Read all the research, news, and policy in our arts education RECAP for December 2019.
Research
New Data: Who Is Taking Art Classes? The math assessment from NAEP can’t tell us much about how students performed in the arts, but it did ask students the following question: Are you taking an art course this school year (for example, drawing, painting, or studio art)? Education Commission of the States crunched the numbers and published the results in an interactive dashboard. Education Commission of the States
Calls-to-Action
Listen to this! Our CEO, Dr. Kristen Paglia, was featured on the podcast How We Run where she shared how we communicate value using evaluation and data, but also how we use our budget and financials to tell that story. How We Run
Advocacy
Arts, SEL collaboration boosts school climate, assessment options In the “whole-child” era, experts at a Turnaround Arts event described how the arts can help educators meet school goals and improve student learning. Education Dive
