Among public secondary school music specialists who participated in various professional development activities, percent and standard error reporting that participation in the activity improved their teaching to a moderate or great extent, by school characteristics: School year 2009–10—Continued (<a href='table

! Interpret data with caution; the coefficient of variation is greater than or equal to 30 percent.

¹Other races/ethnicities include Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander and American Indian/Alaska Native students.

NOTE: Percents are based on the percentage of teachers who participated in each professional development activity (48 percent for applied study in performing music, 28 percent for applied study in improvising, arranging, or composing music, 49 percent for developing knowledge about music, 57 percent for connecting music with other subject areas, 44 percent for research on arts and student learning, 64 percent for integrating educational technologies into music instruction, 80 percent for incorporating state or district standards into instruction, 79 percent for student assessment, and 30 percent for a subject that is unrelated to music). Arts specialists are education professionals with a teaching certificate in an arts discipline—such as music, visual arts, dance, or drama/theatre—who provide separate instruction in that discipline.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Fast Response Survey System, “Survey of Secondary School Music Specialists,” FRSS 103M, 2009–10.

Table 103.	Among public secondary school music specialists who participated in various professional development activities, percent and standard error reporting that participation in the activity improved their teaching to a moderate or great extent, by school characteristics: School year 2009–10—Continued (Return to Table 103)

School characteristic	Activities designed for all teachers
	Incorporating state or district standards into instruction		Student assessment		A subject area that is unrelated to music
	Percent	Standard error	Percent	Standard error	Percent	Standard error

All public secondary school music specialists	42	(1.9)	47	(1.6)	29	(2.5)

Enrollment size
Less than 500	44	(3.7)	47	(3.6)	36	(5.5)
500 to 999	45	(3.2)	48	(2.4)	24	(4.8)
1,000 or more	36	(3.1)	48	(3.0)	30	(4.3)
Community type
City	50	(4.0)	59	(3.4)	43	(6.3)
Suburban	41	(3.3)	47	(3.8)	27	(4.7)
Town	29	(4.3)	44	(4.5)	22!	(7.0)
Rural	43	(2.8)	42	(2.7)	27	(4.8)
Region
Northeast	42	(4.0)	44	(4.2)	24	(5.3)
Southeast	48	(3.8)	50	(3.1)	35	(5.0)
Central	38	(3.9)	47	(4.2)	26	(5.9)
West	41	(3.2)	49	(2.9)	31	(4.8)
Percent combined enrollment of Black and other races/ethnicities¹
Less than 6 percent	38	(3.5)	43	(4.3)	25	(4.9)
6 to 20 percent	37	(3.6)	46	(2.9)	25	(5.2)
21 to 49 percent	40	(3.7)	45	(3.7)	23	(4.6)
50 percent or more	52	(4.3)	55	(3.8)	42	(5.5)
Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch
0 to 25 percent	37	(3.4)	46	(3.6)	26	(4.8)
26 to 50 percent	42	(3.4)	46	(3.2)	27	(4.5)
51 to 75 percent	43	(3.6)	47	(4.3)	26	(5.5)
76 percent or more	57	(6.4)	57	(5.5)	57	(10.5)