Assessing the Standards: An Exploration of the Respond Model Cornerstone Assessment

Abstract

Along with standards describing what music students should be able to do, the National Core Arts Standards developed Model Cornerstone Assessments suggesting how teachers can measure student learning for each artistic process. This article explores the Respond Model Cornerstone Assessment. This column explains the Model Cornerstone Assessment for the Respond process; discusses what students need to know to succeed on the assessment; and explores ways for teachers to modify the assessment and use the data to refine their teaching.

Listening: Considerations in Teaching an Invisible Skill

“…One common strategy to teach vocabulary in an elementary classroom is to use a word wall where many words and terms are collected and posted for students to reference. Merely posting a word wall does not teach the words, however, teachers must include activities where those words are directly taught (Hatch, 2022).…”