Student Musical Activities and Achievement in Music: NAEP 1997 Arts Assessment

Title:	Student Musical Activities and Achievement in Music: NAEP 1997 Arts Assessment
Description:	Data from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) 1997 Arts Assessment in Music, which covered eighth-grade students only, regardless of whether they had received instruction in music, show that student involvement in a variety of musical activities--playing an instrument in particular--is positively related to student music achievement.
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Cover Date:	December 1999
Web Release:	January 26, 2001
Print Release:	December 31, 1999
Publication #:	NCES 2000454 General Ordering Information
Center/Program:	NCES
Authors:	Sheida White and Alan Vanneman
Type of Product:	Issue Brief
Survey/Program Areas:	National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)
Keywords:	Arts Education Eighth-Graders NAEP
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