Table 63. | Percent and standard error for public elementary school visual arts specialists reporting that they gave moderate or major emphasis to various goals or objectives of student learning, by school characteristics: School year 2009–10 |
School characteristic | Creating works in a broad range of art, including the fine arts, communication and design arts, folk arts, and crafts |
Understanding and applying various media, techniques, and processes |
Using knowledge of elements, functions, and principles of art |
Choosing and evaluating a range of subject matter, symbols, and ideas |
Learning about the expressive possibilities of visual arts (i.e., conveying feelings, ideas, and meaning) |
Reflecting upon and assessing the characteristics and merits of their work and the work of others |
Making connections among visual arts, the other arts, and disciplines outside the arts |
Understanding the visual arts in relation to history and cultures |
Using technology to gain knowledge and skills in visual arts |
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All public elementary school visual arts specialists | 93 | (0.9) | 98 | (0.6) | 97 | (0.6) | 91 | (0.8) | 91 | (0.9) | 80 | (1.4) | 87 | (1.0) | 89 | (1.0) | 52 | (2.0) |
Enrollment size | ||||||||||||||||||
Less than 300 | 93 | (2.0) | 95 | (2.3) | 98 | (1.2) | 94 | (1.8) | 94 | (2.0) | 83 | (2.9) | 90 | (2.3) | 92 | (2.3) | 50 | (4.2) |
300 to 499 | 93 | (1.5) | 99 | (0.5) | 98 | (0.9) | 90 | (1.7) | 89 | (1.9) | 79 | (2.7) | 86 | (2.0) | 89 | (1.9) | 48 | (2.8) |
500 or more | 92 | (1.3) | 97 | (0.9) | 96 | (1.1) | 91 | (1.4) | 92 | (1.4) | 79 | (1.8) | 86 | (1.7) | 88 | (1.5) | 57 | (2.7) |
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City | 93 | (1.6) | 98 | (0.8) | 97 | (1.2) | 91 | (2.1) | 91 | (1.8) | 80 | (3.0) | 88 | (2.3) | 89 | (1.9) | 52 | (3.8) |
Suburban | 94 | (1.3) | 98 | (1.1) | 97 | (0.9) | 94 | (1.7) | 93 | (1.6) | 84 | (2.3) | 87 | (2.0) | 90 | (1.9) | 56 | (3.8) |
Town | 90 | (2.9) | 97 | (1.7) | 97 | (1.6) | 90 | (3.2) | 88 | (3.5) | 75 | (4.8) | 82 | (3.4) | 93 | (2.1) | 48 | (5.1) |
Rural | 92 | (2.2) | 97 | (1.3) | 97 | (1.1) | 89 | (1.9) | 91 | (1.8) | 78 | (2.9) | 87 | (2.4) | 88 | (1.9) | 50 | (3.0) |
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Northeast | 96 | (1.8) | 97 | (1.5) | 97 | (1.2) | 93 | (1.6) | 94 | (1.5) | 88 | (2.3) | 90 | (1.8) | 94 | (1.4) | 52 | (3.7) |
Southeast | 95 | (1.8) | 96 | (1.3) | 96 | (1.3) | 93 | (1.7) | 91 | (2.1) | 79 | (3.0) | 89 | (2.3) | 91 | (1.6) | 56 | (3.4) |
Central | 92 | (1.6) | 99 | (0.5) | 97 | (1.1) | 92 | (1.7) | 91 | (1.7) | 76 | (2.5) | 82 | (2.4) | 88 | (2.1) | 51 | (3.4) |
West | 88 | (2.5) | 97 | (1.4) | 98 | (1.0) | 86 | (3.2) | 89 | (2.5) | 79 | (3.9) | 87 | (2.9) | 83 | (2.7) | 51 | (4.8) |
Percent combined enrollment of Black and other races/ethnicities2 | ||||||||||||||||||
Less than 6 percent | 92 | (1.9) | 95 | (2.2) | 95 | (1.4) | 88 | (2.5) | 92 | (1.9) | 78 | (3.5) | 85 | (3.0) | 90 | (2.5) | 48 | (3.3) |
6 to 20 percent | 95 | (1.4) | 99 | (0.9) | 97 | (1.4) | 94 | (1.3) | 89 | (2.5) | 79 | (2.8) | 84 | (2.4) | 88 | (2.2) | 52 | (3.6) |
21 to 49 percent | 92 | (1.9) | 98 | (1.1) | 98 | (0.9) | 92 | (2.2) | 93 | (2.0) | 80 | (3.2) | 88 | (2.5) | 93 | (2.2) | 54 | (4.0) |
50 percent or more | 93 | (1.5) | 99 | (0.8) | 97 | (1.0) | 91 | (1.8) | 91 | (1.6) | 84 | (2.2) | 88 | (2.0) | 87 | (2.1) | 54 | (3.7) |
Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch |
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0 to 25 percent | 95 | (1.3) | 1001 | (0.5) | 96 | (1.4) | 94 | (1.3) | 91 | (2.2) | 78 | (2.8) | 85 | (2.7) | 91 | (1.7) | 57 | (3.8) |
26 to 50 percent | 92 | (2.0) | 96 | (1.5) | 98 | (0.9) | 90 | (1.9) | 93 | (1.6) | 81 | (2.4) | 87 | (2.5) | 90 | (2.3) | 47 | (3.2) |
51 to 75 percent | 93 | (1.5) | 97 | (1.2) | 98 | (1.0) | 90 | (2.2) | 91 | (2.1) | 77 | (2.8) | 86 | (2.6) | 90 | (1.9) | 50 | (4.1) |
76 percent or more | 91 | (2.1) | 97 | (1.2) | 97 | (1.5) | 91 | (2.1) | 91 | (2.0) | 85 | (2.6) | 88 | (2.6) | 86 | (2.2) | 55 | (4.6) |
1 Rounds to 100 percent. | ||||||||||||||||||
2 Other races/ethnicities include Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander and American Indian/Alaska Native students. | ||||||||||||||||||
NOTE: 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 Elementary School Visual Arts Specialists,” FRSS 102VA, 2009–10. |