Results of the NAEP 2008 arts assessment will be released in the spring of 2009. The assessment was administered to students at grade 8 in schools across the country from January through March of 2008. The assessment measures skills in music and visual arts.
In 1997, NAEP administered an arts assessment to approximately 6,480 students at grade 8 in the nation. The national sample assessed 268 schools. The assessment measured students' knowledge and skills in music, theatre, and visual arts.