Which is awesome, if our mission was to test creative thinking. What if the arts teachers are actually judged, day to day, on the skill development of our students? Like, for instance, can they draw realistic figures, play Bach, be heard from stage while speaking? What? No creative thinking in that Skill Domain? How about knowledge of Art History and Concepts relevant to the arts disciplines? Not covered by creative thinking? What? Creative thinking is a poorly justified test to begin with? But does that add value to math? How about language arts? Oh, those tests don’t have anything to do with creative thinking, rather, they are solely about cultural knowledge of white main-stream culture? - It may be that this was a tough teacher week and I am totally not in an emotional place to speak to this issue at this time. But seriously? What we are told to do, and what we are tested for are not in agreement. Does anyone care if their kid can think “creatively?” No. Do they care if their kid can draw, can play piano, can be heard when they are on stage? Yes. So, again, what commercially available assessment do you have that will test ALL of the arts, as well as the impact of the arts on the “core” curriculum (other than music on math which is well-researched.) ? Yeah. Nothing.
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