Ingenuity State of the Arts Progress Report 2015-2016 | Page 16

creative schools survey participation 88% Chicago Public Schools (CPS) serves nearly 400,000 students in 660 schools. In 201516, 88 percent of CPS schools (580 of 660) Participating in the Creative Schools Survey requires principals to appoint a current faculty or staff member as the school’s Arts Liaison. These individuals serve as the on-site arts champion by leading arts programming for their school community, coordinating with community arts partners, and inspiring their school toward high-quality engagement with the arts. Arts Liaisons gather information on arts education activities in their schools and complete the Creative Schools Survey, which documents these activities. The commitment Arts Liaisons make in preparing to complete the Survey is, in and of itself, a signal that their school leaders are prioritizing arts education in their schools. Nearly 90 percent of schools in CPS have made that commitment. 16 88% 660 SCHOOLS 2015-2016 664 SCHOOLS 2014-2015 664 SCHOOLS 2013-2014 681 SCHOOLS 57% 2012-2013 participated in the annual Creative Schools Survey, and these 580 schools enrolled 92 percent of the CPS student population4. After an initial participation rate of 57 percent in 2012-13, school participation in the Creative Schools Survey has remained high for three consecutive years. 86% District-wide survey participation rates remained high It is worth noting that, while school participation in the Survey increased overall from the baseline year and has remained high, there are different participation rates for elementary schools and high schools. Elementary school participation has increased from 60 percent in 2012-13 to 93 percent in 2015-2016. Since that initial year, more than 90 percent of elementary schools have completed the Survey every time it was administered. High school participation has been lower than elementary participation in all four years, starting at 46 percent in 201213 and coming in at 73 percent in 2015-16.