NAEP Arts -- Self Evaluation Exercise--Student Samples

After students completed the improvisation and creation tasks, they completed two self-evaluation questions. Each question was scored using a three-level guide that classified responses as either Inadequate, Limited, or Adequate. Student responses were evaluated considering the overall accuracy, specificity, and appropriate use of musical vocabulary in the response.
NOTE: Of the 70 percent of student responses in the lowest score level, 1 percent consists of omits and otherwise unscorable responses.	NOTE: Of the 71 percent of student responses in the lowest score level, 1 percent consists of omits and otherwise unscorable responses.

Student Self-Evaluation Questions


Limited In this response, the student accurately refers to something that was present in the improvisation. However, the response was scored as Limited because the student failed to use sufficiently specific musical vocabulary to describe the performance.


Adequate In this response, the student accurately refers to something that was present in the improvisation. The response was scored as Adequate because the student used sufficiently specific musical vocabulary to describe aspects of the performance.


Limited This response was scored as Limited because the student's assessment of the performance is only somewhat accurate. The student used a few appropriate vocabulary words in the response.


Adequate This response was scored as Adequate because the student gave an accurate assessment of the performance and used appropriate musical vocabulary.

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Explore a variety of exercises and student responses from the music, theatre, and visual arts assessments in the 1997 NAEP Arts Report Card.