Elementary and Secondary Education

Assessments

Table S-14-2. Standard errors for the 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	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†
District or state curriculum	2.9	6.8	5.4	7.1	5.7	3.0	5.9	6.8	6.7	6.4

Availability/frequency of
instruction in subject
Subject not taught	2.0	4.4	0.3	5.2	5.9	2.4	3.0	5.2	5.7	6.8
2 or fewer times per week	3.3	7.0	7.4	7.1	7.5	3.9	8.2	7.2	8.5	7.9
3 or more times per week	3.2	7.0	7.5	7.9	7.7	3.9	8.0	7.7	8.8	8.3

Percentage of students in
school instructed in subject
0–20 percent	3.2	6.4	6.4	5.5	8.5	3.6	5.6	7.7	7.1	8.2
21–60 percent	3.8	7.7	7.4	6.4	6.7	3.3	4.8	6.4	7.1	7.6
61–100 percent	3.4	7.4	7.3	5.5	8.6	2.9	6.8	6.7	8.0	7.5

Subject taught by full-time
specialist	3.0	5.7	5.0	5.9	7.9	3.2	3.0	5.8	6.5	8.8

Attend event in subject with
class
None	1.4	2.3	3.2	2.6	2.7	1.0	1.8	1.7	2.3	2.2
1–2 times	1.1	1.9	2.7	2.3	2.1	1.0	1.8	1.7	2.1	2.2
3 or more times	0.7	1.3	1.2	1.4	1.0	0.2	0.3	0.4	0.5	0.6

Sponsor field trips in subject	3.6	6.5	7.2	6.9	7.5	3.2	7.1	7.6	6.6	7.1

Sponsor extracurricular
activities in subject	2.5	6.4	2.9	4.8	6.7	3.3	5.1	7.7	8.3	8.2
† Not applicable.
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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