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Assessment of composing in the lower secondary school in the English National Curriculum

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 January 2011

Martin Fautley  and
Jonathan Savage
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Abstract

This article reports the results of research into teachers’ practices concerning the assessment of composing at Key Stage 3 in the National Curriculum for Music in England. It finds that many teachers are using NC levels for assessing individual pieces of work, a process for which they were never intended. It also finds that teachers find it difficult to show progress using NC levels, and that many teachers have rewritten the levels into child-friendly language, thus causing further difficulties.

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British Journal of Music Education , Volume 28 , Issue 01: John Paynter: Music Educator 1931–2010 , March 2011 , pp. 51 - 67
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2011

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Footnotes

This research was funded by a grant from the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music, to whom the authors are most grateful.

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