Table of Contents

Dedication
List of Contributors

Part I. Assessment Policy in Music Education

Policy and Philosophy

1. Assessment Policy in Music Education
Richard Colwell

2. The Philosophy of Assessment in Music Education
Roger Mantie

3. Education Policy and Assessment in Music
Patrick Schmidt

International Perspectives

4. Music Assessment Policy in Africa
Meki Nzewi

5. Curriculum-Based Policy in Music Assessment: Asian Perspectives
Hsiao-Fen Chen

6. Assessing Music Teaching and Learning in Spanish Speaking Countries in South America
Ana Lucia Frega with Ramiro Limongi

7. Assessment Policy and Music Education: Perspectives from North America
Glenn Nierman and Richard Colwell

8. Music Assessment in Australian Higher Education
Don Lebler

National Perspectives

9. Assessment Policy and Practice in Secondary Schools in English National Curriculum
Martin Fautley

10. Assessment in German Music Education
Andreas Lehmann-Wermser

11. The Assessment of Music Learning in the Italian Education System
Dario DeCicco

12. Music Education Assessment Policy and Practice in Turkey
Dilek Göktürk-Cary

13. Curriculum and Assessment in Music Education in Russia: Perspectives from the Past
Alena V. Holmes

14. Brazilian Policies on Education Assessment: Higher Education Perspectives
Sergio Figueiredo and Luciana Del-Ben

15. Assessment in Music Classes in China
Dennis Ping-Cheng Wang

16. Policy and Practice of Assessment in Music Education: The Case of Singapore
Wei-Shin Leong and Julie Tan

17. Assessment Policy and Practice in Music Education in Taiwan, Republic of China (R.O.C)
Ming-Jen Chuang and Sheu-Yuh Lin

18. Music Assessment Policy and Practice in the United States
Bret P. Smith

Part II. Measurement

Theoretical Foundations

19. Psychometric Considerations for Music Performance Assessments
Suzanne Lane and Ya Zhang

20. Validity, Reliability, and Fairness in Music Testing
Brian C. Wesolowski and Stephanie A. Wind

21. Classical Test Theory and Music Testing
James Austin

22. Item Response Theory and Music Testing
Brian Wesolowski

23. Theories and Practices of Sequential Curriculum Alignment: Curriculum Design and Assessment for a 21st Century Education through Music
Demaris Hansen

Test Development

24. An Overview of Music Tests and Their Uses
Richard Colwell

25. Developing Tests of Music Performance Improvisation
Gary E. McPherson

26. Assessment of Creative Potential in Music
Peter Webster

27. Performance Assessment and Rubric Design
Christy Schneider, Charles dePascale, and Jennifer S. McDonel

28. The Development of Standards-based Assessments in Music
Frederick Burrack and Kelly A. Parkes

29. Cross-cultural and Standards-based Assessment of the African Musical Arts
René Human

Part III. Assessment in Higher Music Education

30. Music Assessment in Higher Education
Frederick Burrack

31. Observations of Music Educators for Teacher Evaluation
David C. Edmund and Jian-Jun Chen-Edmund

32. Using Accountability to Improve Student Learning in Higher Education Music Programs
Jeffrey Ward

33. Assessment in the Applied Studio in Higher Education
Kelly A. Parkes

Part IV. Music Teacher Evaluation

34. An Overview of Music Teacher Education
Douglas C. Orzolek

35. Observations of Music Educators for Teacher Evaluation
Johanna J. Siebert

36. Music Teacher Evaluation and Student Growth in Music
Dru Davison and Ryan A. Fisher

37. Measuring Dispositions in Pre-Service Music Educators
Kelly A. Parkes, Gary K. Ritcher, Paul F. Doerksen

38. Challenges in Reliability and Validity in Music Teacher Evaluation
Laura Goe and Timothy S. Brophy

About the Author

Timothy S. Brophy is Director of Institutional Assessment at the University of Florida and Professor of Music Education. Dr. Brophy holds national and international leadership roles in assessment, served as a past National Chair of the Assessment Special Research Interest Group of The National Association for Music Education, and is the founding and organizing chair of the International Symposia on Assessment in Music Education (ISAME). He
co-founded the first Assessment, Measurement, and Evaluation Special Interest Group for the International Society for Music Education.