REPORTS

Since 1997, researchers from the Education Development Center / Center for Children and Technology (EDC/CCT) have been assisting The Center for Arts Education evaluate its role in effecting systemic education reform in New York City’s public schools. The reports are intended to convey the impact of CAE-funded Partnerships and professional development activities on students, teachers, administrators and cultural organizations.

The EDC/CCT’s conclusions can be downloaded as PDF’s:

Final
Evaluation Report on The Center for Arts Education’s New York City
Partnerships for Arts and Education Program (caefinal0104.pdf,
668 KB)
July 2000-June 30,
2001

The Center for Arts Education New York City Partnerships For Arts and Education Program 1996-2001 Five Year Report Synthesis (cae5yearexsummary.pdf, 505 KB)
Executive Summary
December 2003

This five-year study notes how each Partnership matured and encountered new challenges
from year to year. It also highlights findings and potential implications for action.

Sustainability in the Center for Arts Education Partnership Program 1997-2003 (sustainabilityinthecenterfo.pdf, 560 KB)

November 2003

The creation of sustainable partnerships and integrated curricula has been a critical component of the CAE’s mission. EDC/CCT conducted interviews and surveys to determine the extent that practices, adopted by the CAE’s Partnership schools, were sustained when the schools ceased to receive funding from the CAE. The majority of the schools surveyed have maintained some or all components of their curricula, as well as their relationships with cultural partners. However, other components have been more difficult to maintain. This report contains an executive summary as well as implications for action.

Reflections on the Looking at Student Work Project of the Center for Arts Education
2003 (lookingatstudentwork.pdf, 455 KB)
April 2004

This report summarizes
informal feedback provided by EDC/CCT researchers after taking part
in the CAE’s Looking at Student Work professional development workshops.
During these workshops, participants gather to look at student art
and discuss its content, often before learning the context with
which the artwork was created. In this report, the researchers make
recommendations for improving the effectiveness of the workshops.

Student
Learning In and Through the Arts: Research Conducted in The Center
for Arts Education’s Partnerships for Arts Education Program (nea1.pdf, 729 KB)
December 2003

This study, supported
by the National Endowment for the Arts, was designed to obtain rich
descriptions of arts-integrated curricula and their effects on student
learning. Teams of teachers and teaching artists developed methods
of assessment, guided by EDC/CCT researchers. The study was conducted
to help schools find ways to assess the progress of students taking
part in arts-integrated curricula.

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NEW
YORK CITY COUNCIL

Arts Education Report (June 2003)

On June 11, 2003, the City Council released its report on the state of arts education in the City. Prior to the report’s release,CAE was consulted in an effort to clarify issues in the field, and at the City Council’s press conference, the Center was invited to speak. The report includes excerpts from Laurie
Tisch’s testimony (caelts.pdf, 100 KB) and the Center’s book, Promising Practices. The entire report, A
Picture is Worth a Thousand Words: Arts Education in New York City Public Schools (arteducation.pdf, 128 KB), is available for download.

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