Art and Design Education-Assessment and Accountability

The Department of Public Instruction does not currently have a state assessment in the arts but Wisconsin is participating in the development of a variety of assessments in the arts including:

• The National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) in the arts has been administered and scored for eighth-grade students. The NAEP 1997 Arts Report Card is available from the National Center for Educational Statistics at www.ed.gov/pubs/edpubs.html or http://nces.ed.gov/naep.

• State Collaborative on Assessment and Student Standards (SCASS) is a national initiative of 16 states to develop assessments in the arts. Information can be obtained from the Council of Chief State School Officers in Washington, DC at (202) 336-7046 or e-mail: frankp@ccsso.org. In Wisconsin contact (608) 267-7268 or e-mail vicki.fredrick@dpi.wi.gov.

• Arts Propel is a classroom assessment and instruction process developed by Harvard's Project Zero initiative. For information in Wisconsin contact (608) 267-5042 or melvin.pontious@dpi.wi.gov

For questions about this information, contact Beverly J. Kniess (608) 266-3706

Last updated on 2/25/2008 1:42:32 PM