Fine Arts

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Fine Arts

• Curriculum Assessment
• Development

Superintendents Symposium The Walters Art
Museum September 12, 2003
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Changing Educational Priorities
Visionary Panel for Better Schools
Bridge to Excellence in Public Schools Act
No Child Left Behind Act Elementary and Secondary
Education Act - ESEA
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Core Academic Subjects
No Child Left Behind Act Title IX of NCLB, Part
A, Section 9101 (1)(D)(11)

• English, reading or language arts, mathematics,
  science, foreign languages, civics and
  government, economics, arts, history, and
  geography

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Policy Discussions
Focus Group
MSDE Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment
Staff

• The Fine Arts Education Advisory Panel
• Steering Committee

Assessment Policy Committee
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Priorities for the Fine Arts
1. Develop PreK-8 voluntary state curricula (VSC)
for the fine arts during 2003-2004.

• dance
• music
• theatre
• visual arts

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Priorities for the Fine Arts

• Develop an Assessment Tool Kit to

• inform instructional practice
• enhance the practitioners understanding of
  assessment processes and Skills

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Middle Level Assessment

• Develop a fine arts assessment for students
  exiting Grade 8.

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MSDE and Westat Assessment Contract

• Specific sets of deliverables are required for
  each of three years.
• Years I II items and tasks were based on State
  standards for the arts, the Maryland Essential
  Learner Outcomes for the Fine Arts.
• Year III deliverables are grounded in the
  essential curriculum and Assessment Tool Kit
  design.

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In Summary The Priorities

• Development of the VSC in Fine Arts
• Assessment Tool Kit to inform instruction and
  provide resources for teachers
• Summative assessment process to document student
  learning