Karrie LaFave Leave a Comment dance, Formative Assessment, music, Students, theatre

At this time of COVID 19 and the breakneck speed of shifts to online learning, I want to discuss the use of formative assessment. Michigan uses this definition of formative assessment within its

Debra Henning Leave a Comment adrian villar rojas, arts assessments, arts education, arts integration, cross-curricular connections, frank gehry, iwan baan, language arts, louis vuitton, MAEIA assessments, martin agryoglo, paris, social studies, visual arts, where the slaves live

The following post offers an example of the manner in which MAEIA’s “Cross-Curricular Connections Assessment,” V.T 312 for Grade 8, can encourage students to think deeply about connections between the visual...

Heather Vaughan-Southard Leave a Comment Americans for the Arts, Arts Advocacy, Arts Education Field Guide, Arts Education for America's Students, Arts Education Partnership, ArtScan, Barb Whitney, Creative Many Michigan, Critical Links, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Doing Well and Doing Good by Doing Art, ESSA, Imagination Project, James Catterall, Lansing Arts Gallery and Education Center, MAEIA, UCLA

Access to the arts for students in schools offers an avenue for self-expression and a source of inspiration. Beyond that, the arts develop students’ critical thinking skills. Additionally, numerous studies prove the arts benefit academic...

Cheryl Poole Leave a Comment arts instruction, assessment modifications, curriculum, instructional strategies, MAEIA assessments, selecting assessments, teaching style

“These assessments are fine but where are the lessons?” That was the question I would sometimes hear in the conference exhibition booth when introducing the MAEIA assessments to educators attending the conference. They...