Welcome

Organizing Chairs:
Professor Timothy S. Brophy, University of Florida, USA
Professor Mei-Ling Lai, National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan
Professor Ming-Hui Lin, National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan

The music education faculties of the National Taiwan Normal University and the University of Florida School of Music will host a Symposium on Assessment in Music Education in April 2013, on the campus of the National Taiwan Normal University in Taipei, Taiwan. The purpose of the symposium is to bring together music education professionals worldwide to share the latest research, thought, and practice in music education assessment. We invite primary and secondary school music educators, higher education professionals and music education researchers, national, state and local education officials from across the world to join us in Taipei.

Because musical cultures are diverse, music education reflects that diversity in its practice. In educational systems where music achievement and skill are measured, these measurements reflect the musical diversity of the cultures in which musical learning takes place. In many countries, laws for educational accountability and the policies that are created to operationalize these laws into practice impact access to music education and instructional delivery. In the previous three ISAME meetings, participants identified three broad areas that are of interest to music educators across the world. The Key Questions of the 4th ISAME reflect those areas.

Key Questions for the Symposium:

1.   Practice. What practices are most successful in measuring student achievement and skill in music in diverse educational systems?
2.   Measurement. In what ways are music educators measuring student achievement in diverse musical cultures? How are these measures validated and examined for reliability?
3.   Policy. In what ways has law and policy impacted music assessment in the world’s diverse educational systems?

Keynote Speakers:

Dr. Pamela Burnard, Cambridge University, United Kingdom 

Dr. Richard Colwell, Professor Emeritus, University of Illinois, USA

Dr. Yao-Ting Sung, National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan

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