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An extensive study of over 25,000 eighth to tenth grade students found that students involved in the arts earn better grades and perform better on standardized tests than non-arts students. The study also found that high school arts students are less likely to drop out of school, have a more positive self-concept, perform more community service, watch fewer hours of television, and report less boredom in school.

From: "Involvement in the Arts and Success in Secondary School," James S. Catterall, Americans for the Arts Monographs, 1998, 1 (9), Washington, D.C.

Available here: The Arts Education Partnership - Critical Links: Learning in the Arts and Student Academic and Social Development

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