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Did Consequential Accountability Policies Decrease the Share of Visual and Performing Arts Education in U.S. Public Secondary Schools during the No Child Left behind Era?
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Gara, Taylor V.; Farkas, George; Brouillette, Liane – Arts Education Policy Review, 2022
It has been asserted that the test-based accountability of No Child Left Behind (NCLB) increased instruction in tested subject areas reading and math, leading to reductions in arts education. We tested this using two waves of data, before and after NCLB implementation, in a difference-in-differences design. The analyses indicated that the total…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation, Accountability, Educational Policy
Communication Education in the Home, in the Schools, and in Higher Education: In The Schools: Accountability and Behavioral Evidences of Learning in Secondary School Speech and Theatre: A Symposium: Evaluating Performance in Theatre in the Secondary School
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Waack, William – Communication Education, 1976
Identifies several problems inherent in developing valid and reliable evaluative criteria for group performances and suggests some practical ways for dealing with these problems. (MH)
Descriptors: Accountability, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Performance Criteria
Communication Education in the Home, in the Schools, and in Higher Education: In The Schools: Accountability and Behavioral Evidences of Learning in Secondary School Speech and Theatre: A Symposium: Introduction
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Galvin, Kathleen M.; Buffinton, Joan M. – Communication Education, 1976
Descriptors: Accountability, Behavioral Objectives, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Needs
Competency-Based Theatre Education.
Potts, Norman – Secondary School Theatre Journal, 1979
Discusses the application of competency-based instruction to the teaching of theater arts in secondary schools. Advocates a four-step process of goal identification; procedure, content, and method selection; student participation; and evaluation of goal achievement. (JMF)
Descriptors: Accountability, Competency Based Education, Course Objectives, Evaluation Criteria
Communication Education in the Home, in the Schools, and in Higher Education: In The Schools: Accountability and Behavioral Evidences of Learning in Secondary School Speech and Theatre: A Symposium: Accountability, Behavioral Evidences of Learning and the Discipline of Speech Communication
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Streff, Craig R. – Communication Education, 1976
Suggests that behavioral evidences of learning which are too narrowly defined may potentially impede the effective teaching of speech communication and advocates improved professional-public communication to establish a realistic accountability framework. (MH)
Descriptors: Accountability, Behavioral Objectives, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Needs
The Challenge of Evaluation: What You Need to Know and Say about Theatre Class Grading.
Seidel, Kent – Teaching Theatre, 1994
Describes and discusses a three-step process for creating a feasible evaluation system for a theater program: (1) writing a values statement; (2) creating an internal accountability plan; and (3) making an external accountability plan. (SR)
Descriptors: Accountability, Parent School Relationship, Program Evaluation, Program Improvement