Our Impact
Pioneering evaluation, measuring our success.
Arts Corps conducts a rigorous evaluation of its programs each year, surveying students, teaching artists, classroom assistants and program partners to measure our success in each area. Each year we hire an outside evaluator to review our evaluation plan, analyze results and write a comprehensive evaluation report that we make available to the public.
Results from our evaluation make clear that we are fulfilling our goals.
Arts Corps provides access to quality arts education.
- 33% of program partners reported that Arts Corps provides the only access to arts classes for a majority of their students
- 3 out of 4 partner sites served a population in which the majority of students qualify for free and reduced price lunch
Arts Corps fosters creative habits of mind in youth participants.
- Statistically significant evidence confirms that students engage in increased critical thinking, creative risk-taking and imagination, as well as perceive themselves as more creative after taking an Arts Corps class.
Arts Corps encourages the ability to express ideas and feelings through art.
- Pre- and post-student surveys and feedback from teaching artists show that Arts Corps' classes help students discover ways to articulate the way they think and feel, while also encouraging them to develop aesthetic sensitivity to the link between artwork and everyday experience.
Arts Corps builds artistic competencies.
- The majority of students say that because of their Arts Corps class, they can recognize when art is done well; use new skills and techniques; and understand concepts and vocabulary related to art.
For more highlights, view or download a full copy of Arts Corps 2007-2008 evaluation report here.
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