The current era of educational accountability and high-stakes testing in public schools has many in the educational community wondering about curricular limitations as more and more instructional time is devoted to subjects that are tested. If standardized testing has the potential to limit curricular offerings, students are likely experiencing a reduction in exposure to the arts in their education and, therefore, constraints in their development and achievement of mind. This book explores how exposure and participation in the arts in a childs education are being affected within the current...