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The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) measures early adolescents’ ability to observe, describe, and evaluate works of music and visual art. (A description of the NAEP arts assessment framework and an overview of the arts assessment, which also measures students’ ability to create art, can be found on the NAEP website.) The 2016 assessment reveals that eighth graders’ demonstrated ability to respond to art and music is limited and unchanged from a previous assessment in 2008.

I-07a: Average Music Responding Scale Score, Eighth Graders, 2008 and 2016

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* A reliable estimate was not available for Native American students. The available estimate for English language learners was not generalizable to the entire population of such students and was thus excluded from this indicator.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Arts Assessment. Data analyzed (using the NAEP Data Explorer) and presented by the American Academy of Arts Sciences’ Humanities Indicators (www.humanitiesindicators.org).

I-07b: Average Visual Arts Responding Scale Score, Eighth Graders, 2008 and 2016

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* A reliable estimate was not available for Native American students. The available estimate for English language learners was not generalizable to the entire population of such students and was thus excluded from this indicator.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Arts Assessment. Data analyzed (using the NAEP Data Explorer) and presented by the American Academy of Arts Sciences’ Humanities Indicators (www.humanitiesindicators.org).

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