In 2006, Performing Arts Workshop received a four-year Arts Education Model Demonstrative and Dissemination Grant funding Project ARISE (Arts Residency Interventions in Special Education). During the grant period, the Workshop provided weekly creative movement and theatre arts ARISE residencies to 63 third to fifth grade classrooms in the San Francisco Unified School District. Classrooms identified as Special Day Classes or general education classes with special education inclusion (or mainstreamed) students were eligible for participation in this quasi-experimental study. Evaluators collected quantitative and qualitative data through student surveys including illustrations; teacher and teaching artist surveys using retrospective pre-test methods; focus groups of teachers and teaching artists; observations of classroom activities; and review of school records including attendance data and standardized test scores. The purpose of this presentation is to discuss evaluation methodology including successes and lessons learned in evaluating this four-year arts education program, in addition to sharing key findings. #2011Conference #ArtsCultureandAudiences