Elementary and Secondary Education

Assessments

Table A-14-2. Percentage of 8th-grade students, by percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch and selected arts-related school characteristics: 2008

	Music								Visual arts
	Percentage of students in school eligible for free or reduced-price lunch								Percentage of students in school eligible for free or reduced-price lunch

Arts-related school characteristics	Total	0–25		26–50	51–75		76–100		Total	0–25		26–50		51–75		76–100
Total	100	100		100	100		100		100	100		100		100		100
District or state curriculum¹	71	78		74	62		73		69	79		66		66		72

Availability/frequency of
instruction in subject
Subject not taught	8	8	!	3	9	!	21		14	5	!	16	!	14	!	21	!
2 or fewer times per week	35	41		34	26		26		39	52		31		33		30
3 or more times per week	57	50		63	65		52		47	43		54		53		49

Percentage of students in
school instructed in subject
0–20 percent	32	23		32	30		51		31	20		36		37		45
21–60 percent	32	28		39	38		20	!	26	20		34		28		22	!
61–100 percent	36	48		30	32		28	!	43	61		30		36		33

Subject taught by full-time
specialist	77	85		86	73		59		77	91		80		76		62

Attend event in subject with
class
None	66	64		60	68		77		84	87		86		85		77
1–2 times	23	25		27	21		17		14	12		12		13		20
3 or more times	11	11		13	12		7		2	1		2		2		3

Sponsor field trips in subject	64	77		67	48		69		38	48		38		26		43

Sponsor extracurricular
activities in subject	89	90		93	89		80		64	81		60		51		53
! Interpret data with caution (estimates are unstable).
¹ The school is required to follow a curriculum in the subject.
NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. For more information on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), see supplemental note 4. For more information on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, see supplemental note 1.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2008 Music and Visual Arts Assessments, NAEP Data Explorer.

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