Dr. Yvette Jackson’s research in The Pedagogy of Confidence: Inspiring High Intellectual Performance in Urban Schools reflects the fundamental beliefs of the Arts for Impact approach to arts education in urban schools.
The National Urban Arts for Impact Network will support new research in arts education, pending the availability of funds. The National Urban Arts for Impact Network will provide links to arts education research from its website. The following is a list of examples of research sources (links to come):
- U.S. Department of Education: Arts Education in Public Elementary and Secondary Scools 1999-2000 and 2009-2010 (FRSS Study) Center for Education Statistics: http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2012014
- Partnership for 21st Century Skills (www.p21.org) including 21st Century Skills Arts Map http://www.p21.org/storage/documents/P21_arts_map_final.pdf
- Presidents’ Committee on the Arts and Humanities (www.pcah.gov) including Reinvesting in Arts Education: Winning America’s Future Through Creative Schools http://www.pcah.gov/sites/default/files/PCAH_Reinvesting_4web_0.pdf
- Key Researchers:
- James Catterall, The Arts and Achievement in At-Risk Youth – Findings From Four Longitudinal Studies, National Endowment for the Arts, March 2012: www.nea.gov/research/arts-at-risk-youth.pdf
- James Catterall, Doing Well by Doing Good by Doing Art, 2012: http://www.southarts.org/atf/cf/%7B15E1E84E-C906-4F67-9851-A195A9BAAF79%7D/Doing%20Well%20and%20Doing%20Good%20by%20Doing%20Art.pdf
- Steve Seidel (The Qualities of Quality: Understanding Excellence in Arts Education, Project Zero, Harvard Graduate School of Education, June 2009: http://www.wallacefoundation.org/knowledge-center/arts-education/arts-classroom-instruction/Documents/Understanding-Excellence-in-Arts-Education.pdf
- The Arts Education Partnership
- Publication released April 2013: Preparing Students for the Next America: The Benefits of an Arts Education: (www.aep-arts.org)
- ArtsEdSearch: The nation’s first and only research and policy clearinghouse focused entirely on student and teacher outcomes of arts learning. http://www.aep-arts.org/research-policy/artsedsearch/
- Critical Links: Learning in the Arts and Student Academic and Social Development, 2002
- Champions of Change: The Impact of the Arts on Learning, 1999
- Gaining the Arts Advantage: Lessons from School Districts that Value Arts Education, 2000
- The College Board (Research Commissioned for the next generation of National Arts Standards). http://NCCAS.wikispaces.com
- The Arts and the Common Core: A Review of Connections Between the Common Core State Standards and the National Core Arts Standards Conceptual Framework, December 2012
- Child Development and Arts Education, January 2012
- A Review of Selected State Arts Standards, November 2011
- College Learning in the Arts, September 2011
- International Arts Education Standards: A Survey of the Arts Education Standards and Practices of Fifteen Countries and Regions, August 2011