Arts Learning - Standards

Arizona State Board of Education Revised Arts Standards
Monday, June 26, the Arizona State Board of Education unanimously adopted the proposed Arts Standards. The adoption of this document reflects 18 months of work by more than 50 educators, artists, faculty and administrators throughout Arizona. More than 730 people provided input during the process, representing 14 of Arizona's 15 counties. The Standards are available on the Department of Educations website.
http://www.ade.az.gov/standards/arts/revised/

Arizona Arts Standards - The Arizona Arts Standards set the goals that all students will achieve at the essentials level in the four arts disciplines (music, visual arts, theatre and dance) and at the proficiency level in at least one art form on or before graduation. All levels build upon previous levels. Standards identify what our children must know and be able to do. Thus, the vision embedded in these Standards insists that a mere nodding acquaintance with the arts is not enough to sustain our children's interest or involvement in them. The Standards must usher each new generation onto the pathway of engagement, which opens in turn onto a lifetime of learning and growth throughout the arts. It is along this pathway that our children will find their personal directions and make their singular contributions. It is along this pathway as well that they will discover who they are, and even more, who they can become.

National Arts Standards

National Arts Standards - "All students deserve access to the rich education and understanding that the arts provide, regardless of their background, talents, or disabilities. In an increasingly technological environment overloaded with sensory data, the ability to perceive, interpret, understand and evaluate stimuli and information is critical. The arts help all students to develop multiple capabilities for understanding and deciphering an image and symbol laden world. The arts should be an integral part of a program of general education for all students." National Standards for Arts Education 1994
-The standards provide a crucial learning foundation.
-The standards are keys to each of the arts disciplines.
-The standards are keys to curriculum correlation and integration.
-The standards incorporate cultural diversity.
-The standards provide a foundation for student assessment.
-The standards point beyond mere "exposure" to the arts.

Why the Arts Standards are Significant for the Teaching Artist - Educational standards for the arts provide a framework for illuminating the natural growth of creative intelligence from making art, to understanding art in a larger context, to developing sills of reflection or using art to frame inquiry about meaning. The standards outline the phases of learning and sophistication that are the natural stages of developing creative discipline and skill. The standards make the natural learning process visible, providing students and teachers with a framework for understanding and articulation what's being achieved through developing the skills of creative expression.

Coordinated Arts Standards

The following documents link activities from the Artist Teacher Institute Study Guide to the Arizona Standards.

Theatre Arts

Correlation between the theater arts and theater standards

Language Arts

Correlation between Writing and the dance and theatre standards (PDF)

Correlation between Reading and the dance and theatre standards (PDF)

Mathematics

Correlation between Mathematics and dance standards (PDF)

Arts Standards Resources

NCLB Resource Page available for The Americans for the Arts
In an effort to shape the reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) Americans for the Arts has put into place several resources to affect positive changes in this law for the Arts Education Network and the field of arts education. The arts education field has been directly impacted over these last few years by the implementation of this law. This new NCLB resource page provides background on the NCLB law as well as industry research on the impact of the law on arts education. This web page seeks to inform advocates on the relationship between arts education and No Child Left Behind and to offer opportunities to affect change in the law. The page also contains further information on the following advocacy measures.
http://www.artsusa.org/artseducation/nclb/

Tell Congress What you Think of N.C.L.B
You can inform Congress about No Child Left Behind (NCLB) and the importance of the arts in every child's education.
http://www.aspeninstitute.org/NCLB

For assistance, please contact Mandy Buscas, Arts Learning Director, (602) 771-6525 or mbuscas@azarts.gov or Kim Willey, Arts Learning and Poetry Out Loud Coordinator, (602) 771-6521 or kwilley@azarts.gov.

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