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<div style="text-align: left;" align="left"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt;">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Michigan Arts Education Instructional Blueprint and Assessments to be Developed</span> </strong><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br /><br />The creation of a Model Arts Education Instruction and Assessment (MAEIA) program for Michigan has been</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> announced with a partnership between the Michigan Assessment Consortium (MAC), Data Recognition Corporation</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> (DRC), and the Michigan Department of Education (MDE).</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> The partners, MAC and DRC, were selected by MDE to develop these valuable resources for Michigan's elementary</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> and secondary schools in response to needs identified by the <a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); text-decoration: underline;" track="on" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=hli6lplab.0.crbhmplab.c8xo74bab.0&ts=S0847&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.michiganyoutharts.org%2Fadvocacy%2Fsurvey" shape="rect" linktype="1" target="_blank">2012 Michigan Youth Arts Survey</a>. The Survey</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> gathered data from Michigan's K-12 public schools on the key components of a comprehensive arts</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> education; results from this survey were presented to the Michigan State Board of Education at its December 2012</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> meeting.</span><br /><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br />MAEIA will include an Arts Education Instructional Blueprint that will provide a detailed description of a high</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> quality instructional program in the <span style="font-size: 11pt;">arts, </span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">an Audit Tool for districts to use in assessing the quality of their arts education instructional program, and finally, assessment specifications and prototypes that will guide the future development of student assessments in the arts.</span><strong> </strong></span></div>
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<div style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong>Development of MAEIA will begin in January 2013 and the MAC has issued a call for writers and reviewers in each of the four arts disciplines. The application deadline is January 21, 2013.</strong></span></div>
<br /><div style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Complete details as well as the application and full press release can be downloaded at: <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); text-decoration: underline;" track="on" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=hli6lplab.0.drbhmplab.c8xo74bab.0&ts=S0847&p=http%3A%2F%2Fmi-arts.wikispaces.com%2F" shape="rect" linktype="1" target="_blank">mi-arts.wikispaces.com</a></span></span></div><br /><div style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Or request an invitation by sending an email to: mi.maeia.project@gmail.com</span></div><br /></td></tr></table></td>
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