1. Promoting student achievement through the arts
Jack Deskins, WVDE Arts Coordinator
Stephanie Morris, WVU Clinical Assistant Professor

2. The Arts Engage Students in All the Ways They Experience the World

3. Academic Achievement School Culture Student Engagement
Personalized Learning
Student Engagement
21st Century Skills
School Culture
Academic Achievement
Wellness
Graduation Rate
College & Career Readiness

4. The arts engage emotionally & personalize learning.

5. The arts engage physically & promote wellness.

6. The arts engage cognitively & promote achievement.
Creating
Evaluating
Analyzing
Applying
Understanding
Remembering
The arts engage cognitively & promote achievement.
Bloom’s Taxonomy
Circa 2000

7. WV Cohort Study:
th Grade Westest II
Compared to students earning a single arts credit, students earning more than one arts credit were:
20% more likely to score at proficient levels in Math
40% more likely to score at proficient levels in Reading/Language Arts

9. West Virginia Symphony Orchestra
SCALE Project

10. West Virginia Department of Education Elementary Dance Pilot