Arts Education Music, Art, Dance and Drama

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Arts EducationMusic, Art, Dance and Drama
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Critical Evidence How the Arts Benefit Student
Achievement
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What does the public think?

• 93
• Agree the arts are vital to providing a
  well-rounded education for children

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79

• of the public agrees that incorporating the arts
  into education is the first step in adding back
  whats missing in public education today.

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Arts Course taking patterns and SAT Scores, 2005
Years spent in Arts Courses Verbal Math
4 years 534 540
4 years 543 541
3 years 514 516
2 years 508 517
1 year 501 515
½ year or less 485 502
Average of all SAT test takers 508 520
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NCLB No Child Left Behind

• NCLB puts the arts as a core academic subject
  that all schools should teach
• Arts are on equal footing with the other
  designated core subjects English, reading or
  language arts, mathematics, science, foreign
  language, civics and government, economics,
  history and geography

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Education Commission of the States

• Secretary Margaret Spellings clarified the role
  of the arts in NCLB. She said
• Theyre an important part of a well-rounded,
  complete education for every student, with
  knowledge and skills that uniquely equip young
  persons for life. Whats more, combining music,
  art, dance and drama with subjects such as math,
  reading and language can be highly effective,
  enhancing student engagement and increasing
  academic achievement.

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ABCs of Arts Learning

• The benefits of student learning experiences in
  the arts are
• Academic
• Basic
• Comprehensive

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Academic

• Reading and Language Skills
• Mathematics Skills

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Academic

• Drama has been shown to increase the quality of
  childrens narrative writing skills and
  comprehension

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Academic

• Studies have shown that students from low-income
  families that participate in orchestra or band
  are twice as likely to perform at the highest
  levels in math than their peers who have not had
  that opportunity.

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Basic

• Thinking Skills
• Social Skills
• Motivations to Learn

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Basic

• Studying art work increases students ability to
  draw inferences and reason in art and in other
  areas such as science

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Basic

• High school students who have studied dance show
  higher scores on tests that measure creativity
  and abstract thinking than non-dance students.

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Comprehensive

• Positive School Environment

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Comprehensive

• The arts help create the kind of learning
  environment conducive to teacher and student
  success by fostering
• teacher innovation
• a positive professional culture
• community engagement
• increased student attendance
• effective instructional practice
• school identity

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Grants/Assistance

• ABC advancement site
• AIE Residency Plus Multi site grant
• DAC initiative grant
• Comprehensive planning grants
• DAP grant

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Resources

• Arts With The Brain in Mind Eric Jensen
• Critical Links Learning in the Arts and Student
  Academic and Social Development- Arts Education
  Partnership
• Creating Islands of Excellence Arts Education as
  a Partner in School Reform- Carol Fineberg
• Champions of Change The Impact of the Arts on
  Learning- AEP, Presidents Committee on the Arts
  and Humanities
• Third Space When Learning Matters