research base about arts education outcomes, and an analysis of the challenges and opportunities in the field that have emerged over the past decade. The Arts in Early Childhood: Social and Emotional Benefits of Arts Participation: A Literature Review and Gap-Analysis (2000-2015) () synthesized findings from 18 recent reports in psychology and education research journals. These studies focused on the social and emotional outcomes of young children who participated in art forms such as music, dance, theater, drawing, and painting. Available from the National Endowment for the Arts Interagency Task Force on the Arts and Human Development. Arts Education in Public Elementary and Secondary Schools: 1999-2000 and 2010 () presents selected findings from a congressionally mandated study on arts education in public K–12 schools. The data were collected through seven Fast Response Survey System (FRSS) surveys during the 2009-10 school year. National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) in the Arts (2008) () measured students' knowledge and skills in the arts by asking them to observe, describe, analyze, and evaluate existing works of music and visual art and to create original works of visual art. The results of a 2016 NAEP Arts Assessment of eighth graders’ arts knowledge and skills will be released in April 2017 (). Foreign Languages What the Research produced by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) (), provides links to studies that show some of the benefits associated with learning foreign languages. A tool from ACTFL to help districts assess Need Indicators for Foreign Language. their foreign language needs. () Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, Including Computer Science (STEM) Successful K-12 STEM Education: Identifying Effective Approaches in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. A report from the National Research Council Committee on Highly Successful Science Programs for K-12 Science Education, which offers a framework for understanding in STEM education and discusses “success” approaches for formal K-12 STEM education including recommendations regarding inclusive STEM skills. STEM Learning Is Everywhere: Summary of a Convocation on Building Learning Systems. A 2014 publication of the Teacher Advisory Council of the National Research Council, which highlights the multiple settings in which students learn, and the importance of both in- and out-of-school time in fostering a more seamless learning of STEM subjects. The report also discusses the new expectations of the Next Generation Science Standards and the Common Core Standards for Mathematics and Language Arts.
research base about arts education outcomes, and an analysis of the challenges and opportunities in the field that have emerged over the past decade. The Arts in Early Childhood: Social and Emotional Benefits of Arts Participation: A Literature Review and Gap-Analysis (2000-2015) () synthesized findings from 18 recent reports in psychology and education research journals. These studies focused on the social and emotional outcomes of young children who participated in art forms such as music, dance, theater, drawing, and painting. Available from the National Endowment for the Arts Interagency Task Force on the Arts and Human Development. Arts Education in Public Elementary and Secondary Schools: 1999-2000 and () presents selected findings from a congressionally mandated study on arts education in public K–12 schools. The data were collected through seven Fast Response Survey System (FRSS) surveys during the 2009-10 school year. National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) in the Arts (2008) () measured students' knowledge and skills in the arts by asking them to observe, describe, analyze, and evaluate existing works of music and visual art and to create original works of visual art. The results of a 2016 NAEP Arts Assessment of eighth graders’ arts knowledge and skills will be released in April 2017 (). Foreign Languages What the Research produced by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) (), provides links to studies that show some of the benefits associated with learning foreign languages. Need Indicators for Foreign Language. A tool from ACTFL to help districts assess their foreign language needs. () Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, Including Computer Science (STEM) Successful K-12 STEM Education: Identifying Effective Approaches in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. A report from the National Research Council Committee on Highly Successful Science Programs for K-12 Science Education, which offers a framework for understanding “success” in STEM education and discusses approaches for formal K-12 STEM education including recommendations regarding inclusive STEM skills. STEM Learning Is Everywhere: Summary of a Convocation on Building Learning Systems. A 2014 publication of the Teacher Advisory Council of the National Research Council, which highlights the multiple settings in which students learn, and the importance of both in- and out-of-school time in fostering a more seamless learning of STEM subjects. The report also discusses the new expectations of the Next Generation Science Standards and the Common Core Standards for Mathematics and Language Arts. 2010
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