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

STAGE 1: ANALYSIS OF ODE DATA
Quadrant Arts Education Research analyzed 20,249 records for the 2009-2010 school year from ODE’s
Education Management Information System (EMIS). EMIS is Ohio’s statewide data collection system
for primary and secondary education. It includes staff, student, district/building and financial data.
School Levels and Types
The study of ODE data captured student
enrollment by grade level for 29 different arts
courses offered in traditional public schools and
community schools. Table 16 shows the
characteristics of those schools.
Each record contained the school, district, course
name, teacher name and qualifications, grade level
and student enrollment.
The duration of the courses (e.g., daily, weekly,
semester-long, yearlong, etc.) was not included in
this data.
ODE data enables the identification of teachers
who are certified arts specialists—those with
either the Multi-Age license (pre-K-12) or the
Adolescence to Young Adult license (grades 7-12)
in an arts discipline. Teachers with Early
Childhood Education licenses also are considered
qualified to teach the arts to grades preK-3.
Teachers who are licensed to teach physical
education can teach dance and those licensed to
teach integrated language arts can teach
drama/theatre.
District Types
The analysis of ODE data also reviewed student
enrollment, teacher assignment and arts courses
based on ODE’s seven school district typologies,
which are categories that the ODE uses in making
comparisons and examining equity among school
districts. The seven typologies are based on such
variables as total student enrollment, number of
employees, geography, median income level,
population density, educational attainment and the
percentages of students who are living in poverty
and/or belong to a minority population.
Table 16: Differences in School
Characteristics Examined in ODE Data
Characteristic
School Type (Grade Span)
Elementary (typically grades K-
5)
# of
Schools
1,864
Middle (typically grades 6-8) 1,469
High (grades 9-12) 1,054
Note: Some schools are counted twice because
they serve two different grade spans (e.g., K-8
schools).
School Type
Traditional Public School 2,969
Community School 246
Other 112
Community Category
Island District or College Corner 3
Rural/Agricultural – high
poverty, low median income
Rural/Agricultural – small
student population, low poverty,
low-to- moderate median
income
Rural/Small Town – moderateto-
high median income
Urban – low median income,
high poverty
345
496
272
485
Major Urban – very high poverty 499
Urban/Suburban – high median
income
Urban/Suburban – very high
median income, very low
poverty
596
323
Unclassified 308
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