[Libs-Or] The Nation's Report Card: 2008 Arts: Music and Visual Arts at Grade 8

[Ann Reed]

The Nation's Report Card: 2008 Arts: Music and Visual Arts at Grade 8

The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) will release results from the 2008 arts assessment on June 15, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. "The Nation's Report Card: 2008 Arts" examines the performance of eighth-graders in music and visual arts. The 2008 NAEP arts assessment measured students' knowledge and skills in the arts by asking them to observe, describe, analyze, and evaluate existing works of music and visual art and to create original works of visual art. For more information on the assessment and to view results from the 1997 arts assessment, visit http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/arts/

A live webcast of the release event will be available from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. on June 15 at http://nationsreportcard.gov

NAEP is administered by the National Center for Education Statistics within the Institute of Education Sciences.

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Ann Reed, Federal Programs Coordinator
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