Positive Impact of Arts Integration on Student Academic Achievement in English Language Arts

Amid the high-stakes testing environments in today's schools, we argue that high-quality arts integration positively influences student academic achievement. Drawing on a longitudinal study of an intensive multi-art integration model implemented in public elementary schools in the Los Angeles a...

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Published inThe Educational forum (West Lafayette, Ind.) Vol. 78; no. 4; pp. 364 - 377
Main Authors Peppler, Kylie A., Powell, Christy Wessel, Thompson, Naomi, Catterall, James
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published West Lafayette Kappa Delta Pi 01.10.2014
Subjects
Academic achievement
Art education
Elementary schools
English language
English proficiency
Language arts
Language proficiency
Longitudinal studies
Quality of education
Standardized tests
Los Angeles California
United States > US
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Summary:Amid the high-stakes testing environments in today's schools, we argue that high-quality arts integration positively influences student academic achievement. Drawing on a longitudinal study of an intensive multi-art integration model implemented in public elementary schools in the Los Angeles area, we found consistent and significant gains in student proficiency on standardized tests of English Language Arts when compared to matched comparison school sites with standalone arts programming.
ISSN:0013-1725
1938-8098
DOI:10.1080/00131725.2014.941124