| Table 159. | Among public secondary schools that offered instruction in various arts subjects, percent and standard error reporting that their district had a written curriculum guide that teachers were expected to follow for the arts subjects, by school characteristics: School year 1999–2000 |
| School characteristic | Music1 | Visual arts2 | Dance3 | Drama/theatre4 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Percent | Standard error |
Percent | Standard error |
Percent | Standard error |
Percent | Standard error |
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| All public secondary schools | 86 | (1.5) | 87 | (1.5) | 68 | (4.3) | 75 | (2.4) | ||
| Enrollment size | ||||||||||
| Less than 500 | 84 | (3.2) | 85 | (3.2) | 54 | ! | (19.8) | 64 | (7.1) | |
| 500 to 999 | 84 | (2.3) | 87 | (1.8) | 57 | (7.5) | 71 | (3.6) | ||
| 1,000 or more | 90 | (1.9) | 91 | (1.7) | 79 | (4.1) | 87 | (2.1) | ||
| Region | ||||||||||
| Northeast | 91 | (2.5) | 91 | (2.8) | 56 | (11.8) | 70 | (6.7) | ||
| Southeast | 84 | (3.3) | 86 | (3.4) | 74 | (9.9) | 75 | (4.9) | ||
| Central | 89 | (2.5) | 93 | (2.2) | 61 | (13.6) | 71 | (5.6) | ||
| West | 81 | (3.0) | 81 | (3.1) | 72 | (5.6) | 80 | (3.4) | ||
| Percent combined enrollment of Black and other races/ethnicities5 | ||||||||||
| Less than 6 percent | 89 | (2.3) | 90 | (2.7) | 78 | (10.2) | 76 | (6.4) | ||
| 6 to 20 percent | 86 | (3.2) | 87 | (3.1) | 57 | (10.4) | 74 | (4.0) | ||
| 21 to 49 percent | 86 | (2.9) | 85 | (3.3) | 73 | (7.9) | 79 | (5.6) | ||
| 50 percent or more | 82 | (3.4) | 88 | (3.0) | 65 | (6.5) | 75 | (4.2) | ||
| Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch | ||||||||||
| 0 to 25 percent | 88 | (2.1) | 89 | (2.0) | 72 | (6.3) | 80 | (3.3) | ||
| 26 to 50 percent | 85 | (3.2) | 87 | (3.1) | 70 | (7.6) | 73 | (4.8) | ||
| 51 to 75 percent | 82 | (3.9) | 85 | (3.8) | 60 | (13.6) | 75 | (6.8) | ||
| 76 percent or more | 86 | (5.2) | 89 | (4.8) | ‡ | (†) | 49 | ! | (20.0) | |
| † Not applicable. | ||||||||||
| ! Interpret data with caution; the coefficient of variation is greater than or equal to 30 percent. | ||||||||||
| ‡ Reporting standards not met. | ||||||||||
| 1 Percents are based on the 93 percent of public secondary schools that reported instruction in music during regular school hours in the 1999–2000 school year. | ||||||||||
| 2 Percents are based on the 90 percent of public secondary schools that reported instruction in visual arts during regular school hours in the 1999–2000 school year. | ||||||||||
| 3 Percents are based on the 14 percent of public secondary schools that reported instruction in dance during regular school hours in the 1999–2000 school year. | ||||||||||
| 4 Percents are based on the 48 percent of public secondary schools that reported instruction in drama/theatre during regular school hours in the 1999–2000 school year. | ||||||||||
| 5 Other races/ethnicities include Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander, and American Indian/Alaska Native students. | ||||||||||
| NOTE: The data presented in this table may differ from previously published information because missing data from the 1999–2000 surveys were imputed for analysis in this report. | ||||||||||
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Fast Response Survey System, “Secondary School Arts Education Survey: Fall 1999,” FRSS 67S, 1999–2000. |
