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Apples, Oranges, and assessment.

Arts Education Policy Review,  January, 2002  by Schultz, Russ A.

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When I was a youngster, there was a joke that there were only two certainties in life: death and taxes. Education today presents two others: accountability and assessment. Although assessment seems to have overwhelmed and consumed us, we should recognize that there are models that are sound, and that the assessment process, when done correctly, is beneficial.

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All assessment activities are not a problem. Some institutional or academic association models attempt to define what our students should know and be able to do, rather than simply identifying what we are teaching. That, too, ...

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