Arts Education Data
Dance /Music / Theatre / Visual Arts
Dance
The Dance Education Data chart contains statewide totals for public school student enrollments and teacher assignments in selected dance courses. The data is from the Basic Education Data System (BEDS) annually reported by teachers and administrators across New York State. Arts Education personnel in the State Education Department have received the yearly reports and compiled this chart to show trends in enrollments and teaching assignments across the years. The current chart (
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- In some areas, more students are receiving dance instruction in 2010-11 than in 2009-10.
- Increases can be seen in Jazz Dance, Modern Dance, Tap Dance and Other Dance.
- In several areas, fewer students are receiving dance instruction in 2010-11 than in 2009-10.
- Decreases can be seen in Ballet, Modern Dance, Creative Dance/Movement, Performance Ensemble and Interdisciplinary – Art, Music, Theatre, Dance categories.
- The total number of dance students decreased slightly in 2010-11 from the previous year.
- The total number of professionals teaching dance has decreased slightly.
Music
The Music Education Data chart contains statewide totals for public school student enrollments and teacher assignments in selected music courses. The data is from the Basic Education Data System (BEDS) annually reported by teachers and administrators across New York State. Music Education personnel in the State Education Department have received the yearly reports and compiled this chart to show trends in music enrollments and teaching assignments across the years. The current chart ( 20 KB) covers a time period of over thirty years from the 1975-76 school year until the 2010-11 school year.
Please note in the fall of 2001 some BEDS assignment codes were updated or eliminated based on the recommendations of a group of music educators from the New York State School Music Association. For example, courses with Junior High titles were changed to Middle/Jr. High School to be more reflective of Department priorities and educational trends. Elimination of some course titles, such as Individual Instruction, resulted in clearer reporting by music teachers and a fuller utilization of the Instrumental Lesson Group or Vocal Lesson Group categories.
Viewers can note some current trends, which may reflect statewide fiscal difficulties:
- In some areas, more students are receiving music instruction.
- Increases can be seen in Elementary Music (K-6), AP Music Theory, Elementary Band, Senior High Marching Band, Elementary Orchestra, Senior High String Orchestra, Middle/Jr. High Chorus, Jazz Vocal Ensemble (Sr.), Electronic Piano and Studio-Art/MIOL.
- In most areas fewer students are receiving music instruction in 2010-11 than in 2009-10.
- Decreases can be seen in Music In Our Lives, Independent Study-Music, Music Theory I, II and III, Guitar, Electronic Music, Music For Special Learners, Middle/Jr. High Concert Band, Senior High Jazz Band, Middle/Jr. High Orchestra and Senior High Chorus.
- Continuing decreases appear in General Music Grade 7 and General Music Grade 8, Comprehensive Foundations of Music, Senior High Concert Band, Senior High Orchestra, Instrumental Lesson Groups, Elementary Chorus, Vocal Lesson Groups, Conventional Piano,
- The total number of music students decreased in 2010-11 from the previous year.
- The total number of professionals teaching music decreased from 2009-10 to 2010-11.
- The total numbers of music students and teachers in 2010-11 as compared to 1975-76 are significant since the total public student enrollment is smaller over the same time period.
- The overall number of music administrators is relatively stable although at a significantly lower level than in 1975-76.
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Theatre
The Theatre Education Data chart contains statewide totals for public school student enrollments and teacher assignments in selected theatre courses. The data is from the Basic Education Data System (BEDS) annually reported by teachers and administrators across New York State. Arts Education personnel in the State Education Department have received the yearly reports and compiled this chart to show trends in enrollments and teaching assignments across the years. The current chart ( 13 KB) covers a time period of twelve years from the 1999-00 school year until the 2010-11 school year.
Viewers may note some current trends:
- In some areas, more students are receiving theatre instruction in 2010-11 than in 2009-10.
- Increases can be seen in Production, and Other categories.
- Fewer students are receiving theatre instruction in 2010-11 than in 2009-10 in Acting, Technical and the Interdisciplinary categories.
- The total number of theatre students increased in 2010-11 from the previous year.
- The total number of professionals teaching theatre has decreased in 2010-11 from the previous year.
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Visual Arts
The Visual Art Education Data chart contains statewide totals for public school student enrollments and teacher assignments in selected visual arts courses. The data is from the Basic Education Data System (BEDS) annually reported by teachers and administrators across New York State. Arts Education personnel in the State Education Department have received the yearly reports and compiled this chart to show trends in enrollments and teaching assignments across the years. The current chart ( 17 KB) covers a time period of over thirty six years from the 1970-71 school year until the 2010-11 school year.
Viewers may note some current trends:
- In several areas, more students are receiving art instruction in 2010-11 than in 2009-10.
- Increases can be seen in Elementary Art, Studio in Graphics, Studio in Sculpture, Studio in Ceramics, Studio in Jewelry/Silver-smithing, Studio in Photography, Media Arts, Computer Arts, and Other Art.
- In many areas, fewer students are receiving art instruction in 2010-11 than in 2009-10.
- Decreases can be seen in Junior High Art, Studio in Art, Studio in Creative Crafts, Studio in Advertising Design, Studio in Fashion Design/Illustration, Graphics, Studio in Drawing & Painting, Studio in Video Arts, Studio in Film, Art History and Appreciation and Drawing for Design and Production.
- The total number of art students increased slightly in 2010-11 from the previous year.
- The total number of professionals teaching art has declined slightly from 2009-10 to 2010-11.
- The total numbers of art students and teachers in 2010-11 as compared to 1970-71 are significant since the total public student enrollment is smaller over the same time period.