The State Education Standard
Vol. 4, No. 4
Winter 2004

Feature Articles:
Finding the Will and the Way to Make the Arts a Core Subject: Thirty Years of Mixed Progress

by Douglas Herbert
The director of arts learning at the National Endowment provides an overview of the arts education movement.

 

The Complete Curriculum: Ensuring a Place for the Arts in America's Schools

by Lori Meyer
Excerpts from the new NASBE report.

 

For Every Child the Liberal Arts

by Raymond "Buzz" Bartlett
Why a full liberal arts education should be the birthright of every student.

 

Developing an Arts Assessment: Some Strategies

by the Staff of the National Assessment of Educational Progress
Testing strategies emanating from the NAEP arts assessment and field tests.

 

Cutting the Arts Imperils Student Achievement

by Richard J. Deasy
Research on the relationship between arts learning and student achievement.

 

Potent Partnerships: Community-Based Resources for Arts Education,

by Gully Stanford
The important link between schools and community arts organizations.

 

Young Children and the Arts: The Uneven Road to Early Childhood Arts Standards

by Susan Bolanis
The state of arts standards for pre-kindergarten children.

Departments:
Editor's Note

Executive Summary
A message from NASBE Executive Director Brenda Lilienthal Welburn

Washington Notebook
Surveying the federal education scene

State Innovations
Maryland's Arts Education Policy

The NASBE Interview
Dorie Combs, Kentucky State Board of Education