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Compton, Cynthia – Phi Delta Kappan, 2008
Richmond Ballet's Mind in Motion program offers selected students an opportunity to take group dance lessons during 4th grade. Time taken away from academic instruction did not have a negative effect on standardized test scores and students reported feelings of greater success in school, more focus on school work, and greater ability to work with…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Standardized Tests, Grade 4, Dance Education
White, Sheida; Vanneman, Alan – Focus on NAEP, 1998
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) was developed by the Arts Education Consensus Project to establish objectives for assessing arts instruction in elementary and secondary schools. The project identified objectives for arts education in general and individually for dance, music, theater, and the visual arts in grades 4, 8, and…
Descriptors: Art Education, Dance Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods