The 2011 New Jersey Arts Education Census Project Now Underway!

The New Jersey Visual and Performing Arts Survey is a statewide school-by-school mandatory survey for the visual and performing arts being conducted by the New Jersey Department of Education. The survey is now in the final stages of completion with 95% of NJ schools already participating.

The Survey is part of the New Jersey Arts Education Census Project (NJAECP) a partnership of the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, the New Jersey Department of Education, the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, the New Jersey Arts Education Partnership, ArtPride New Jersey and Quadrant Arts Education Research. The New Jersey Arts Education Census Project is a follow up to the 2005/2006 survey and will create a 360-degree view of arts education in New Jersey schools as well as measure any changes over the past five years.

The survey will quantify student enrollment in arts education programs for each school, establish spending patterns over time for arts education, providing a basis for analyses of growth and decline of enrollment relative to other school programs.  In addition, economic, demographic, census, school report card and growth forecasts will be linked together to provide context regarding additional factors that impact access to arts education in a community. The final results will be housed in an interactive website housed at the New Jersey Arts Education Partnership.

The following documents (PDFs) are provided to allow schools to get a head start on the process:

Acting Commissioner of Education Rochelle Hendricks Letter to All School Leaders

2011 New Jersey Visual and Performing Arts Education Survey Tool

2011 New Jersey Visual and Performing Arts Education Survey Instructions

IMPORTANT: Survey information will only be accepted via the online survey system available only through NJ Homeroom. Please see your schools leader for details.

2005/2006 New Jersey Arts Education Census

For information about the previous New Jersey Arts Education Census Project Report click on the cover page below.