Michigan Arts Education Instruction and Assessment I N T R O D U C T I O N T O T H E Michigan Arts Education Instruction and Assessment Welcome to this introduction to the Michigan Arts Education Instruction and Assessment Project. In this module, I will describe some of the important characteristics of this ground-breaking project and introduce you to the resources you now have available to you. P R O J E C T

Purposes of the MAEIA Project Improve the quality of your arts education program Monitor and improve student learning in the arts Support professional practice and improve teacher effectiveness Advance arts as a key element of a well-rounded education There are several purposes to the Michigan Arts Education Instruction and Assessment or MAEIA project. The MAEIA project was commissioned by the Michigan Department of Education. It was developed by the Michigan Assessment Consortium with the Data Recognition Corporation, in partnership with over 1,000 Michigan Educators. The purposes of MAEIA are to help you as an arts educator to. improve the quality of your arts education program, monitor and improve student learning in the arts, support professional practice and improve it’s effectiveness, and ultimately, to advance arts education as a key part of a well-rounded education.

Overview of the Module Series Introduction to the MAEIA Project Overview of the MAEIA Assessments Overview of the Content Standards Assessed by the MAEIA Assessments Selecting the MAEIA Assessments Navigating the MAEIA Website Using the MAEIA Assessments Scoring and Reporting the MAEIA Assessments Using the MAEIA Assessments to Demonstrate Educator Effectiveness There are 8 modules in this module series. The modules describe the MAEIA program and the MAEIA resources, including the MAEIA assessments. The series also describes how to select, use, score and report the MAEIA assessments. The module you are currently viewing is an introduction to the MAEIA project.

What if . . . 1 4 assessments were embedded in your instructional plans? students enjoyed the assessment PROCESS? educators and others could gain a deeper understanding of what assessment means in the ARTS?. PROJECT-BASED LEARNING led the way to quality assessment? you could BELONG to a community of like-minded professionals exploring shared goals? you had resources to help your colleagues UNDERSTAND your work? 2 5 3 6 Let’s start with some questions for you to think about. (Pause) What if – assessments were embedded in your instructional plans? What if – students actually enjoyed the assessment PROCESS? What if – educators and others could gain a deeper understanding of what assessment means in the ARTS. What if – project-based learning led the way to quality assessment? What if – you could belong to a community of like-minded professionals exploring shared goals? What if – you had resources to help your colleagues understand your work?

Welcome to MAEIA . . . MAEIA Resources We are the Michigan Arts Education Instruction and Assessment (MAEIA) project. We're changing the landscape of arts assessment for students, educators, and programs. Arts Education Blueprint & a Program Review Tool 350 arts assessments in dance, music, theatre, and visual art & a community of like-minded professionals Well, we have some answers for you and …. some resources we feel will be helpful to you and your students. We are the Michigan Arts Education Instruction and Assessment or MAEIA project, and We're changing the landscape of arts assessment for students, educators, and programs. We have created resources you can use: an arts education blueprint, with supporting research a program review tool to help you measure your arts instructional program over 350 arts performance assessments in dance, music, theatre, and visual art , suitable for students from kindergarten through grade 12 and, a community of like-minded professionals

The Purposes of MAEIA The Call The Response To elevate arts education and promote student learning in the arts within the state of Michigan. We noticed support is needed at district, building, and classroom levels. The Response MAEIA was developed by the Michigan Assessment Consortium (MAC) and Data Recognition Corporation (DRC) for the Michigan Department of Education (MDE), in partnership with Michigan educators to create high quality tools for arts educators. Five years ago, a call went out to elevate arts education and promote student learning in the arts within the state of Michigan. We realized that support is needed at the district, building, and classroom levels. The response was the development of the MAEIA project resources. The MAEIA resources were developed by the Michigan Assessment Consortium and by Data Recognition Corporation, supported by the Michigan Department of Education, in partnership with Michigan educators. The resources created included high quality tools for arts educators

Michigan Arts Educators: MAEIA’s Founding Contributors As members of MAEIA’s professional network, they: Received professional development serving as assessment writers or reviewers Field tested MAEIA assessment items Field tested the MAEIA Program Review Tool Collaboratively scored field-tested items Provided feedback throughout the process More than 2,000 arts educators have rallied since 2012 to support arts education. More than 2,000 arts educators have rallied in support of arts education through their participation in the MAEIA project. These founding contributors have Received professional development through serving as assessment writers or reviewers Field tested MAEIA Program Review Tool Field tested the MAEIA assessment items Collaboratively scored the field-tested items Provided feedback throughout the process The quality of the MAEIA resources is a direct result of the active involvement of these founding contributors

