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THE ARTS IN CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS
INSTRUCTIONAL
MINUTES
AND ACCESS 25
Instructional
Minutes
For elementary schools, the second key element of the CSC rubric measures
the instructional minutes in the arts that schools provide as well as the
percent of students with access to those minutes. For all the benefits that
arts integration and out-of-classroom time arts activities can provide, only
by dedicating instructional minutes to the arts can a school ensure its entire
student body will have an opportunity to reap the rich rewards the arts
can provide. The CPS Arts Education Plan sets a goal that each elementary
school should provide a minimum of 120 minutes of arts instruction each
week to 100 percent of its students.
The percentage of reporting schools meeting the 120+ instructional minute
recommendation increased considerably in the first three years of the CSC
and now has leveled off for the last two years. In 2016–17, 60 percent of
elementary schools were rated as Excelling in this measure, on par with
the 59 percent in 2015–16 and 58 percent in 2014–15. Similarly, 16 percent
of elementary schools rated Strong in 2016–17 compared to 18 percent in
2015–16. The share of schools rated as Developing (17 percent) also stayed
relatively steady from the previous two years. The share of Emerging
schools (eight percent) increased slightly from five percent in 2015–16.
A separate analysis (not shown here) reveals that these numbers are
comparable across both district-run and charter schools.
THE MAJORITY OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS OFFER 120+ MINUTES
OF ARTS INSTRUCTION PER WEEK
2014–15
443 schools
2012–13
317 schools
2015–16
451 schools
2016–17
478 schools
2013–14
462 schools
58% 59% 60%
19% 18% 16%
18% 19% 17%
5% 5% 8%
47%
40%
 1
 20+ minutes
  90–119 minutes
 4
 5–89 minutes
  44 minutes or less
18%
19%
25%
36%
10%
6%
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 he discussion in this section applies only to elementary schools; the high school-level measure of access
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that the Creative Schools Certification uses is discussed in the next section, “Disciplines and Depth.”