• A story in the Oct. 12, 2012, issue of Education Week about arts education in Los Angeles provided an incorrect figure for the number of arts specialists in the district. In addition to employing 204 elementary arts specialists, the district also employs 1,014 arts teachers at the secondary level.
• An article on researchers’ concerns with educational testing practices in the Nov. 14, 2012, edition gave an outdated name for an assessment being designed to measure student comprehension. The correct name for the test is now the Global Integrated Scenario-Based Assessment.