Advocacy

STUDENT PERFORMANCE

"The College Entrance Examination Board found that students involved in public school music programs scored 107 points higher on the SAT's than students with no participation."


- Profiles of SAT and Achievement Test Takers, The College Board,compiled by the Music Educators National Conference (2002)

"U.S. Department of Education data on more than 25,000 secondary school students found that students who report consistent high levels of involvement in instrumental music over the middle and high school years show 'significantly higher levels of mathematics proficiency by grade 12.'"

- U.S. Department of Education NELLS88 Database

LIFE SKILLS

Arts involvement teaches children many skills necessary to succeed in life, including:

  • Problem solving

  • Decision making

  • Self-confidence

  • Self-discipline

  • Taking responsibility for actions

  • Teamwork

- Compiled from various research documents and reports

SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH

"Early music training dramatically enhancing children's abstract reasoning skills. These findings indicate that music uniquely enhances higher brain functions required for mathematics, chess, science and engineering."

- From Neurological Research, Feb 28, 1997; Frances Rauscher, Ph.D., Gordon Shaw, Ph.D, University of California, Irvine

"A two-year Swiss study involving 1,200 children in 50 schools showed that students involved in the music program were better at languages, learned to read more easily, showed an improved social climate, showed more enjoyment in school, and had a lower level of stress than non-music students."

-Weber, E.W., Spychiger, M. & Patry, J.L. (1993)