Assessing student learning
Sample course-level rubric (first semester)
| Skill | Emerging | Developing | Proficient | Accomplished |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sight-singing | Student can read and write pitches and rhythms. | Student can accurately sing a melody using solfege syllables.
Student can correctly perform a rhythm example using syllables (ex Takadimi). |
Student can accurately sing a melody using solfege syllables, while conducting.
Student can correctly perform a rhythm example using syllables (ex. Takadimi), while conducting. |
Student can correctly sight-sing a melody using solfege syllables, while conducting.
Student can accurately sight-read a rhythm example using syllables (ex. Takadimi), while conducting |
| Dictation | Student can correctly notate melodic contour | Student can accurately identify melodic and harmonic intervals.
Student can accurately repeat rhythms after hearing them. |
Student can accurately transcribe melodic and harmonic intervals.
Student can accurately transcribe rhythms. Student can correctly identify triad quality. |
Student can accurately transcribe simple melodies.
Student can accurately transcribe simple harmonies. Student can correctly transcribe triads. |
| Conducting | Student can entrain movement when provided with a steady beat at a range of tempos. | Student can correctly conduct in duple, triple, and quadruple meters when provided with a steady beat. | Student can correctly conduct in duple, triple, and quadruple meters while keeping a steady, internal beat. | Student can correctly conduct in duple, triple, and quadruple meters while keeping a steady, internal beat at a range of tempos. |
| Singing in harmony | Student can accurately perform pitches for their own part while singing solo. | Student can accurately perform rhythms and pitches for their own part while singing solo. | Student can accurately perform rhythms for their own part while singing in two-part harmony or simple canons. | Student can accurately perform rhythms and pitches for their own part while singing in two-part harmony or simple canons. |
Sample course-level rubric (second semester)
| Skill | Emerging | Developing | Proficient | Accomplished |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sight-singing | Student can accurately sing a melody using solfege syllables, while conducting.
Student can correctly perform a rhythm example using syllables (ex. Takadimi), while conducting. |
Student can correctly sight-sing a melody using solfege syllables, while conducting.
Student can accurately sight-read a rhythm example using syllables (ex. Takadimi), while conducting |
Student can correctly sight-sing a melody in alto or tenor clef and/or including include non-harmonic tones using solfege syllables.
Student can accurately sight-read a rhythm example involving syncopation and/or complex subdivisions of the beat, using syllables (ex. Takadimi). |
Student can correctly sight-sing a melody in alto or tenor clef and/or including include non-harmonic tones using solfege syllables while conducting.
Student can accurately sight-read a rhythm example involving syncopation and/or complex subdivisions of the beat, using syllables (ex. Takadimi) while conducting. |
| Dictation | Student can accurately transcribe melodic and harmonic intervals.
Student can accurately transcribe rhythms. Student can correctly identify triad quality. |
Student can accurately transcribe simple melodies.
Student can accurately transcribe simple harmonies. Student can correctly transcribe triads. |
Student can accurately transcribe short melodic examples in major and minor keys.
Student can accurately transcribe simple harmonies, notating bass line and providing Roman numeral analysis. Student can correctly identify qualities of seventh chords in root position. |
Student can accurately transcribe long melodic examples in major and minor keys.
Student can accurately transcribe complex harmonies, notating bass line and providing Roman numeral analysis. Student can accurately transcribe seventh chords in root position and inversion. |
| Conducting | Student can correctly conduct in duple, triple, and quadruple meters while keeping a steady, internal beat. | Student can correctly conduct in duple, triple, and quadruple meters while keeping a steady, internal beat at a range of tempos. | Student can correctly conduct in duple, triple, and quadruple meters while keeping a steady, internal beat at a range of tempos and accurately navigating changes in tempo or changes in meter. | Student can correctly conduct in duple, triple, and quadruple meters while keeping a steady, internal beat at a range of tempos and accurately navigating both changes in tempo and changes in meter. |
| Singing in harmony | Student can accurately perform rhythms for their own part while singing in two-part harmony or simple canons. | Student can accurately perform rhythms and pitches for their own part while singing in two-part harmony or simple canons. | Student can accurately perform rhythms for their own part while singing in four-part harmony or complex canons. | Student can accurately perform rhythms and pitches for their own part while singing in four-part harmony or complex canons. |
