I'm constantly trying to find the easiest, most efficient, most accurate solution to assessing students on an individual basis. Since we do not have Smart Music available yet at our school, I want to get some of your input on the best solution to hearing hundreds of students take playing tests.
I've used both voicemail and Google Voice in the past as a means to hear tests. I love the voice to text email/texting option that google voice uses, but it's not really necessary when hearing a trumpet blat out an etude and a scale. (But it is rather humorous to watch google try to translate a playing test into words!)
My most recent effort to hear tests included using the Zoom H4 recording device. However, this took about 3 - 5 different class periods to get through each individual student, and then (literally) about 2 MONTHS to grade them all. So that ended that fiasco. There just has to be a better way w/out smart music as an option.
So I'm curious to see which methods you all use for evaluating and collecting playing tests! Please share comments and ideas!
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