Effects of Music On Education
CETA has concrete evidence on the following:
- Rising student test scores on the state exams. For example, Fort Hunt Elementary progressed from “not being accredited” to being “provisionally accredited” to being “fully accredited” within the course of three years.
- Fewer student disciplinary referrals to the office.
- Higher attendance rates.
- Anecdotes by teachers about student learning in the arts and other subject areas.
There have been many studies on the use of music to aid in teaching, as well as how an individual who plays music fares in their education. Results show that using music when teaching children to read, for example, can help children learn how to read and give lasting results. A study on elementary students even showed that students with music training have overall better verbal memory, compared to the memory of those students of the same demographic without music training.
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