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Session Title: Evidence and Evaluations for Large-scale Arts Education Programs
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Panel Session 438 to be held in Palisades on Thursday, Nov 3, 2:50 PM to 4:20 PM
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Sponsored by the Evaluating the Arts and Culture TIG
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| Don Glass, Boston College, donglass@gmail.com
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| Don Glass, Boston College, donglass@gmail.com
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| Abstract:
The purpose of the session is to share knowledge and practices for evaluating large-scale arts education programs with program staff or evaluators. The presenters represent the three arts-focused USDoE Innovation (i3) grants that were awarded at the Development level that include external multi-year program evaluations of district-level arts education opportunities and their impact on student achievement. Find out more about the evaluation design, use, and sharing for these important i3 grants.
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Everyday Arts for Special Education
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| Robert Horowitz, Columbia University, artsresearch@aol.com
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Everyday Arts for Special Education(EASE)is designed to improve student achievement in communication, socialization, academic learning, and arts proficiency through integrated, arts-based approaches. The evaluation is investigating differences among potential effects for students on the autism spectrum, students with intellectual disability, students with emotional disturbance, and students with multiple disabilities.
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Arts for Learning
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| Jan Norman, Young Audiences, jan@ya.org
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| Sandy Sobolew, WestED, ssobole@wested.org
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Young Audiences, Inc., its Oregon affiliate, and partners will implement the Arts for Learning (A4L) Program in the Beaverton School District for 3rd - 5th grade students over the next five years. A4L integrates standards-focused, text-based content and arts strategies to improve students' achievement in literacy, learning, and life skills. WestEd will conduct a three-year multi-method evaluation with formative and summative components. A cluster-randomized trial in 32 elementary schools in grades 3-5 will be used to examine the impact of the A4L curriculum on student achievement, as well as inform the effectiveness of professional development, and the fidelity of implementation.
Full proposal narrative: http://www2.ed.gov/programs/innovation/2010/narratives/u396c100900.pdf.
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Arts Achieve: Impacting Student Success in the Arts
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| Susanne Harnett, Metis Associates, sharnett@metisassociates.com
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| Tom Cahill, Studio in a School Association, tcahill@studioinaschool.org
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Studio in a School and its partners will design 5th grade, 8th grade, and high school benchmark arts assessments in visual arts, music, theater, and dance aligned with the New York City Blueprint for the Arts. Metis Associates will conduct the evaluation using a cluster randomized assignment (50% treatment/50% control schools). The evaluation will assess the extent to which the project produces assessments aligned with arts standards, the impact of the initiative on arts teachers' instruction and their integration of technology into the classroom, and the impact of the project on students' arts skills and academic achievement. Full proposal narrative: http://www2.ed.gov/programs/innovation/2010/narratives/u396c100448.pdf
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