%0 Journal Article %T An Emerging Process of Assessment in Music Education %A Brian Wesolowski %A Frederick Burrack %A Kelly A. Parkes %A Phillip D. Payne %J Music Educators Journal %@ 1945-0087 %D 2019 %R 10.1177/0027432118818880 %X An effective assessment process can improve student performance, guide instructional decisions, and advocate for a music program. Strategies include designing and administering reliable and valid measures of student learning and using assessments to enhance feedback, longitudinal documentation of assessment results for accountability, and a transparency of assessment processes and findings for increased advocacy. An emerging process of assessment is inherent through the Model Cornerstone Assessments and contributes to an evolving assessment culture within K¨C12 music education %K assessment %K documentation %K K¨C12 music education %K Model Cornerstone Assessments %U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0027432118818880