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Outcome-Based Evaluation
A Working Model for Arts Projects

ABC Media Arts Center - Example

 

Purpose: To provide teacher training, artist mentoring, and mechanisms
that promote the linkage between the media-making community and the
educational system, so that:

  • Teachers and students demonstrate knowledge of media arts,
  • Students demonstrate an interest in media arts as a career, and
  • Schools demonstrate media literacy

OUTCOME #1: Teachers demonstrate use of media tools in classroom

Indicators:

    1. # and % of teachers who identify media equipment appropriate to their
      classroom needs; AND
    2. # and % of teachers who plan to incorporate media tools in their
      classroom; AND
    3. # and % of teachers who order media equipment during the school year;
      AND
    4. # and % of teachers who use media equipment at least three times
      during the school year

OUTCOME #2: Students demonstrate knowledge of media literacy

Indicators:

    1. # and % of students who score "x" or above on the media literacy test;
      AND
    2. # and % of students who present their media-art product at the school
      sponsored event

OUTCOME #3: Students demonstrate interest in seeking a career in the media arts

Indicators:

    1. # and % of young artists asking (the Media Arts Center) to provide
      them with a mentor; AND
    2. # and % of young artists who indicate that they are interested in a
      media arts career

OUTCOME #4: Schools demonstrate media literacy

Indicators:

    1. # and % of schools that integrate media arts into their curricula; OR
    2. # and % of schools that make public presentations of student-produced media art.
   

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