A Review of Recently-revised State Standards for Arts Education

1. A Review of Recently-revised State Standards for Arts Education

2. Presenters • Nancy Rubino, Senior Director, Office of Academic Initiatives, The College Board • Amy Charleroy, Associate Director, Arts at the Core, Office of Academic Initiatives, The College Board

3. Structure of Report Part I: General Arts Education Standards Part II: Review of Media Arts Standards

4. State Standards in Arts Education Part I: General Arts Education Standards Goals of Research: Goals: • Identify themes/trends in frameworks and overall structure of standards • Identify themes/trends in guiding philosophies or goals addressed in the revision of the standards

5. State Standards in Arts Education • Phase I: Review and summarize standards documents • Phase II: Follow-up interviews with state arts education representatives Research Process:

6. State Standards in Arts Education • Colorado • Florida • Michigan • New Jersey • New York City • North Carolina • Tennessee • Washington States/districts reviewed:

7. State Standards in Arts Education Key findings: Structure of Standards

8. State Standards in Arts Education Key findings: Structure of Standards

9. State Standards in Arts Education Key findings: Structure of Standards

10. State Standards in Arts Education Key findings: Structure of Standards

11. State Standards in Arts Education Key findings: Structure of Standards

12. State Standards in Arts Education Key findings: Structure of Standards

13. State Standards in Arts Education Key findings: Structure of Standards

14. State Standards in Arts Education Key findings: Structure of Standards

15. State Standards in Arts Education Key findings: Structure of Standards High School standards • High school standards were most often addressed as a single grade band, while earlier levels are dealt with grade-by-grade. • In several states, high school standards are addressed in multiple tracks or pathways • Colorado: Fundamental Pathway and Extended Pathway • North Carolina: Beginning, Intermediate, and Advanced

16. State Standards in Arts Education Key findings: Structure of Standards

17. State Standards in Arts Education Key findings: Structure of Standards

18. State Standards in Arts Education Key findings: Sources of influence in the standards revision process

19. State Standards in Arts EducationKey Findings: Pedagogical themes or trends 21st Century Skills

20. State Standards in Arts EducationKey Findings: Pedagogical themes or trends

21. State Standards in Arts EducationKey Findings: Pedagogical themes or trends Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy

22. State Standards in Arts EducationKey Findings: Pedagogical themes or trends References to NAEP Framework Example: New Jersey standards

23. State Standards in Arts EducationKey Findings: Pedagogical themes or trends Washington • The NAEP language of creating, performing, and responding connects the skills and concepts associated with all disciplines.

24. State Standards in Arts EducationKey Findings: Pedagogical themes or trends Understanding by Design influence Example: Florida

25. State Standards in Arts EducationKey Findings: Pedagogical themes or trends Understanding by Design influence Example: Colorado

26. State Standards in Arts EducationKey Findings: Pedagogical themes or trends

27. Part II: Media Arts Standards Review of media arts standards in the United States: • LAUSD • Minnesota • New York City (the Moving Image category of the NYC Blueprint for the Arts) • South Carolina Goals: • Identify similarities and differences in definitions of media arts, and approaches to instruction

28. Media Arts Standards

29. Media Arts Standards

30. Media Arts Standards Example: Minnesota

31. Media Arts Standards • Every set of media arts standards surveyed had accompanying resource documents for educators, from general suggestions for implementation to highly specific lesson plans and units of study. Resource Documents:

32. Media Arts Standards Themes and trends in the standards • Media literacy as a component of media arts, the way that responding to works of visual or performing arts are elements of the standards in dance, music, theatre, and visual art

33. Media Arts Standards Themes and trends in the standards The Role of Technology: • Specific technology types very rarely mentioned (just as specific musical instruments or art media wouldn’t be recommended in the other standards • Limiting the references to specific types of technology also allows the standards to evolve as technology does Interdisciplinary Learning • The concept of working across disciplines is especially strongly embedded in the media arts standards, perhaps out of the realization that stand-alone media arts classes may not be possible in every region.

34. Media Arts Standards Discussion: • Were there any examples today that particularly interested you? • In addition to the reference documents mentioned (the P21 skills, Understanding by Design framework, Bloom’s Taxonomy, NAEP framework) are there any other resources that you think should be central to the standards redesign process?

35. Find College Board/NCCAS research online The College Board: Arts at the Core http://advocacy.collegeboard.org/preparation-access/arts-core. National Coalition for Core Arts Standards http://nccas.wikispaces.com http://nccas.wikispaces.com. Nancy Rubino, Senior Director, Office of Academic Initiatives nrubino@collegeboard.org Amy Charleroy, Associate Director, Office of Academic Initiatives, acharleroy@collegeboard.org