Creating the Context for High Quality Arts Education Programs Michigan Blueprint of a Quality Arts Education Program Michigan Blueprint Research and Recommendations The first resources created by the project were the “Michigan Blueprint for a Quality Arts Education Program” and the “Research and Recommendations” in support of the Blueprint. The Blueprint contains characteristics of high quality arts education programs. For example, what courses are offered, who teaches them (and their qualifications), in what facilities, supported by what resources and which policies? The Blueprint statements address all 4 arts disciplines. The “Research and Recommendations” document supports the Blueprint by answering the “so who says” questions about each characteristic. The research and recommendations cited supports the characteristics specific to each arts disciplines and provides a firm foundation on which to build a high quality arts education program. maeia-artsednetwork.org

Michigan Blueprint of a Quality Arts Education Program Goal-setting document 7 criteria/44 indicators aligned with the Michigan School Improvement Framework. The Blueprint is intended for district-level administrators, teachers, parents and community for use in district and school improvement activities. The goal-setting statements are aspirational. based on the best available research and recommendations. have as their ultimate goal that all students develop unique ways of knowing and interpreting the world. prepare all students to be “world class” and globally competitive in college, careers, and life. are easy for busy administrators and teachers to reference. The Blueprint is organized into seven areas: A Student Access B Facilities and Resources C Policies and Accountability D Connections E Professional Learning and Instructional Support F Community and Cultural Collaborations G Program Planning, Review, and Improvement There are a total of 44 indicators across all seven areas.

Seven Criteria of a Quality Arts Education Program Student Access Facilities and Resources Policies and Accountability Connections Professional Learning and Instructional Support Community and Cultural Collaborations Program Planning, Review, and Improvement Seven Criteria of a Quality Arts Education Program This graphic shows that the seven areas of the Blueprint are linked to one another. The Michigan Blueprint of a Quality Arts Education Program is also aligned with the Michigan School Improvement Framework and school improvement process.

What does the Blueprint do for you? It clarifies the moving parts of your program and give you tools to measure/talk about your work. It helps identify strengths and areas of improvement- program wide, or classroom-specific. It provide tools to enhance your teaching, your portfolio, and your building- or district-wide conversations about the arts – within the context of the Michigan school improvement planning process. But you may be wondering what the Blueprint will do for you? Well, there are three things it could do for you. It could clarify the moving parts of your program and give you tools to measure and talk about your work. help identify strengths and areas of improvement – either program-wide, or specific to a class. provide tools to enhance your teaching, your portfolio, and your building- or district-wide conversations about the arts – within the context of the Michigan school improvement planning process.

Michigan Blueprint of a Quality Arts Education Program Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Introduction to MAEIA Blueprint and SIF Alignment How to Use the Blueprint Student Access (7) Facilities and Resources (9) Policies and Accountability (14) Connections (3) Professional Learning and Instructional Support (4) Community and Cultural Collaboration (3) Program Planning, Review, and Improvement (3) Glossary [Click through 1 – 10, and then the titles for chapters 1 -3.] Chapters 1 – 3 are introductory chapters to the overall project and purposes of the assessments. Chapters 4 – 10 provide the actual Blueprint recommendations in each of the seven areas of the Blueprint. [Click through the titles for chapters 4 – 10.] There is also a glossary of terms at the end of the Blueprint.

Framing the Conversation The Michigan Arts Education Program Review Tool measures school arts programs relative to each element contained in the Michigan Blueprint So what? The Program Review Tool is what you use when you want to provide evidence of how you rate compared to the Blueprint and to others. Next, I want to discuss the Program Review Tool To frame the conversation: The Michigan Arts Education Program Review Tool measures school arts programs relative to each element contained in the Michigan Blueprint. Well, you may wonder “so what?” How would the Program Review Tool be useful to you? The Program Review Tool is what you would use to show evidence of how your school would rate compared to the Blueprint and to other schools.

MAEIA Program Review Tool Is a self-study tool districts and schools can use to analyze and reflect on the status of their own arts education program Consists of questions that schools are asked to fill out (about 75). Uses One or more questions to measure each Blueprint indicator. The Program Review Tool, which is about 75 questions long, can help you collect information that will you and others in your school or district use to identify what improvements you want to make in your arts education program. This tool will help you engage in self-study to analyze the current status of your arts education program. The results can be used as part of a district or building school improvement process. We hope that the tool will help to improve your arts education program, instruction, and student learning. Results can be used as part of the district or building school improvement process.

