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Originally from Australia, Kelly Parkes鈥� primary research interests are in music and music education assessment; measuring musical learning within K-12 settings and the applied studio; teaching readiness, professional dispositions and reflective practices in pre-service teachers; as well as teaching effectiveness and teaching quality. Previously, she served as chair of the National Association for Music Education鈥檚 (NAfME) Society for Research in Music Education (SRME) Assessment Special Research Interest Group. She also co-chaired the national Model Cornerstone Assessment research project in partnership with NAfME and served on its Music Teacher Evaluation Taskforce.听
Parkes was elected to the International Trumpet Guild Board of Directors (2015-2019) and was awarded the Lowell Mason Fellow award (2018) by the National Association for Music Education for her leadership in music education. She served on the editorial committee for the Journal for Research in Music Education (2014-2020) and currently serves on the review boards of the Music Educators Journal and the Research Studies for Music Education journal; she鈥檚 also a member of the NAfME Society for Research in Music Education鈥檚 Executive Board. Additionally, Parkes鈥� co-authored books鈥斺�淒eveloping and applying assessments in the music classroom鈥� (2020) and 鈥淎pplying model cornerstone assessments in K鈥�12 music: A research-supported approach鈥� (2018)鈥攕erve as models for classroom music educators and resources for music teacher educators.