In music education, current attention to student-centered approaches for learning affects our understanding of student assessment. This view to curriculum reform requires new perspectives for assessment. There is a need to move beyond the summative use of assessment to assign grades to examining the roles of assessment in supporting and enhancing…

Article addressed the question of whether or not behavioral objectives are useful as an educational tool for the music educator. (Author/RK)

Urges band directors to restructure school band programs as a basic part of the overall curriculum to gain a more secure position in the schools. Encourages directors to insist on manageable class sizes, to focus on individual student learning, to teach from organized and specific curricula, and to evaluate learning outcomes. (LS)

Contends that Comprehensive Musicianship of the Contemporary Music Project has been all but ignored by music educators. Argues that Comprehensive Musicianship is the answer to a lack of measurable goals and assessment criteria in instrumental music. Concludes that secondary music instructors who fail to incorporate these techniques risk losing…

Asserts that elementary music education has been influenced by three approaches to learning: (1) the conceptual approach; (2) the child development approach; and (3) the activities approach. Presents six steps to designing an interdisciplinary project in music education. (CFR)