Musical abilities and achievements tests for children and high school youth

Abstract

The aim of the article is to describe three chosen texts on diagnosis and evaluation of musical abilities and achievements of school-age children. The first text Intermediate Measures of music audiation by Edwin E. Gordon is devoted to research on musical abilities of children aged 6–9. Second text Test of musical perceptive abilities elaborated by Agnieszka Weiner was prepared for children who graduate from a III grade of a primary school. The last text – Test of knowledge on history and musical culture achievements by Barbara Kaminska was prepared as a final test of music education for high school aged children. Author’s assumption was to evaluate general abilities and knowledge of an artistic music recipient, irrespectively of a place where one learned them (school, out-of-school contacts).