MENC Study Links Attendance and Quality of Music Education Programs

The Institute for Education and the Arts is posting this study correlating high school attendance with the level of quality of the music education programs.

MUSIC IN EDUCATION: STUDY FINDS LINK WITH ATTENDANCE AND GRADUATION RATES
by Dave Nagel, T.H.E. Journal, November 6, 2006

“Is there a link between attendance levels in high schools and the quality of music education programs in those schools? That's the focus of a study just released by the National Association for Music Education (MENC) and audio industry trade group NAMM.

“The report finds a relationship between the existence and quality of music education programs and the graduation and attendance rates in high schools. MENC is an organization that promotes the inherent value of music education in schools, and the study- Understanding the Linkages Between Music Education and Educational Outcomes-set out to discern whether requirements from No Child Left Behind (NCLB) had been contributing to an erosion of music education programs. But the study did not focus exclusively on the impact of NCLB. It also polled the attitudes of school administrators toward music education in general and their own music programs in particular, drawing correlations between attitudes, demographics, and student achievement.”

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