OSPI-Developed Performance Assessments for the Arts
OSPI has developed Arts assessments that can be used by teachers in the classroom throughout the school year to gauge student understanding of the learning standards for dance, music, theatre, and visual arts.
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Poetry in Motion (2008) Students are asked to create a short dance based on the ideas, feelings, and images of a poem.
Component 1.1,
1.2,
1.2,
2.1,
2.2,
2.3,
3.1,
3.2,
4.1 - 2003 Training Set
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Dancing Art (2008) Students are asked to choreograph and perform a dance based on one of two works of arts (visual).
Component 1.1,
1.2,
2.1,
2.2,
2.3,
3.1,
3.2,
4.1 - 2003 Training Set
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Wild Wonderful Weather (2009) Students are asked to choreograph and perform a dance based on the qualities of weather.
Component 1.1,
1.2,
2.1,
2.2,
2.3,
3.1 - 2003 Training Set
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Shape It Up (2009) Students are asked to choreograph and perform a dance based on a geometric shape.
Component 1.1,
1.2,
2.1,
2.2,
2.3,
3.1,
4.2 - 2003 Training Set
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Why Warm Up? (2008) Students are asked to learn and perform a warm-up series and then explain the purpose of several of the exercises.
Component 1.1,
1.2,
2.2,
2.3,
3.2,
3.3,
4.2
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Additional Training Sets:
Dancing Differences
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Moving Poetry (2009) Students are asked to create a short dance based on the ideas, feelings, and images of a poem.
Component 1.1,
1.2,
2.1,
2.2,
2.3,
3.1,
4.1 - 2003 Training Set |
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Moving Masterpieces (2008) Students are asked to choreograph a solo dance based on one of two works of visual art, using no words.
Component 1.1,
1.2,
2.1,
2.2,
2.3,
3.1,
3.2,
3.3,
4.1 - 2003 Training Set
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Start Right! (2008) Students are asked to create a warm-up focused on alignment.
Component 1.1,
1.2,
2.1,
2.2,
2.3,
3.2,
3.3,
4.2,
4.3
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Additional Training Sets:
Choreograph a Commercial; Dance Critic;
Dance Expert
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Poetry in Performance (2009) Students are asked to translate their understanding of a poem into dance.
Component 1.1,
1.2,
2.1,
2.2,
2.3,
3.1,
4.1 - 2003 Training Set
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Art in Action (2009) Students are asked to choreograph a solo dance based on a work of visual art.
Component 1.1,
1.2,
2.1,
2.2,
2.3,
3.1,
4.1 - 2003 Training Set
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The Audition (2008) Students are asked to memorize a short dance and create, perform and respond about a variation based on the memorized dance.
Component 1.1,
1.2,
2.1,
2.2,
3.2,
3.3 - 2003 Training Set
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Moving Toward Alignment (2008) Students are asked to create warm-up sequences to develop alignment and flexibility in two different styles of dance or activities.
Component 1.1,
1.2,
2.1,
2.2,
3.2,
3.3,
4.2,
4.3
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Additional Training Sets:
Youth and the Arts; World Dance Cultures
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Zoo Tunes (2008) Students are asked to notate, and perform, with voice or instrument, an original musical composition portraying a chosen animal.
Component 1.1,
1.2,
2.1,
2.2,
2.3,
3.1,
3.2 -
2003 Training Set
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What a Find! (2008) The students are asked to create a rhythmic pattern based on given notations, arrange it into a rondo form (ABACA), and sight read and play the rhythmic pattern using body percussion.
Component 1.1,
1.2,
2.2,
3.1 - 2003 Training Set
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Come to the Fair (2008) Students are asked to listen to and compare and contrast two musical compositions.
Component 1.1,
1.3,
3.1 - 2003 Training Set |
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Cat Food Commercial (2009) Students are asked to create, compose and perform a commercial that demonstrates an understanding of how tempo, rhythm, and dynamics relate to the cat food.