Building the Experience The next series of MAEIA resources include: Model Arts Education Assessments for Grades K-8 Model Arts Education Assessments for High School These assessments are available in three grade bands (grades K-2, 3-5, and 6-8) in dance, music, theatre, and visual arts. These assessments are available in three levels, suitable for first-year, second-year, and third- & fourth-year students in dance, music, theatre, and visual arts. Another major resource for arts educators includes over 350 arts education performance assessments that have been created by Michigan educators. There are model assessments suitable for dance, music, theatre, and visual arts, for students in grades K-2, 3-5, 6-8, and high school. At the high school level, there are model assessments in dance, music, theatre, and visual arts for first-year, second-year, and third- & fourth-year students I each discipline.

Types of Assessment Items Four types of assessments were created for each grade range and discipline. Performance Tasks Performance Events These types of items are embedded in the Performance Events & Tasks. Constructed Response Selected Response Over 350 Performance Events and Tasks are available. There are four types of assessment items. The first two are Events and Tasks. Performance Tasks are lengthier assessments that may require several days to several weeks to complete. Performance Events are on-demand performance assessments that usually can be completed in a single class period. The thirds and fourth types are often embedded within the Events and Tasks. Constructed-response items are written response items to probe student understanding of the performance Selected-response items measure the content and process understandings required in some of the performance assessments.

So what? That’s right - adaptable to your needs. Events are short. Tasks are long. You’ll find assessment items that you could drop right into your curriculum. You’ll find other items that you would need to plan for. They may lead you to places you hadn’t considered before! With the booklets in your hand, you have a formal tool designed to be implemented by you when you are ready for them. Yet, you have complete permission to adjust the wording and the details to suit your needs based on time, situation, and the students in front of you. The assessment items are practical, inspired, and adaptable. That’s right - adaptable to your needs. As this slide indicates, the assessments are practical, inspired, and adaptable. While the events are short and the tasks are long, there are some of each suitable for K-2, 3-5, 6-8, and high school, in each of the four disciplines. So, you’ll find assessments that are just right for you and your instructional plans. You even have our permission to adjust the assessments – change the prompts, the wording, the scoring rubrics – to make them fit better with your planned instruction. That is what makes the MAEIA assessments so unique – you pick the ones that match your instructional plans, use them when you provide that instruction, and adapt them as necessary to fit even better!

Putting it into Action There is a Teacher Booklet for every assessment, and a Student Booklet for most of them. The Assessment Administration Manual provides general information about how to administer assessments. A paper on Using the MAEIA Assessments to Demonstrate Educator Effectiveness is also available. There are other resources you should be aware of There is a Teacher Booklet for every assessment, and a Student Booklet for most. The Assessment Administration Manual provides overall general information about how to administer assessments. A paper titled “Using the MAEIA Assessments to Demonstrate Educator Effectiveness” is also available. This paper suggest ways that the MAEIA assessments can meet educator evaluation requirements in Michigan.

Join the Conversation! The MAEIA community is available online. In addition to the resources already explored, the MAEIA website features MAEIA Professional Learning: modules, tutorials, webinars, and opportunities for connection Blog and Online Sources: read the contributions of MAEIA affiliates, link to valuable resources, and learn about the state of arts in Michigan Trending Topics: a forum of conversations about arts education and current events within the disciplines of dance, music, theatre, visual art, arts integration, and arts education advocacy and policy. The MAEIA community is available online. We invite you to join the online community – to join the conversation. In addition to the resources already explored, the MAEIA website features MAEIA Professional Learning resources such as modules, tutorials, webinars, and opportunities for connection. There are Blogs and Online Sources, so you can read the contributions of MAEIA affiliates, link to valuable resources, and learn about the state of arts education in Michigan. And, there is a section titled “Trending Topics,” which serves as a forum for conversations about arts education and current events within the disciplines of dance, music, theatre, visual art, arts integration, and arts education advocacy and policy.

So what? So now you have access to professional development resources as well as a professional teaching/learning community within Michigan. So what, you might still be asking Well, so now you have access to both professional development resources as well as a professional teaching/learning community within Michigan.

What… if you could . . . place your program into the context of quality arts education programming? access tools your colleagues (administrators, educators) are used to seeing in other disciplines? implement assessments organic to the curriculum you’ve already created and feel inspired to re-imagine new projects? actively participate in the arts education community within Michigan? So, in response to the questions posed at the outset of this presentation – what IF you could place your program in the context of quality arts education programming? access tools your colleagues (administrators, educators) are used to seeing in other disciplines? implement assessments organic to the curriculum you’ve already created and feel inspired to re-imagine new projects? actively participate in the arts education community within Michigan? Well …

MAEIA maeia-artsednetwork.org You can! MAEIA maeia-artsednetwork.org Well … you CAN! We hope that you use this gift of resources and community to support your professional learning, your program, your instruction, and most importantly, the learning of your students.

maeia-artsednetwork.org Be sure, also, to join the community of arts educators. Register on the site (see the word “Register” in the upper right hand corner) and join with other arts educators in improving your arts education programs.

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