This year's National Exhibition Month was a successful campaign, as throughout the month of May (in some cases in April and June), schools and support organizations across the country made their exhibition work public and advocated for the use of exhibitions in their local contexts.
Dozens of schools and organizations across 25 states participated, recognizing and documenting student exhibitions, submitting letters to the editor of local papers, hosting public events to showcase exhibitions, and educating media and local leaders about the benefits of exhibitions.
Take Part Blog, May 2009: May is National Exhibition Month! Blogger Melanie Smollin discusses the pros and cons of performance assessments over standardized tests in the classroom.
Please send us a report of your participation, along with photographs or any supporting materials, so that we can post a summary of activities on our website and in our newsletter, In Common. Send all correspondence to Ramon Calhoun, rcalhoun@essentialschools.org.
The National Exhibition Month Honorary Committee is a group of educators, policy makers, academics, and community leaders who support CES’s agenda to promote exhibitions as a preferred form of student assessment.
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