Fine Arts Education in The United States

In the United States, educational reform is always controversial. Without implementing any children, the emphasis on standardized testing and discussion of education budgets indicates that education is increasingly more interesting and important in the United States. American education theory, artistic theme, its importance in public schools. When the educational budget is reduced, the first thing to go is art subjects such as music, art, drama.

The current focus on art is timely. Last month, NAEP (National Assessment Progress of Education Progress) announced Art Assessment of 2016. This is a snapshot of art education throughout the United States. The evaluation performance provided by NAEP is limited to visual art and music, high income families, suburban students, private school students, and white students are better than other students. The performance level is related to the artistic acquisition of NAEP, the geographic location is very different, North East Eastern state students may participate in visual art at twice the rate in the southern or western provinces. 68% of 8th graders in elementary school in the northeastern part have attended at least one visual art class at school, but this number is 47%, 35%, 33% in the Midwest, Southern and Western regions respectively, .

There is a big difference in art education in our country. The strongest factor for determining this is the student's zip code. Suburban students receive more artistic direction than other areas, but in urban schools access opportunities are different and depend heavily on the size of school district and school. Students in rural areas and elementary schools receive the minimum level of art education. This applies regardless of the socio-economic status of the students enrolled in these schools.