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Article: Frequency of Arts Instruction Remains Steady Since 1997 on the Nation's Report Card in Music and Visual Arts.(Report)
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- Education Letter
- Article date:
- July 1, 2009
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The frequency of arts instruction has remained steady for over a decade although significant racial/ethnic, gender, and socioeconomic gaps are evident in both music and visual arts for eighth-graders, according to the 2008 National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) in arts - the first assessment of student achievement in the arts since 1997.
The Nation's Report Card: Arts 2008 Music & Visual Arts presents the educational progress of eighth-grade students nationally in these two arts disciplines. The responding questions in the music portion of the assessment asked students to analyze and describe aspects of music they heard, critique instrumental and vocal ...