FINAL PUBLIC REVIEW OF DRAFT NATIONAL CORE ARTS STANDARDSWhat you should know and be able to do!

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Overview• Introductions• What we learned from the first two public reviews in 2013• What you should know about the standards• What we’d like you to do in your review of the standards

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Introductions• Revision of the 1994 National Voluntary Arts Standards

• 2005 Dance Education Standards – National Dance Education Organization

• Led by NCCAS – National Coalition for Core Arts Standards• 9 Leadership organizations: Americans for the Arts, AATE, The

College Board, EdTA, NAEA, NAfME, NDEO, SEADAE, Young Audiences

• National Media Arts Education Representatives

Why revise now?• Revision of other content standards• Additional research in arts education• Technology – in the arts and in instruction• Capture best practice from state revisions in last 2

decades• Meet challenges for today’s arts educators

• Measurement of student learning in the arts• Robust curricular design + flexibility

• Building a web-based set of standards

Content areas• Writing standards in 5 discipline areas:

• Dance• Media Arts

• Includes forms of moving images and digital graphics as well as virtual, interactive/computational artmaking and game design

• Included here is a Media Arts FAQ and a Media Arts position paper created by NCCAS in support of writing media arts standards.

• Music• Theatre• Visual Arts

WHAT WE LEARNED in 2013

Update: by the numbers…• More than 250,000 certified dance, music, theatre and visual arts

teachers work in our nation’s K-12 schools

• 47,000 visits by arts educators, arts advocates, teaching artists and others reviewed the draft revisions to the nation’s voluntary arts standards in July, September and October

• More than 4,800 of those interested in standards revision provided feedback on the standards via on-line surveys in July and October, representing all 50 states and 3 nations

• 61 selected writing team members combed through 1,056,000 responses and comments from the field on PreK-8 draft standards in early August following the first review…

Update: Changes we have made• Separated standards from instructional resources and supports

• Created a unified set of Anchor Standards shared by ALL arts disciplines 

• Worked to make the standards fewer, clearer and more rigorous

 

Original Organizational Structure: Framework Matrix

Current Framework Matrix

Update: Changes we continue to work on

• Creating glossaries for the discipline standards

• Developing and beta-testing a website where you can select the way you organize, view and print the standards

• Professional development opportunities – in person, in print and virtually – in support of the standards

•Continuing to develop our Model Cornerstone Assessments – at least one of which is available for each discipline this review cycle 

WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW

Artistic Literacy

Discipline Specific Standards

Grade Level Standards

High School Standards

Model Cornerstone Assessments

WHAT WE ARE ASKING YOU TO DO

Review Components

• DRAFT documents of standards• DRAFT Model Cornerstone Assessments• DRAFT supplemental review materials• Online review process

• Each discipline = own survey

All are accessible via the web at http://nccas.wikispaces.com

Step One: What’s in the draft document? Scope and sequence view

One anchor per page

Print – choose entire workbook

1.Demographic information – Your connection to the arts standards

2.Overarching Review– Overall impressions of the draft standards you reviewed

3.Performance Standards Review – An opportunity to dive deep and give specific feedback on the Standards

4.Model Cornerstone Assessment Review – Feedback on our first public draft of a cornerstone assessment!

5.Supplemental Materials review – Feedback on supplemental support materials

6.Your Final Suggestions – Open-ended statements for you to respond to

7.Finish and Submit – Submit your ideas to us!

Step 3: Online Review Sections

Images from On-line Survey

Images from On-line Survey: Submitting

Saving your work? YES YOU CAN!

• Bookmark the page. • Remember to click “next” to save your work in progress.

• Enable cookies for your browser/computer.• You will also need to return to the same computer• use the same browser to access your saved survey.

Review Timeline

• Review begins Friday, February 14th • Review Window closes on Friday, February 28th

Review Forum

• Issues and questions which arise can be shared with our Review Forum.• Ask your question• Or… see if it might have been

answered already

• The Forum can be found at• www.nccas.org and click on the

forum tab• … and with links on the review

page, too!

Want to learn more? • Conceptual Framework• Framework Matrix• Media Arts Position Paper• College Board Research Webinars + Links• http://nccas.wikispaces.com

Thank you!

• Thank you for lending us your expertise• Your input helps us create a better set of standards for the

field• You can access all materials to get your review started

here: http://nccas.wikispaces.com/