OPVA: Phase II
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Phase II (1996-Present) OPVA APS In March 1997 the National Arts Education Consortium (NAEC) selected 35 Arts Partner Schools (APS), five of which are located in Ohio, to take part in the Transforming Education Through the Arts Challenge . These 35 schools accepted the challenge to demonstrate that comprehensive arts education promotes student achievement in the arts and can serve as a viable focal point for school reform. The five Ohio schools selected are:

• Newton D. Baker Elementary School of Arts, Cleveland,Ohio
• Elida High School, Elida, Ohio
• Fair Arts IMPACT Alternative Elementary School, Columbus,Ohio
• Malabar Middle School, Mansfield,Ohio
• Windermere Elementary School, Upper Arlington, Ohio

OPVA's work with the Arts Partner Schools is funded by the Getty Education Institute for the Arts and the Annenberg Foundation. Additional support is being provided by the Ohio Arts Council, the Department of Art Education at The Ohio State University with required matching funds from each school. These funds provide services to the selected schools in the areas of professional development, curriculum development, assessment of student achievement, and technical asistance.

All five schools are working to achieve whole school reform. Each works to reform its program in ways that will support collaborative teacher planning to integrate comprehensive arts in every part of the curriculum. Through collaborative planning and professional development, the schools and the Faculty Committee for Collaborative School Reform (FCCSR), a committee of the Department of Art Education at The Ohio State University, work to:

1) integrate the study of art into disciplines in the curriculum

2) assess student achievement in the arts and other disciplines

3) utilize technology to create communities of student and teacher learners.

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