 ARTS EDUCATION
PUBLICATIONS
Education minus art? Such an equation equals schooling that fails to value ingenuity and innovation. The word art, derived from an ancient Indo-European root that means "to fit together," suggests as much. Art is about fitting things together: words, images, objects, processes, thoughts, historical epochs. (from Art in Schools Inspires Tomorrow's Creative Thinkers)
The following listing only scratches the surface of publications available to advocate for arts education and support the professional development of arts educators. Visit the Arts Education Partnership for additional resources.
The Art of Collaboration: Promising Practices for Integrating the Arts and School Reform (2008)
This second publication in the Arts Education Partnership’s research and policy brief series describes promising practices for building community partnerships that integrate the arts into urban education systems. The publication, which is the result of a roundtable conversation among the directors of eight of the demonstration sites participating in The Ford Foundation's Integrating the Arts and Education Reform Initiative, details the sites' early strategies and successes in the areas of organizational infrastructure; partnership development; integrated arts education; and communications and advocacy.
Champions of Change: The Impact of the
Arts on Learning
Published by the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities, along with the Arts Education Partnership.
This collection of seven independent research projects highlights important findings in the field of arts
education, in both school settings and out-of-school settings. These reports provide keys to better understand
"the impact of the arts on learning, not just on formal education."
Critical Evidence: How the Arts Benefit Student Achievement
Critical Evidence: How the Arts Benefit Student Achievement responds to the needs of policymakers, educators, parents and advocates for fact-based, non-technical language documenting the most current and compelling research on the value of arts learning experiences.
Delaware Visual and
Performing Arts Standards
Developed by the Visual and Performing Arts Curriculum Framework Commission and published by the Delaware
Department of Education. These standards, approved by the State Board of Education in November 1997, serve as the
foundation for all arts education statewide. They identify what students should know and be able to do in the
arts, and they serve as the basis upon which to assess student learning in the arts.
Envisioning Arts Assessment (2003)
A guide to help design large scale arts
assessment decisions, this publication also
provides informational support and activities to
be used as both a practical tool and reference.
Gaining the Arts Advantage: Lessons from School Districts
that Value Arts Education
Published by the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities, along with the Arts Education Partnership.
This report features 91 school districts from around the nation that exemplify a strong district-wide commitment
to arts education. The study includes the principal factors that contribute to a meaningful arts education
program.
Gaining the Arts Advantage: More Lessons from School Districts that Value Arts Education
Follow-up report on schools presented in the original research for Gaining the Arts Advantage.
Learning Partnerships: Improving learning in the
schools with arts partners in the community
Published by the Arts Education Partnership and the Council for Chief State School Officers. This booklet offers
"guidance to community leaders from the arts, education, business, civic and government sectors who seek to
combine their talents and resources in partnership to address the arts and arts education needs of the young
people of their community."
Making a Case for the Arts: How and Why the Arts are Critical to Student Achievement and Better Schools
This 2006 brochure describes the benefits of arts education based on new research published by the Arts Education Partnership. It can be used for many advocacy purposes.
Music Matters: How Music Education Helps
Students Learn, Achieve, and Succeed (2011)
Education in music has an intrinsic value and
benefits for young people that transcend the
musical domain. In this bulletin, the Arts
Education Partnership (AEP) reviewed an
extensive body of research to identify
high-quality, evidence-based studies that
document student learning outcomes associated
with an education in and through music. Music
Matters shows conclusively that: music education
equips students to learn; music education
facilitates student academic achievement; and
music education develops the creative capacities
for lifelong success.
NAEP Arts Report Card
Published by the National Center for Education Statistics. The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)
Report identifies what 8th graders nationwide know (and do not know) in the arts, in relation to the national arts
standards.
National Standards for Arts Education
Developed by the National Standards for Arts Education, published by the Music Educators National Conference.
This book presents the national standards for arts education in Dance, Music, Theatre, and the Visual Arts.
Young Children and the Arts:
Making Creative Connections
A publication written by the Task Force on Children's Learning and the Arts: Birth to Age Eight and published by
the Arts Education Partnership. The goal of this booklet is to "build a common language between the early
childhood and arts education sectors in order to share current knowledge about the needs of children, the nature
of their development, and the role of the arts in their lives."
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