Photocopy of a letter from Jack Davis, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, North Texas State University, to Edith O'Donnell, of the O'Donnell Foundation. In regards to Davis having completed the proposal for the Center for Study of Arts in Education at NTSU. Davis writes that the strong leadership of the arts education faculties at NTSU and the establishment of the Center will put them in a position to effect the quantity of the arts education programs they hope to implement. Davis ends the letter hoping that O'Donnell with review his proposal and get together to discuss any further ideas.

A press release issued by The Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture on March 17, 1986, regarding a grant awarded by The National Endowment for the Humanities for a summer literature program for secondary school teachers.

A letter from D. Jack Davis to Steven Dobbs about congratulating Dobbs on their promotion to Senior Program Officer for the Getty Center for Education in the Arts.

An agenda for the Getty Discipline-Based Art Education (DBAE) In-Service Program at Greenwood Elementary School on March 6, 1987.

A memo from Vicki J. Rosenberg to regional institute planning grant applicants, informing applicants that there has been a delay in the Getty Center's Regional Institute Planning Grant application review process.

Letter from Dale Seymour to Jack Davis regarding the development of SPECTRA at kindergarten level.

A thesis, Assessing Student Achievement in Art, A Study of The Feasibility of Achievement Testing in Art. Submitted to: The Getty Center for Education in the Arts, The J. Paul Getty Trust by Ralph Hoepfner, Ph.D. The report on feasibility of developing curriculum-fair achievement tests the art on both positive and negative notes. During the 1983-84 school year an achievement test was developed to assess the school children's knowledge.

A letter from Forrest E. Watson, superintendent of HEBISD, to Dr. D. Jack Davis, Vice President for Academic Affairs and co-director of the project. The letter addresses the HEBISD's continued support of the North Texas Regional Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts.

A letter from J. Blake DeHart to Dr. D. Jack Davis, Co-Director of project and Vice Provost at UNT. The letter is about the proposed North Texas Regional Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts and Denton ISD's support of the project and pledged involvement.

A collective document that gives descriptions of foundations that provide grants for numerous organizations and programs of particular interests. This page is written about the Burlington Northern Foundation. The Burlington Northern Foundation offers grant support in arts & humanities, education, colleges & universities, and social services. These pages belong to the desk of Jack Davis, William McCarter and the members of the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, as they researched foundations and charities to support their educational reform program.

Photocopy of a letter from D. Jack Davis and R. William McCarter to Bob Crow concerning materials that were covered in a previous presentation. They are sending Crow copies of the information they covered in order to give him a better understanding of the NTIEVA program.They also express that they hope to have the Amon Carter Foundation involved in the program.

Photocopy of a letter from Jack Davis and Bill McCarter, co-directors of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, to Bob J. Crow, Executive Director for the Amon G. Carter Foundation. In regards to Crow listening to a presentation Davis and McCarter gave about their discipline-based art education and are hoping that Crow and the Amon Carter Foundation will be involved with North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts.

Photocopy of a letter from Mollie Lasater to Bill McCarter about an upcoming Arts Education Workshop. Lasater provides an agenda that details the outline of the event. Originally the letter was addressed to a "Community Leader" but that was crossed out and "Bill" was written to the side.

A report, "Toward a New Generation of Student Outcome Measures: Connecticut's Common Core of Learning Assessment" by Joan Boykoff Baron, Pascal D. Forgione, Jr. Douglas A. Rindone, Hanna Kruglanksi and Bruce Davey. Connecticut State, Department of Education, Division of Research, Evaluation and Assessment. 165 Capitol Avenue - Room 340. Hartford, Connecticut. Presented at American Education Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California. Part of Symposium 28.01 Beyond Effective Schools: Quality Indicators for Evaluation Schools and Districts. The Connecticut State Department of Education (CSDE) has begun a multi-year assessment of the extent to which students in Connecticut display the knowledge and traits described in the Common Core of Learning (CCL). Science and mathematics were the two chosen subjects to be assessed under CCL.

Photocopy of a letter from Thomas F. Beech, executive vice president of the Tandy Foundation to Jack Davis, co-director of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts. The letter is in regards that the Trustee of the Anne Burnett and Charles D. Foundation met to consider the proposal request submitted by North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts and unfortunately they are not able to provide the support for the project.

A letter from Thomas N. Hubbard to R. William McCarter about sending materials for a resource library.

A hand-written report of collected data from the Getty Center and North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts discipline-based art education project. The report totals up the proposals submitted to a variety of foundations that have rejected or supported the art education reform. The data begins during the 1990 year and follows through 1994 tallying up all the continued or discontinued supports from their consortia.

A memo from Jack Davis, co-director of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, to the Institute Directors. The memo is in regards to a draft report on the Directors' Affinity Group Meeting in Chattanooga. David requests they review and let him know if its represented accurately.

A letter from D. Jack Davis, Vice Provost at UNT and Co-Director of NTIEVA, to Ed Smith III, Chairman of the Board of Directors for the University of North Texas Foundation, Inc. about requesting a matching, grant from the Foundation for the Summer Institute project. Attached documents include papers titled "Characteristics of Discipline Based Art Education", "Texas Essential Elements for Art, K-6", "Summary of Activities of the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts" and a NTIEVA five year budget,

A letter from D. Jack Davis, Vice Provost of the University of North Texas and Co-Director of the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, to Robert M. Lansford , Senior Vice President and Trust Officer at Teambank, discussing a previous meeting on February 26th between Davis and Bruce Burton that was about matching fund requirements for NTIEVA. Attached documents include papers titled "Characteristics of Discipline Based Art Education", "Texas Essential Elements for Art, K-6", "Summary of Activities of the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts", a NTIEVA five year budget, and a list of board of regents from UNT/Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine. There are also three additional letters attached from Richard Rafes and R.C. Voskuil,

Photocopy of a letter from Jack Davis, co-director of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts to Darlene Mann, Vice President, Trust and Investment Services at NCNB Texas. Davis thanks Mann for meeting with him and Joe Grisson on February 28 to discuss matching fund requirements for the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts and send her all the information on the program and their primary goals along with a list of the Board of Regents for the University and a statement which verifies that the University is exempt from federal tax income.

Photocopy of a letter from Jack Davis, co-director of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts to Robert W. Decker, President and Treasure of the William E. Scott Foundation. The letter is in regards to previous correspondence where North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts hopes that the Scott Foundation will become a partner and contributor to the organization. In the letter Davis goes into details about the collaborations in the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts project and their goal to reform education. Attached to the letter is the matching funds requirement report from other support. Also attached is the proposal of the art education program.

Photocopy of letters from Jack Davis, co-director of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts to Robert M. Lansford, Senior Vice President and Trust Officer of TEAMBANK and Bayard H. Friedman, Co-Trustee of Mary Potishman Lard Trust Agency. The letter is in regards to Lansford's promise to Davis to give Friedman the grant support proposal for North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts. The letter to Friedman goes into details about the program and what support they are seeking from the Mary Potishman Lard Trust Agency. Included with the proposal is a matching fund requirement summary and details on what discipline-based art education is long with a list of the Board of Regents for the University and a statement which verifies that the University is exempt from federal tax income.

A matching funds requirement report sent to Robert Decker of the William E. Scott Foundation to consider making a one year grant of $10,000 to assist North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts in meeting their matching grant from the Getty Center for Education in the Arts.