Percentage distribution and standard error for public secondary school music and visual arts specialists reporting the extent to which they agreed with statements about arts instruction at their currently assigned school: School year 2009

Table 117.	Percentage distribution and standard error for public secondary school music and visual arts specialists reporting the extent to which they agreed with statements about arts instruction at their currently assigned school: School year 2009–10

Statement	Strongly disagree		Disagree		Somewhat agree		Strongly agree
Statement	Percent	Standard error	Percent	Standard error	Percent	Standard error	Percent	Standard error

Music specialist
Parents support me in my efforts to educate their children	3	(0.6)	6	(0.8)	40	(1.4)	50	(1.6)
The administration supports me in my work	4	(0.7)	10	(1.2)	34	(1.6)	51	(1.6)
Students are motivated to do well in music class	3	(0.5)	8	(0.9)	47	(1.5)	41	(1.5)
Community organizations/groups support my efforts to educate students	5	(0.8)	12	(1.0)	48	(1.8)	34	(1.8)
Visual arts specialist
Parents support me in my efforts to educate their children	5	(0.7)	10	(1.0)	50	(1.7)	35	(1.5)
The administration supports me in my work	4	(0.8)	8	(1.0)	33	(1.5)	54	(1.7)
Students are motivated to do well in visual arts class	4	(0.7)	11	(1.0)	44	(1.8)	41	(1.5)
Community organizations/groups support my efforts to educate students	9	(1.0)	16	(1.0)	48	(1.6)	27	(1.4)

NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. 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; and “Survey of Secondary School Visual Arts Specialists,” FRSS 103VA, 2009–10.