The Status of Arts Education in Ohio's Public ... - Ohio Arts Council

FINDINGS AND ANALYSIS
WHAT DO THE DATA SAY? HOW DOES OHIO COMPARE?
Results from the Status Survey and analysis of ODE data provide a general picture of the status
of arts education in Ohio’s public schools and the challenges that remain to be met. Findings are
presented in three main subsections: 1) Ensuring Access and Equity, 2) Creating Conditions for
High Quality and 3) Sustaining Arts Education.
Each subsection contains the following components:
• An opening summary of results.
• The Status Survey results and information from Quadrant’s
analysis of ODE data with key findings highlighted.
• Charts to help visualize the data and tables to provide more
detail.
• A brief comparison of Ohio’s results and those presented in a
2009-2010 arts education status report for the nation issued by
the National Center for Education Statistics.
• A set of priorities based on the findings.
Table 2 on the next page provides a quick guide for locating
topics of specific interest.
Sources for the national data
are Arts Education in Public
Elementary and Secondary
Schools: 1999–2000 and
2009–10 (NCES 2012-14)
and the supplemental tables to
that report.
The Ohio study used three
school types, classifying
schools with grades 6-8 as
middle schools. The NCES
survey grouped schools as
elementary schools (grades K-
8) and secondary schools
(grades 9-12). Therefore,
Ohio’s results for elementary
and middle schools are
averaged when compared to
NCES results.
Courtesy: Arts Commission of Greater Toledo
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