Component 1.1,
1.2
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Additional Training Sets:
All-Star Cast;
Cartoon Soundtrack
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All-State All-Stars (2008) Students are asked to perform a sight-singing exercise of four measures of music.
Component 1.1,
1.2,
2.2 - 2003 Training Set
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Bubble Gum Jingle (2008) Students are asked to create and perform a jingle, using voice or instrument, for a brand of bubble gum.
Component 1.1,
1.2,
2.2,
2.3,
3.1 - 2003 Training Set
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Roller Coaster Fanatic (2008) Students are asked to create a theme, using voice or an instrument, showing a person's feelings when riding a roller coaster as a theme for a computer game.
Component 1.1,
1.2,
2.2,
3.1 - 2003 Training Set |
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Festival Time Ensemble (2008) Revised for middle and high school students. Students are asked to select a musical piece which they will research, analyze, and then perform, using voice or an instrument in a small ensemble.
Component 1.1,
1.2,
2.2,
2.3,
3.2
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Festival Time Solo (2008) Revised for middle and high school students. Students are asked to select a musical piece which they will research, analyze, and then perform, using voice or an instrument.
Component 1.1,
1.2,
2.2,
2.3,
3.2
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Pit Orchestra Audition (2008) (Middle Level Strings) Students are asked to sight read the rhythms, note patterns, and dynamics in eight measures of music for strings.
Component 1.1,
1.2
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Additional Training Sets:
Music Review;
Stepping to the Rhythm
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The Melody of Your Dreams (2008) Students are asked to create a musical composition with a "catchy" melody for voice or instrument that may be used in an advertisement for a car advertisement.
Component 1.1,
1.2,
2.1,
2.3,
3.1 - 2003 Training Set
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Documentary Theme Song (2008) Students will be asked to create a music composition using a music sequencing computer program or a music notation computer program.
Component 1.1,
1.2,
2.1,
2.3
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Festival Time Solo (2008) Revised for middle and high school. Students are asked to select a musical piece which they will research, analyze, and then perform, using voice or an instrument.
Component 1.1,
1.2,
2.2,
2.3,
3.2 - 2003 Training Set |
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Festival Time Ensemble (2008) Revised for middle and high school. Students are asked to select a musical piece which they will research, analyze, and then perform, using voice or an instrument.
Component 1.1,
1.2,
2.2,
2.3,
3.2
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Sounds of Music (2008) (Woodwinds, Brass and Percussion) Students are asked to sight read the rhythms, note patterns, and dynamics in eight measures of mixed meter music for woodwind brass and percussion.
Component 1.1,
1.2,
2.2 - 2003 Training Set |
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Pit Orchestra Audition (2008) (High School Strings) Students are asked to sight read the rhythms, note patterns, and dynamics in eight measures of mixed meter music for strings.
Component 1.1,
1.2
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Additional Training Sets:
Prime Time TV;
World Class All-Stars
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Center Stage Star (2008) Students are asked to create a performance of a character from a familiar fairy tale, folk-tale, fable, or nursery rhyme.
Component 1.2,
2.3 - 2003 Training Set |
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Greetings, Sister City! (2008) Students are asked to create a vocal presentation based on a Haiku poem.
Component 1.2,
2.3 - 2003 Training Set
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So...What's Your Problem? (2008) Students are asked to create and perform an improvisational scene based on a story with a problem and solution.
Component 1.2,
1.1 - 2003 Training Set
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Be a Good Sport (2008) Students are asked to demonstrate a sport skill through mimed movement.
Component 1.2,
2.3 - 2003 Training Set
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Time for Rhyme (2008) Students are asked to memorize and perform a nursery rhyme.
Component 1.2,
2.3 - 2003 Training Set
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Animal Crackers (2008) Students are asked to create an animal character for an audition.
Component 1.2,
2.3 - 2003 Training Set
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Thinking on Your Feet (2008) Revised from Campfire Story: It's Your Night! Students are asked to create and perform an improvisational story with an effective storyline using improvisational skills.
Component 1.1,
1.2.1,
2.3 - 2003 Training Set
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Poetry Month (2008) Revised from Get a Job! Students are asked to perform a short memorized poem of their choice.
