Telling+the+Story+of+the+Elementary+Model+Cornerstone+Assessment+Benchmarking+Project

During the 2014 -2015 school year, over 300 teachers across the nation piloted Model Cornerstone Assessments based on the new national core arts standards thanks to a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. Over 6000 pieces of student artwork were collected and adjudicated by 25 educators chosen as benchmarkers; five in each discipline of Dance, Media Arts, Music, Theatre and Visual Arts. The rigorous process of adjudication utilized proven protocols guided by nationally known experts in the field of arts assessment to assure inter-rater reliability on the final 200 student works chosen, which will serve as benchmarked student work aligned to the new national core arts standards.

IN THEIR OWN WORDS In the videos below, members of the benchmarking team participate in and reflect on the process of benchmarking those student works. media type="custom" key="27770167" align="center"

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Access the standards here: [|www.nationalartsstandards.org] Access the Draft Model Cornerstone Assessments here:
 * DANCE || MEDIA ARTS || MUSIC || THEATRE || VISUAL ARTS ||
 * [|2nd Grade] || [|2nd Grade] || [|2nd Grade] || [|2nd Grade] || [|2nd Grade] ||
 * [|5th Grade] || [|5th Grade] || [|5th Grade] || [|5th Grade] || [|5th Grade] ||
 * [|8th Grade] || [|8th Grade] || [|8th Grade] || [|8th Grade A]

[|8th Grade B] || [|8th Grade] ||

Follow the links below to our archived pages created while in the process of the elementary MCA benchmarking.
 * FROM OUR 2014-2015 ARCHIVES**

To access the press releases and communications to the public click here for general information To access the archive of in process and training documents for the piloting teachers click here (documents, videos etc.) To access the archive of in process training and communications for the benchmarkers click here (help desk, videos, etc).