Assessment in Music Education: from Policy to Practice

Glossary.- 1. Future Directions for Assessment in Music.- 2. Backwards Assessment Explanations: Implications for Teaching and Assessment Practice.- 3. Assessment in Music in the European Context: The Polifonia Project.- 4. Assessment in Music in the Australian Context: The AiM Project.- 5. Challenging Approaches to Assessment of Instrumental Learning.- 6. The Bachelor of Music: Purpose, Desires and Requirements.- 7. Participants' Perceptions of the Role of Fair and Valid Assessment Tasks in Tertiary Music Education.- 8. Assessment and Critical Feedback in the Master-apprentice Relationship: Rethinking Approaches to the Learning of a Music Instrument.- 9. Assessing Music Performance Process and Outcome through a Rubric: Ways and Means.- 10. Embedding Creative and Critical Thinking in Performance Studies - the Challenge.- 11. A Search for Balance: The Development of a Performance Assessment form for Classical Instrumental Music in the Tertiary Context.- 12. Linking Assessment Practices, Unit-level Outcomes, and Discipline Specific Capabilities in Contemporary Music Studies.- 13. New Wine in Old Bottles: Aligning Curricula, Pedagogy and Assessment through Creative Practice in Classical and Contemporary Music.- 14. Assessments for Music Theory: Three Situations.- 15. The BoPMAT: Bachelor of Music Popular Music Program.- 16. The Amazing Marking Machine. A Process for Authentic, Efficient Assessment.- 17. Assessment and Feedback in Curricula Design for Contemporary Vocal Studies.- 18. Musical Theatre Assessment: Perspectives on the Efficacy of Continuous Assessment.- 19. Aligning Student Attitudes, Assessment, and Curriculum Design: A Case Study using "My Life as a Musician" Vocational Preparation Strand.- Concluding Thoughts: Assessment in Music for the 21^st Century.