Turnaround Arts Initiative: Final Evaluatiion Report

The President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities (PCAH) released the results of an independent study that shows substantial gains in student achievement at schools participating in its Turnaround Arts initiative. The eight schools' in the pilot phase of the initiative, showing increases in reading and math scores, as well as an increase in attendance and a decrease in suspensions, demonstrate that the program's use of the arts is having a measureable impact on low-performing schools by increasing student engagement and narrowing the achievement gap. [Turnaround Arts is supported and funded by a coalition of partners and funders, without whom this program would not be possible. Special thanks to the NAMM Foundation, for their support of this research and evaluation.]