• Longitudinal, controlled studies in a variety of settings show that VTS significantly increases all students' visual literacy and aesthetic development, and transfer studies demonstrate that growth of the internalized viewing and critical thinking skills that first appear when viewing art, later generalize to other kinds of objects.
  
  
• Writing samples provide documentary evidence of growth in language skills (for example, longer samples, more complete sentences, increased detail) and thinking (for example, increased complexity of observations, evidential reasoning, and speculation).
  
  
• Anecdotal evidence from teachers, students, and administrators shows that VTS works, provides skills that last and transfer, and contributes to success on tests.
  
  
• Observations and videotape analysis of VTS lessons document respectful classroom dynamics, maximum participation, and active display of verbal and thinking skills.
  
  
• Teacher reports provide evidence that VTS positively impacts thinking in a wide range of subject areas as well as examples of changes in individual and group behaviors.
  
  
• Standardized test scores - a five-year study showed that a cohort school that had used VTS since the 4th grade tested 23 percent higher on state tests in the 8th grade than the 8th graders in the same school the previous year, who did not have the VTS. In three successive years, 8th grade students having VTS continued to significantly out-perform students who did not have it.
  
  
• Third party studies such as Harvard's Project Zero assessment of the VTS forerunner conclude that VTS causes growth in reasoning that transfers to other subjects.
  
  

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