In 2008-09 an impact evaluative research was undertaken in Iceland to gather comprehensive data about the extent and quality of arts and cultural education in Iceland. The evaluation focused on the following questions:

• What is being done in arts education and how is it being done?
• What is the quality of arts education in Iceland?
• What are the possibilities and challenges currently and into the future?

These questions were addressed through the use of an intensive six-month study funded by the Icelandic Ministry of Education that used a combination of qualitative and quantitative research methods. The results of this work will be published in December 2009.