The SchoolWorks Lab's efforts to partner with schools, districts, arts organizations and companies has resulted in projects to improve student learning through the use of better assessment. Our project results are posted here in the form of highlights and they employ a variety of assessment strategies. Some projects, such as The New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) and the Brooklyn Philharmonic, show assessment results as a process of collecting student data both in written form and in our GALLERY of assessments, Rubrics, and student art work. We have worked hard to release as much student work as possible! Please enjoy this part of the site.

The New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA), lead by Amy Duggins Pender and Gary Dayton, believes that the arts are essential and basic to every child's education, and that the cultural community and the work of teaching artists are important resources for teachers and school-age children. The NYSCA is committed to funding programs whose basic principle is teaching and learning about the arts. In support of these beliefs, the Arts in Education Program funds cultural organizations that work in partnership with schools to create programs where teaching is focused on deep exploration and enhancement of the arts and arts-related environmental sciences. The Program also supports projects that allow teachers, administrators, students, and parents to explore and examine the powerful role the arts can play in education and life-long learning. Support of these programs is also meant to encourage and complement sequential, skills-based study of the arts in all of the artistic disciplines.