In-School Arts Education and Academic Achievement: A Three-Level Hierarchical Linear Modeling Approach

• In Event: Impacts of Arts Inclusion and Integration

Abstract

The aim of this research was to examine the associations of in-school arts education with initial achievement levels and rates of growth in childhood and adolescence using hierarchical linear modeling techniques and data drawn from two national studies. The final models had a three-level nested structure to account for the effects of time at Level 1, student characteristics at Level 2, and school characteristics at Level 3. Results indicated that, across developmental periods and achievement outcomes, students who received art or music education had faster rates of growth in tested subjects than students who received neither art nor music education.

Author

• Abigail Todhunter-Reid, The School District of Palm Beach County