Just for a change, would it not be nice to hear talk about keeping and/or expanding full-time art specialists' presence in schools and maintaining strong art education programs at the college and university level? That conversation could result from the positive arguments we are providing in this article. The purpose of this article is to clarify…

The 2008 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Arts Assessment was administered to selected 8th grade students throughout the nation, and in 2009 the results from that administration were publicly reported. In the spring of 2010, building on the format and structure of the 2008 national assessment, the researcher administered a…

Author attempted to clarify the issues and to provide the background needed to understand the roots and assumptions of the movement towards accountability as well as the movement to technologize curriculum planning and teaching. (Author/RK) Aspect of National Assessment (NAEP) dealt with in this document: Procedures (Evaluation).