Component 1.2
- 2003 Training Set
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Silent Movie (2008) Revised from S.O.S. I Don't Know. Students are asked to create and perform a pantomime with a storyline that includes a central conflict.
Component 1.1,
1.2.1,
2.3 - 2003 Training Set
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Star Power! (2008) Revised from Lights, Camera, Action! Students are asked to perform a memorized monologue
Component 1.2,
2.3 - 2003 Training Set
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Auditioning With Pantomime (2008) Students are asked to create a pantomime with a clear beginning, middle, and end that has a central conflict which is clearly resolved.
Component 1.1,
1.2,
2.3 - 2003 Training Set |
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You're History! (2008) Students are asked to choose a historic figure and create a character portrayal.
Component 1.2 - 2003 Training Set |
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On The Spot (2008) Revised from
Comedy Tonight! Students are asked to perform a one-minute improvisation with a partner.
Component 1.1,
1.2 - 2003 Training Set
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Getting The Part (2008) Students are asked to analyze a monologue from a selection of published modern plays in preparation for a performance.
Component 1.1,
1.2 - 2003 Training Set
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Speaking The Speech (2008) Students are asked to select a speech and perform the speech to demonstrate effective vocal work.
Component 1.2 - 2003 Training Set
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The Play's The Thing? (2008) Students are asked to create a window display utilizing theme(s) from a famous play.
Component 1.1,
1.2
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One of a Kind Shoe (2008) Students are asked to design a sports shoe.
Component 1.1,
1.1,
2.1,
2.2,
2.3,
3.1,
3.2,
4.5 - 2003 Training Set
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Aquarium Tiles (2008) Students are asked to create a decorative tile for a proposed border design for an aquarium. The tile will have relief, decorative rhythms, patterns and aquarium themed animals.
Component 1.1,
1.1, 4.5 |
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Additional Training Sets:
A Postcard View; A New Mascot; All About Us ; You've Got it Covered |
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Endangered Nest (2008) Students are asked to create a realistic illustration of a bird’s nest with specified features for a national conservation magazine.
Component 1.1,
1.1,
2.1,
2.2,
2.3,
3.1,
3.2,
3.3,
4.2,
4.5 - 2003 Training Set
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Sculptures in the Park (2008) Students are asked to create an abstract sculpture for local community park planners.
Component 1.1,
1.1,
1.1,
1.1,
1.2,
2.1,
2.2,
2.3,
3.1,
3.2,
3.3,
4.3,
4.4,
4.5 - 2003 Training Set
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Put the Life Back in Wildlife (2008) Students are asked to create a functional and decoration vessel which will benefit a wildlife preserve.
Component 1.1,
1.1,
2.1,
2.2,
2.3,
3.1,
3.2,
4.5
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Additional Training Sets:
The Real You - Section 1,
Section 2, Anchor Set 1-12,
Section 3, Practice Set 1-10,
Section 4,
Section 5;
Earth Day;
Teen Sandwich Hub
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A Vegetarian Palette-Still Life (2008) Students are asked to create a realistic and still life composition of an arrangement of fruits and/or vegetables for the front cover of a new vegetarian cookbook.
Component 1.1,
1.1,
2.1,
2.2,
2.3,
3.1,
3.2,
4.5
2003 Training Sets - Section 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
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Snack Time-Photography (2008) Students are asked to create a photograph for a feature article in their school’s newspaper about teen food choices.
Component 1.1,
1.1,
2.1,
2.2,
2.3,
3.1,
3.2,
4.5
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A Zoo Mug-3-D Ceramic Vessel (2008) Students are asked to create a functional (utilitarian) and decorative mug out of clay which promotes the local zoo, utilizing pinch, coil and slab techniques.
Component 1.1,
1.1,
2.1,
2.2,
2.3,
3.1,
3.2,
4.5
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Additional Training Sets:
Earth Club Logo; Cartoon Comments;
The Perfect Gift;
Picture This
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