Arts Evaluation and Assessment

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxxiv

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2. An Introduction to Arts Evaluation

   • Rekha S. Rajan, Ivonne Chand O’Neal

   Pages 1-9

3. A Step in the Right Direction: Early Lessons from a Longitudinal Study of Dance Education as a Developmental Catalyst

   • James S. Catterall, Julie E. Kendig, Linda T. Mesesan, Dawn S. Reese, Kimberley G. Zanti

   Pages 11-35

4. Everyday Arts for Special Education: Impact on Student Learning and Teacher Development

   • Rob Horowitz

   Pages 37-64

5. Learning Through Music: A Five-Year Evaluation of the Cleveland Orchestra’s Learning Through Music Program

   • Hal Abeles, Mary Hafeli

   Pages 65-98

6. Aging and the Healing Power of Choral Music: A Community-Responsive Evaluation of Vintage Voices

   • Daren Nyquist, Kylie Nicholas

   Pages 99-115

7. Cultivating Sustainable School Culture: Tilling the Soil and Nourishing the Seeds Through the Arts

   • Ross Anderson, Christine Pitts

   Pages 117-146

8. The Arts and Socioemotional Development: Evaluating a New Mandate for Arts Education

   • Steven J. Holochwost, Dennie Palmer Wolf, Kelly R. Fisher, Kerry O’Grady, Kristen M. Gagnier

   Pages 147-180

9. AP Research and the Arts: Evaluating a New Approach to College Preparation

   • Ivonne Chand O’Neal, Serena Magrogan, Lynnette Overby, Greg Taylor

   Pages 181-199

10. The Path to “Play the Past”: An Evaluation Journey

    • Wendy Jones, Jennifer Sly

    Pages 201-222

11. The Best of Both Worlds: Using Multiple Evaluation Approaches to Build Capacity and Improve a Museum-Based Arts Program

    • Don Glass, Patti Saraniero

    Pages 223-248

12. Stages, Sights & Sounds: Evaluating Student Engagement with Live, Multimedia Arts Performance

    • Rekha S. Rajan, Jeanette E. Goddard

    Pages 249-270

13. Accounting for Taste: Using Propensity Score Methods to Evaluate the Documentary Film, Waiting for “Superman”

    • Johanna Blakley, Sheena Nahm

    Pages 271-295

14. A Ship with Two Prows: Evaluating Professional Development for Contemporary Art Educators

    • Jessica C. Hamlin, Lois Hetland

    Pages 297-322

15. Arts Policy and the Creative Economy

    • Ivonne Chand O’Neal, Brian Kisida, Laura Smyth, Rekha S. Rajan

    Pages 323-332

16. Back Matter

    Pages 333-347

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​This book addresses the challenges faced by arts organizations, schools, and community-based settings when designing program evaluations and measuring artistic engagement and experience. With contributions from leaders in the field, this volume is an exemplary collection of complete program evaluations that assess music, theater, dance, multimedia, and the visual arts in a variety of contexts.  

• art education
• evaluation and assessment
• qualitative and quantitative methodology
• arts management
• funding

   

• PANCH Research, LLC, Chicago, IL, USA

  Rekha S. Rajan

• MUSE Research, LLC, Kensington, MD, USA

  Ivonne Chand O'Neal

Rekha S. Rajan is Co-Director for PANCH Research, LLC, an international consulting firm specializing in biomedical, health, education, arts research and program evaluation. She is the author of several books, over 50 articles and evaluations. She received her EdD in music education from Teachers College, Columbia University, is on the editorial boards for leading arts journals and was awarded grants from the NEA and Chicago Community Trust. Rajan is also a professional actress and classically trained vocalist.  


Ivonne Chand O’Neal is Principal at MUSE Research, an arts research and evaluation think tank. She sits on Research Advisory and Editorial boards for the Human Flourishing Initiative at the University of Pennsylvania, USA, and was founding Director of Research and Evaluation for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.  

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