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Assessment

As Impact of the LTTA's Program: Research Findings

A five year study by the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (O.I.S.E.), University of Toronto, a world leader in the design and assessment of educational programs, found that LTTA offers proven benefits for students and schools.

The study reported that LTTA students produce written work of higher quality. They make more frequent and better use of the library and the internet. They learn to respect their teachers and fellow students. They cause fewer incidents of behavioral disruption, leading to an increase in the class time spent on instruction. These improved student attitudes lead to higher scores in standardized tests.

In one of many examples reported to researchers by principals of LTTA schools, students at Gateway Elementary School, an inner city school that includes 55 cultural and linguistic minorities, scored 17% above the provincial average in math testing.

In another example involving a large metropolitan high school, the school principal reported that the number of students coming in for discipline problems fell from 100 to 8.

The impact of the program extended far beyond the academic arena. Students gained the means to connect with their parents, to discover their cultural roots, and to overcome prejudice and develop a strong sense of purpose.

Emerging Data of LTTA National Assessment

In the 1999/2000 and 2000/2001 school years, The Royal Conservatory of Music implemented a national assessment of its Learning Through the Arts (LTTA) program. Highlights of the assessment include the following:
  • Interviews with teachers as well as questionnaire data show that the majority of LTTA teachers believe that using the arts as a teaching method helps in reaching hard-to-educate students and in providing them with positive learning experiences. The same belief is not held as strongly by teachers in non-LTTA schools.
  • Music lessons have a positive effect on achievement in language arts and math regardless of socio-economic status.
  • Children in LTTA schools believe they learn a lot from studying the arts at school.
  • 98% of teachers surveyed believe the arts are fundamental to quality learning
  • 98% of teachers surveyed believe the arts are an effective way to reach hard to educate students
  • 99% of teachers surveyed believe that students can express knowledge and skills through the arts.
  • 89% of teachers surveyed believe the arts are an effective way of teaching other subjects.
  • Nevertheless, only 22% of teachers surveyed have had specialized training in the arts.
78% of teachers surveyed believe that the arts are an effective way of increasing parental involvement in schools. Other research indicates that parental involvement in schools is correlated with higher student achievement.

For further information, see http://www.educ.queensu.ca/~arts

Visit LTTA's Discussion Zone where teachers, share idea and lesson plan feedback with other LTTA participants.

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