Arts Evaluation and Assessment

1. An Introduction to Arts Evaluation

2. A Step in the Right Direction: Early Lessons from a Longitudinal Study of Dance Education as a Developmental Catalyst
3. Everyday Arts for Special Education: Impact on Student Learning and Teacher Development
4. Learning through Music: A Five-year Evaluation of the Cleveland Orchestra's Learning Through Music Program
5. Aging and the Healing Power of Choral Music: A Community Responsive Evaluation of Vintage Voices
6. Cultivating School Culture: Tilling the Soil and Nourishing the Seeds through the Arts 
7. Arts and Socioemotional Development: Evaluating a new Mandate for Arts Education
8. AP Research and the Arts: Evaluating a new Approach to College Preparation
9. The Path to "Play the Past": An Evaluation Journey
10. The Best of Both Worlds: Using Multiple Evaluation Approaches to Build Capacity and Improve a Museum-Based Arts Program
11. Stages, Sights and Sounds: Evaluating Student Engagement with Live, Multimedia Performance
12. Accounting for Taste: Using Propensity Score Methods to Evaluate the Documentary Film, "Waiting for "Superman"

13. A Ship with Two Prows: Evaluating Professional Development for Contemporary Art Educators 
14. Arts Policy and the Creative Economy

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.