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Article: Frequency of Arts Instruction Remains Steady Since 1997 on the Nation's Report Card in Music and Visual Arts
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- June 15, 2009
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To: NATIONAL EDITORS
Contact: Stephaan Harris of the National Assessment Governing
Board, +1-202-357-7504, Stephaan.Harris@ed.gov
But Significant Racial/Ethnic, Gender, and Economic Gaps Apparent
WASHINGTON, June 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- 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 Artspresents
the educational progress of eighth-grade ...