ArtsRising was founded to address concerns of local arts and education stakeholders and will better support and coordinate current efforts to increase equity, access, and quality of arts education opportunities for our children and youth, families, and communities.
Resource:
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), The Nation's Report Card: Arts 2008
Findings:
This report shows the results of the 2008 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) arts assessment, which was administered to a nationally representative sample of 7,900 eighth-grade public and private school students.
- The average scores in both music and visual arts were 22 to 32 points higher for White and Asian/Pacific Islander students than for Black and Hispanic students
- The creating task scores in visual arts were also higher for White and Asian/Pacific Islander students than for their Black and Hispanic peers
- Average scores for girls were 10 points higher than for boys in music and 11 points higher in visual arts
- Girls also outperformed boys in creating visual art
- New York City has made the arts a priority for its public schools
- The arts enrich children's lives and learning, and all students deserve the opportunity to experience a rich arts education
- NYC's focus on the arts began with the a curriculum framework for what students should know, understand, and be able to achieve in dance, music, theater, and visual arts
- ArtsCount, an initiative designed to provide greater accountability for arts education in schools was launched in 2007.
These patterns are not a coincidence and we need to seriously consider the implications of such findings.
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Resource:
New York City Department of Education, Blueprint for Teaching and Learning in the Arts
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Findings:
The Annual Arts in Schools Report 2007–2008
The Annual Arts in Schools Report makes clear what the city must do to provide quality arts education for every public school student. Other cities around the country have implemented similar programs that were the inspiration for ArtsRising. These include:
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