Frequency of Elementary Music Instruction
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Categories:
Statistic |
Issue(s) Addressed:
Standards-based curricula Block scheduling/student ability to participate |
Attribution
Arts Education in Public Elementary and Secondary Schools: 1999-2000. Fast Response Survey System (FRSS). Nancy Carey, Brian Kleiner, Rebecca Porch, Elizabeth Farris (June 2002) NCES 2002131
Item Text
Most elementary schools offering music (93 percent) reported that students participated in music instruction throughout the entire school year. On average, in schools where music was offered, elementary school students received 46 hours of music instruction during the course of a school year. Fourteen percent of the elementary schools with 25 hours or less of music instruction during the school year, and 43 percent provided students with 26 to 40 hours. Twenty-one percent provided between 41 and 50 hours, and 22 percent proveded students with more than 50 hours of music instruction over the course of a school year. [Note that allocation of fewer than 26 hours of instruction -- that available to 43 percent of students -- may not be seen as credible in efforts to help students meet the national standards.]
Links
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2002131
Submitter Information
- Name: MENC Staff
- Email: advocacy@menc.org