College of Education and Human Development

Center for Applied Research and Educational Improvement

Arts for Academic Achievement: Integrating Tableau Evaluation Report

This report focuses on AAA’s efforts to provide professional development opportunities to teachers using a school-based planning approach for integrating Tableau during the 2008-2009 school year. Tableau is a theater arts strategy in which students interpret stories using dramatic techniques. The Arts for Academic Achievement Program (AAA) has incorporated Tableau in Minneapolis Public Schools’ classrooms as a strategy to supplement reading and writing instruction.