Arts Evaluation and Assessment: Measuring Impact in Schools and Communities (Paperback, Softcover Repri)

1. An Introduction to Arts Evaluation 2. A Step in the Right Direction: Early Lessons from a Longitudinal Study of Dance Education as a Developmental Catalyst 3. Everyday Arts for Special Education: Impact on Student Learning and Teacher Development 4. Learning through Music: A Five-year Evaluation of the Cleveland Orchestra's Learning Through Music Program 5. Aging and the Healing Power of Choral Music: A Community Responsive Evaluation of Vintage Voices 6. Cultivating School Culture: Tilling the Soil and Nourishing the Seeds through the Arts 7. Arts and Socioemotional Development: Evaluating a new Mandate for Arts Education 8. AP Research and the Arts: Evaluating a new Approach to College Preparation 9. The Path to "Play the Past": An Evaluation Journe y 10. The Best of Both Worlds: Using Multiple Evaluation Approaches to Build Capacity and Improve a Museum-Based Arts Program 11. Stages, Sights and Sounds: Evaluating Student Engagement with Live, Multimedia Performance 12. Accounting for Taste: Using Propensity Score Methods to Evaluate the Documentary Film, "Waiting for "Superman" 13. A Ship with Two Prows: Evaluating Professional Development for Contemporary Art Educators 14. Arts Policy and the Creative Economy