Ingenuity State of the Arts Report 2016-17 Ingenuity_SOTA_2016-17

42 THE ARTS IN CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DISCIPLINES AND DEPTH The high school CSC rubric inventories the number of arts disciplines taught (e.g. dance, visual arts, music, etc.) and the depth of the coursework offered in each of these disciplines (e.g. Beginning, Intermediate, AP, IB, etc.). The inclusion of this measure in the rubric reflects the idea, enshrined in the CPS Arts Education Plan, that every high school student should have access to sequential instruction in a variety of arts disciplines. As in previous years, high schools are categorized as Excelling when they offer three or more disciplines at multiple levels. Schools that offer three or more disciplines but do not offer multiple levels in those disciplines are considered to be Strong on this measure. Schools are considered to be Developing or Emerging if, regardless of the levels of study available, they offer coursework in fewer than three disciplines (two for Developing, zero to one for Emerging schools). In 2016–17, 58 percent of high schools were categorized as Strong or Excelling on this measure, the highest percentage to date and a nine- percentage-point increase from the previous year. This improvement is especially notable in light of the fact that 24 more high schools completed a Creative Schools Survey in 2016–17 than in 2015–16. Thus, where a total of 64 high schools were rated as Strong or Excelling in 2015–16, that number grew to 88 high schools this year. This substantial gain is one of the reasons high schools’ overall CSC scores improved, as evidenced by the fact that there was little change in the other two high school measures, staffing and arts assets. FOR THE FIRST TIME, A MAJORITY OF HIGH SCHOOLS WERE STRONG OR EXCELLING IN DISCIPLINES & DEPTH 2012–13 70 schools 2013–14 123 schools 2014–15 128 schools 2015–16 129 schools 2016–17 153 schools 33% 26%  3 + multi-level disciplines  3 single-level disciplines  2 single- or multi- level disciplines  0 or 1 single- or multi-level disciplines 24% 16% 24% 27% 23% 14% 13% 42% 40% 25% 29% 49% 41% 13% 9% 11% INGENUITY | STATE OF THE ARTS 19% 20%

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