National Standard 2a

Instrumental Audio Tape Assessment During Rehearsals

Assessing the Nation Standards for Music Education From Performance Standards for Music - Strategies and Benchmarks for Assessing Progress toward the national Standards
	Content Standard	Performing on Instruments, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music
	Achievement Standard 1a.	Students perform with expression and technical accuracy a large and varied repertoire of instrumental literature with a difficulty level of 4, on a scale of 1 to 6.
	Assessment Strategy	Each semester, the student's individual performance is tape recorded during the rehearsal in an instrumental ensemble, or alternatively, in solo performances. The works may vary in level of difficulty from 3 to 5. Each work has been rehearsed previously. The student is also asked to identify the composers of various works performed during the semester and to describe the works, using appropriate music terminology during class.