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Page 1: Arts Education Music, Art, Dance and Drama. Critical Evidence: How the Arts Benefit Student Achievement

Arts EducationArts EducationMusic, Art, Dance and DramaMusic, Art, Dance and Drama

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Critical Evidence: Critical Evidence: How the Arts Benefit Student How the Arts Benefit Student

AchievementAchievement

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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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”.

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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

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AcademicAcademic

Reading and Language SkillsReading and Language Skills Mathematics SkillsMathematics Skills

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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

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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.

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BasicBasic

Thinking SkillsThinking Skills Social SkillsSocial Skills Motivations to LearnMotivations to Learn

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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

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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.

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ComprehensiveComprehensive

Positive School EnvironmentPositive School Environment

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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

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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

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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