New Jersey Arts Education Resources: Data/Polling
College-Bound Seniors National Report: A Profile of SAT Program Test Takers
In 2006, the College Board found that students in music performance and appreciation scored higher in both the math and verbal sections of the SAT.
Harris Poll Reveals Support for Art Education
A 2005 Harris Poll revealed 93 percent of Americans rate the arts vital to a well-rounded education and 54 percent rate the importance of arts education a “ten” on a scale of one to ten.
36th Annual Phi Delta Kappa/Gallup Poll of the Public’s Attitude Toward Public Schools
The Gallup Poll addresses the No Child Left Behind Act, the achievement gap, and the role of standardized testing against the public's assessment of the public schools.
American Attitudes Toward Music: 2003 Gallup Poll
The Gallup Poll reports a majority of Americans polled love music and strongly support its presence in our culture—and especially our schools.
NAEP: The Arts Education Report Card
Results of testing students in their abilities to respond to, perform, and create in the arts and while finding different levels of instruction in the art forms tested, some instruction improved student achievement.

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Headlines: New Jersey first state to establish census findings on website.


The New Jersey Arts Education Census Project is a partnership between the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, the New Jersey State Department of Education, the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, Playwrights Theatre of New Jersey, under the direction of Music for All.

The New Jersey Arts Education Census Project is made possible in part by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts. Additional funding has been generously provided by the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, NAMM - International Music Products Association, The D'Addario Foundation for the Performing Arts, David Bryan of Bon Jovi, and Music for All