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INSTRUCTIONAL MINUTES AND ACCESS
Access to Arts
Instruction
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In the elementary school context, where students are generally scheduled
into their courses, the share of students that receive arts instruction is
as important as the number of instructional minutes students are offered.
The CSC rates schools as Excelling when 100 percent of students have access
to arts instruction and as Strong when 80–99 percent of students have access.
While there was some fluctuation of scores in early years of the CSC,
access to arts instruction has remained steadily high across the district.
In 2016–17, 90 percent of reporting elementary schools were rated as Strong
or Excelling, a dip from the 95 percent of schools that received one of
those ratings when they peaked in 2014–15. Though this may be primarily a
product of the increased reporting rate in 2016–17 rather than an indicator
of an unfavorable trend, it will be important to monitor this number in
future years.
MOST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS OFFER 100% OF THEIR STUDENTS ACCESS
TO ARTS INSTRUCTION
2012–13
317 schools
2013–14
462 schools
2014–15
443 schools
87%
91%
78%
 1
 00% of students
  80–99% of students
 5
 0–79% of students
  49% or less of
students
2015–16
451 schools
2016–17
478 schools
86% 85%
6% 8% 8% 6% 5%
1%
2% 5% 2%
2% 3% 3%
6% 8%
10%
PROGRESS REPORT | 2016–17