Music's Impact Elem to HS

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Music's Impact: Elementary to High School - Part 4

    taken from "Music Advocacy Action Kit," provided
    by The Selmer Company for School Reform sessions
    presented by Tim Lautzenheiser and Michael Kumer at
    the 1999 Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic in Chicago

* Students with coursework/experience in music performance scored 53 points higher on the verbal portion of the SAT and 39 points higher on the math portion than students with no coursework or experience in the arts for a combined total of 92 points higher. - Profiles of SAT and Achievement Test Takers, The College Board, 1999.

* Courses in music, as well as in art and drama, positively influenced the decisions of high school students not to drop out of school. - N. Barry, J. Taylor, & K. Walls, "The Role of the Fine and Performing Arts in High School Dropout Prevention" (Tallahassee, Florida: Center for Music Research, Florida State University, 1990).

* Data from the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 showed that music participants received more academic honors and awards than non-music students, and that the percentage of music participants receiving A's, A's/B's, and B's was higher than the percentage of non- participants receiving those grades. - NELS:88 First Follow-Up, 1990, National Center for Education Statistics, Washington, DC.

* The College Board identifies the arts (including music) as one of the six basic academic subject areas students should study in order to succeed in college. "Preparation in the arts will be valuable to college entrants whatever their intended field of study." - Academic Preparation for College: What Students Need to Know and Be Able to Do, 1983 [still in use], The College Board, New York.

* Longer arts study means higher SAT scores. For example, students participating in the arts for two years averaged 29 points higher on the verbal portion and 19 points higher on the math portion of the SAT than students with no coursework or experience in the arts.
Students with four or more years in the arts scored 61 points higher and 45 points higher on the verbal and math portions respectively than students with no arts coursework. - Profiles of SAT and Achievement Test Takers, The College Board, 1999.

* Admissions officers at 70 percent of the nation's major universities have stated that high school credit and achievement in the arts are significant considerations for admission to their institutions.