Performance of eighth-grade students in music, theatre, and visual arts, by selected characteristics of students: 1997

Table 132.

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                          |             Music                 |     Visual arts      |       Theatre
         Selected         |___________________________________|______________________|_______________________
     characteristics      |Average   |Average    |Average     |Average   |Average    |Average   |Average
       of students        |creating  |performing |responding  |creating  |responding |creating/ |responding
                          |score     |score      |scale score |score     |scale score|performing|scale score
                          |(0 to 100 |(0 to 100  |(0-300)     |(0 to 100 |(0-300)    |(0 to 100 |(0-300)
                          |percent)  |percent)   |            |percent)  |           |percent)  |
                          |          |           |            |          |           |          |
__________________________|__________|___________|____________|__________|___________|__________|____________
            1             |    2     |    3      |     4      |    5     |     6     |     7    |     8
__________________________|__________|___________|____________|__________|___________|__________|____________
All students  ............|  34 (1.1)|   34 (1.2)|   150 (1.3)|  43 (0.7)|  150 (1.1)|   49 (2.0|  150 (5.7)
                          |__________|___________|____________|__________|___________|__________|____________
Sex                       |          |           |            |          |           |          |
  Male ...................|  32 (1.0)|   27 (1.4)|   140 (1.5)|  42 (0.7)|  146 (1.5)|   46 (2.2|  140 (6.6)
  Female .................|  37 (1.6)|   40 (1.5)|   160 (1.6)|  45 (0.9)|  154 (1.4)|   52 (2.1|  158 (5.6)
                          |          |           |            |          |           |          |
Race/ethnicity            |          |           |            |          |           |          |
  White ..................|  36 (1.2)|   36 (1.4)|   158 (1.4)|  46 (0.9)|  159 (1.3)|   52 (1.9|  159 (4.4)
  Black ..................|  34 (3.6)|   30 (1.9)|   130 (2.3)|  37 (1.8)|  124 (2.0)|   39 (2.2|  120 (10.1)
  Hispanic ...............|  29 (2.7)|   24 (3.7)|   127 (3.5)|  38 (1.3)|  128 (2.0)|   44 (2.5|  139 (6.2)
  Asian ..................|  31 (3.8)|  ---  --- |   152 (6.2)|  45 (1.6)|  153 (6.4)|  --- --- |  ---   ---
                          |          |           |            |          |           |          |
Parents' level            |          |           |            |          |           |          |
of education              |          |           |            |          |           |          |
  Not high school graduate|  24 (2.5)|   21 (2.4)|   129 (3.5)|  36 (1.4)|  125 (2.4)|   42 (2.1|  131 (4.4)
  Graduated high school ..|  29 (2.0)|   29 (2.4)|   139 (1.3)|  41 (1.1)|  138 (1.8)|   42 (1.9|  130 (8.5)
  Some college ...........|  35 (1.3)|   34 (2.4)|   150 (1.8)|  44 (0.8)|  153 (1.8)|   49 (1.8|  153 (5.1)
  Graduated college ......|  39 (1.3)|   39 (1.5)|   159 (1.7)|  46 (0.7)|  158 (1.4)|   52 (2.2|  157 (5.6)
                          |          |           |            |          |           |          |
Region                    |          |           |            |          |           |          |
  Northeast ..............|  39 (2.0)|   34 (2.6)|   153 (4.0)|  45 (1.5)|  152 (4.0)|  --- --- |  ---   ---
  Southeast ..............|  30 (2.7)|   33 (2.4)|   139 (2.7)|  42 (1.0)|  143 (3.3)|  --- --- |  ---   ---
  Central ................|  36 (1.4)|   33 (2.1)|   157 (3.0)|  45 (1.8)|  157 (3.5)|  --- --- |  ---   ---
  West ...................|  33 (2.3)|   35 (2.9)|   152 (3.0)|  43 (1.3)|  149 (2.6)|   51 (2.1|  157 (5.3)
__________________________|__________|___________|____________|__________|___________|__________|____________

---Not available.

NOTE: Creating refers to expressing ideas and feelings in the form of an original work of art, for example, a dance, a piece of music, a dramatic improvisation, or a sculpture. Performing refers to performing an existing work, a process that calls upon the interpretive or re-creative skills of the student. Responding refers to observing, describing, analyzing, and evaluating works of art. Standard errors appear in parentheses.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress, The NAEP 1997 Arts Report Card. (This table was prepared November 1998.)

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