The nation's schools are being challenged to make sure "no child is left behind" as they strive to help all students reach the level of achievemnet essential for success in school, work and life in the 21st century.

This new Compendium of arts education research studies explores critical links between learning in the arts and the nation's ability to successfully meet this goal.

Critical Links: Study Document

This chart is excerpted from James Catterall's essay, "The Arts and the Transfer of Learning," in the research compendium, Critical Links:  Learning in the Arts and Student Academic and Social Development.  The chart provides preliminary inventory of the academic and social outcomes that are showen to be, by the studies collected in Critical Links, related to learning in the arts.

Critical Links: Study Graph