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Evaluating the effectiveness of arts education programs
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Council Member Rita Joseph inquires about how the effectiveness of arts education programs is evaluated and what metrics are used to assess student engagement and outcomes. Cordelia Veve explains the assessment process and its importance.
- Assessment of instructional programs primarily lies with principals
- High-quality arts experiences are assessed similarly to other academic experiences
- Key factors include standards alignment, grade appropriateness, and inclusivity
- The arts office works with principals to understand what high-quality arts instruction looks like in practice
Rita Joseph
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How do you evaluate the effectiveness of its arts education program and what metrics do you use to assess students' engagement and outcome?
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Because you know a good educator always assess, make adjustments, and then.
Cordelia Veve
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Absolutely.
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And so I think Paul spoke a little bit about the data that they use across the city and also thinking about district specific, but really the assessment of an instructional program lies in the hands of principals.
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And so their work critical to this, making sure that principals understand what does a high quality arts experience look like.
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And really a high quality arts experience is very similar to a high quality academic experience.
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We want to make sure that their standards aligned.
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We wanna make sure that they're grade appropriate, and we wanna make sure that they're inclusive and accessible to all students.
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And so that's just the baseline for any academic experience, and then building up the understanding for leaders around what does that look like in an arts discipline classroom.
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That's the work of the arts office to work with the principals to think about how does that show up in the blueprint for the arts and Danielson in your specific classrooms.