The Oxford Handbook of Assessment Policy and Practice in Musi... - 9780190248130

The Oxford Handbook of Assessment Policy and Practice in Music Education, Volume 2Author(s): Timothy Brophy\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Oxford University Press, United States\nImprint: Oxford University Press Inc\nISBN-13: 9780190248130, 978-0190248130\nSynopsis\nIn the music classroom, instructors who hope to receive aid are required to provide data on their classroom programs. Due to the lack of reliable, valid large-scale assessments of student achievement in music, however, music educators in schools that accept funds face a considerable challenge in finding a way to measure student learning in their classrooms. From Australia to Taiwan to the Netherlands, music teachers experience similar struggles in the quest for a definitive assessment resource that can be used by both music educators and researchers. In this two-volume Handbook, contributors from across the globe come together to provide an authority on the assessment, measurement, and evaluation of student learning in mus.