Transforming Education through the Arts and Media (TEAM): Final Evaluation Report

Transforming Education Through the Arts and Media (TEAM) is an arts integration program that was implemented in seventh- and eighth-grade classrooms in Chicago Public Schools over a period of four years, beginning with the 2010-11 school year. TEAM is based on the concept of the 21st century transliterate learner and is designed to increase teacher capacity to integrate media arts and technology in classroom practice and to increase student motivation and achievement. To evaluate TEAM, surveys were administered to participating teachers and students. In addition, the performance of TEAM students on standardized reading and mathematics tests was compared to that of control students. This report presents the results of a four-year evaluation of TEAM and discusses the successes and challenges that were encountered.