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Instrumental Music Participation And The Differences In Academic Performances For Students In Poverty, Shawn A. Oban
Instrumental Music Participation And The Differences In Academic Performances For Students In Poverty, Shawn A. Oban
Theses and Dissertations
Because of the emphasis on No Child Left Behind and high stakes testing, school districts and administrators have been limiting or eliminating fine arts courses from an already shrinking curriculum, focusing on the subjects being tested. Students living in poverty are often entering formal schooling behind academically.
The researcher examined longitudinal test data from 2010-2015 from middle school aged students in a large Midwest school district. The researcher focused on test scores from the sixth grade when instrumental music was offered, examined test data from tenth grade, and studied academic growth. All student scores were included, but the independent variables …