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Beyond Number Two Pencils

The 2008 arts assessment asked a nationwide sample of eighth-graders questions that measured the students' academic knowledge about the arts and their creative skills in the areas of visual arts and music. Some students were asked to compose and evaluate their own self-portraits. Check out the results in the NAEP Questions Tool with actual student reponses. Want to give it a try yourself? Test yourself with the online portrait tool!

New & Noteworthy

The results of the 2008 arts assessment have been released! Check out the archived webcast of the event in Washington, DC.

The average music responding score for private school students was significantly higher in 2008 than the average score for public school students.  However, there was no significant difference between their average responding scores in visual arts. Check out these findings and more with the NAEP Data Explorer.

Did you know that in a typical assessment year, NAEP scorers may evaluate over three million student-constructed responses? Find out more about NAEP in An Overview of Technical Procedures for the NAEP Assessment.

 

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