Arts Education Music, Art, Dance and Drama. Critical Evidence: How the Arts Benefit Student Achievement.
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Arts EducationArts EducationMusic, Art, Dance and DramaMusic, Art, Dance and Drama
Critical Evidence: Critical Evidence: How the Arts Benefit Student How the Arts Benefit Student
AchievementAchievement
What does the public think?What does the public think?
93%93%Agree the arts are vital to Agree the arts are vital to providing a well-rounded providing a well-rounded
education for childreneducation for children
79%79% of the public agrees that incorporating of the public agrees that incorporating
the arts into education is the first the arts into education is the first step in adding back what’s missing in step in adding back what’s missing in
public education today. public education today.
Arts Course –taking patterns and SAT Scores, 2005Arts Course –taking patterns and SAT Scores, 2005
Years spent in Years spent in Arts CoursesArts Courses
VerbalVerbal MathMath
4+ years4+ years 534534 540540
4 years4 years 543543 541541
3 years3 years 514514 516516
2 years2 years 508508 517517
1 year1 year 501501 515515
½ year or less½ year or less 485485 502502
Average of all Average of all SAT test takersSAT test takers
508508 520520
NCLB: No Child Left BehindNCLB: No Child Left Behind
NCLB puts the arts as a “core academic NCLB puts the arts as a “core academic subject” that all schools should teachsubject” that all schools should teach
Arts are on equal footing with the other Arts are on equal footing with the other designated core subjects: English, designated core subjects: English, reading or language arts, mathematics, reading or language arts, mathematics, science, foreign language, civics and science, foreign language, civics and government, economics, history and government, economics, history and geographygeography
Education Commission of the Education Commission of the StatesStates
Secretary Margaret Spellings clarified the role Secretary Margaret Spellings clarified the role of the arts in NCLB. She said:of the arts in NCLB. She said:
““They’re an important part of a well-They’re an important part of a well-rounded, complete education for every rounded, complete education for every student, with knowledge and skills that student, with knowledge and skills that uniquely equip young persons for life. uniquely equip young persons for life. What’s more, combining music, art, What’s more, combining music, art, dance and drama with subjects such as dance and drama with subjects such as math, reading and language can be math, reading and language can be highly effective, enhancing student highly effective, enhancing student engagement and increasing academic engagement and increasing academic achievement”.achievement”.
ABCs of Arts LearningABCs of Arts Learning
The benefits of student learning The benefits of student learning experiences in the arts are:experiences in the arts are:
AcademicAcademic BasicBasic ComprehensiveComprehensive
AcademicAcademic
Reading and Language SkillsReading and Language Skills Mathematics SkillsMathematics Skills
AcademicAcademic
Drama has been Drama has been shown to increase shown to increase the quality of the quality of children’s narrative children’s narrative writing skills and writing skills and comprehension comprehension
AcademicAcademic
Studies have shown Studies have shown that students from that students from low-income families low-income families that participate in that participate in orchestra or band are orchestra or band are twice as likely to twice as likely to perform at the highest perform at the highest levels in math than levels in math than their peers who have their peers who have not had that not had that opportunity.opportunity.
BasicBasic
Thinking SkillsThinking Skills Social SkillsSocial Skills Motivations to LearnMotivations to Learn
BasicBasic
Studying art work Studying art work increases students’ increases students’ ability to draw ability to draw inferences and inferences and reason in art and in reason in art and in other areas such as other areas such as science science
BasicBasic
High school High school students who have students who have studied dance studied dance show higher scores show higher scores on tests that on tests that measure creativity measure creativity and abstract and abstract thinking than non-thinking than non-dance students. dance students.
ComprehensiveComprehensive
Positive School EnvironmentPositive School Environment
ComprehensiveComprehensive
The arts help create the kind of The arts help create the kind of learning environment learning environment conducive to teacher and conducive to teacher and student success by fostering:student success by fostering:
teacher innovationteacher innovation a positive professional a positive professional
culture culture community engagementcommunity engagement increased student increased student
attendanceattendance effective instructional effective instructional
practice practice school identityschool identity
Grants/AssistanceGrants/Assistance
ABC advancement ABC advancement sitesite
AIE Residency Plus AIE Residency Plus Multi site grantMulti site grant
DAC initiative grantDAC initiative grant Comprehensive Comprehensive
planning grantsplanning grants DAP grantDAP grant
ResourcesResources
Arts With The Brain in MindArts With The Brain in Mind – Eric Jensen – Eric Jensen Critical Links: Learning in the Arts and Critical Links: Learning in the Arts and
Student Academic and Social Student Academic and Social Development-Development- Arts Education Partnership Arts Education Partnership
Creating Islands of Excellence: Arts Creating Islands of Excellence: Arts Education as a Partner in School Reform-Education as a Partner in School Reform- Carol FinebergCarol Fineberg
Champions of Change: The Impact of the Champions of Change: The Impact of the Arts on Learning-Arts on Learning- AEP, Presidents AEP, Presidents Committee on the Arts and HumanitiesCommittee on the Arts and Humanities
Third Space: When Learning MattersThird Space: When Learning Matters
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