELA, Math)
– 21st Century Skills/College & Career Ready
– Cross-Arts Connections
6. Opportunity-to-Learn Guidelines
7. Model Cornerstone Assessments
– with Student Work
Organizational Structure:
Framework Matrix
Music Standards Levels
(reflecting differences among 4 “strands”)
Middle
School
Elementary
PK-2
High School
Beyond
High
School
3-5
6-8
+1 year
+4 years
+5 years
or more
Novice
Intermediate
Proficient
Accomplished
Advanced
General
Music
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
Grade 2
Grade 5
Grade 8
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Responding
Ensemble
Artistic
Process
Performing
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
Singing
Singing
Singing
Prompt
Prompt
Prompt
Performing
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
1ST PUBLIC DRAFTS
Refinement
June 2014 (with standards)
June 2014 – February 2015
2ND PUBLIC DRAFTS
PrePiloting
Revision
Mid-February 2015
February – April 2015
April – August 2015
3RD PUBLIC DRAFTS
Piloting
Revision
Repiloting (as needed)
September 2015
September – December 2015
December 2015 – January 2016
February – May 2016
Final Revisions and
Benchmarking
FINAL MCAS
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:
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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 which have completed their
assigned task and communicating 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
ShulerNAfME@gmail.com
Linkedin.com/in/ScShuler
(860) 325-ARTS
www.NationalArtsStandards.org
NAfME.org/standards