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Elpus, Kenneth – Arts Education Policy Review, 2022
The purpose of this study was to understand the contextual, school-level factors associated with the availability of arts education courses in the high schools of the United States. In the study, course offerings for a nationally representative sample of N = 940 high schools that were part of the National Center for Education Statistics High…
Descriptors: Art Education, Visual Arts, Music Education, Dance Education
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Chen, Fei; Lui, Angela M.; Andrade, Heidi; Valle, Christopher; Mir, Hirah – Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability, 2017
The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of criteria-referenced formative assessment on achievement in the arts. Seventy-five schools in New York City were assigned to either the treatment or control condition. The treatment involved 3195 elementary, middle, or high school students instructed by 43 music, visual arts, theater, or dance…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Criterion Referenced Tests, Art Education, Achievement Tests
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Risner, Doug – Teaching Artist Journal, 2014
This case study is one of twenty cases derived from Anderson and Risner's international study of teaching artists in dance, and theatre, which investigated participants' (n=172) artistic and academic preparation in dance, and theatre, initial entry into the teaching artist field, rewards, challenges, and obstacles in participants' work, artists'…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Art Education, Empathy, Art Teachers
Leonard, Alison E. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This dissertation chronicles the qualitative case study of a dance artist-in-residence at a diverse and inclusive K-5 school in an urban district, integrating science, social studies, physical education, music, and visual arts school curriculum and culminating in two public performances. This study focused on how students made meaning through this…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Case Studies, Dance Education, Urban Schools
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Brouillette, Liane; Childress-Evans, Karen; Hinga, Briana; Farkas, George – Journal for Learning through the Arts, 2014
In this article, we look at the impact of an arts integration program offered at five large urban elementary schools on the daily attendance and oral language skills of children in kindergarten through second grade. Many of the children attending these schools spoke a language other than English at home. Teaching artists visited each class weekly…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Language Skills, Standardized Tests, Scores
Urbana Gateways, Chicago, IL. – 1983
Two documents are combined. The first describes the Arts for Learning program provided by Urban Gateways, a Chicago-based, nonprofit arts and education organization that serves as a resource for schools in six Illinois counties. Urban Gateways provides the resources to make the arts an integral part of the learning process in elementary and…
Descriptors: Art Education, Artists, Creative Writing, Cultural Activities