Music Advocacy Facts

More than 10 million high school students taking the SAT were asked to indicate the number of years of arts classes they took or were planning to take. The meta-analysis of the data, published in 2000, found that:

• Students who take arts classes have higher math, verbal, and composite SAT scores than students who do not take arts classes.
• As the number of years of arts classes increases, so too do the SAT scores.
• Four or more years of arts classes correspond to the strongest relationship with higher SAT scores.
• Music history, theory, or appreciation has the strongest relationship with higher math SAT scores.