1. FINAL PUBLIC REVIEW OF DRAFT NATIONAL CORE ARTS STANDARDS What you should know and be able to do! http://nccas.wikispaces.com

2. 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 http://nccas.wikispaces.com

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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.Media Arts FAQ Media Arts position paper Music Theatre Visual Arts

6. WHAT WE LEARNED in 2013

7. 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…

8. 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

9. Original Organizational Structure: Framework Matrix

10. Current Framework Matrix

11. 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

12. WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW

13. Artistic Literacy

14. Discipline Specific Standards

15. National Core Arts Standards Artistic Processes and their Anchor Standards Artistic Process and definition Creating Conceiving and developing new artistic ideas and work. Performing/Presenting/Producing Performing: Realizing artistic ideas and work through interpretation and presentation. Presenting: Interpreting and sharing artistic work. Producing: Realizing and presenting artistic ideas and work. Responding Understanding and evaluating how the arts convey meaning. Connecting Relating artistic ideas and work with personal meaning and external context. Anchor Standards Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work. Organize and develop artistic ideas and work. Refine and complete artistic work. Analyze, interpret and select artistic work for presentation. Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation. Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work. Perceive and analyze artistic work. Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work. Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work. Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art. Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural and historical context to deepen understanding.

16. National Core Arts Standards Artistic Processes and their Anchor Standards Artistic Process and definition Creating Conceiving and developing new artistic ideas and work. Performing/Presenting/Producing Performing: Realizing artistic ideas and work through interpretation and presentation. Presenting: Interpreting and sharing artistic work. Producing: Realizing and presenting artistic ideas and work. Responding Understanding and evaluating how the arts convey meaning. Connecting Relating artistic ideas and work with personal meaning and external context. Anchor Standards Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work. Organize and develop artistic ideas and work. Refine and complete artistic work. Analyze, interpret and select artistic work for presentation. Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation. Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work. Perceive and analyze artistic work. Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work. Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work. Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art. Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural and historical context to deepen understanding.

17. National Core Arts Standards Artistic Processes and their Anchor Standards Artistic Process and definition Creating Conceiving and developing new artistic ideas and work. Performing/Presenting/Producing Performing: Realizing artistic ideas and work through interpretation and presentation. Presenting: Interpreting and sharing artistic work. Producing: Realizing and presenting artistic ideas and work. Responding Understanding and evaluating how the arts convey meaning. Connecting Relating artistic ideas and work with personal meaning and external context. Anchor Standards Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work. Organize and develop artistic ideas and work. Refine and complete artistic work. Analyze, interpret and select artistic work for presentation. Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation. Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work. Perceive and analyze artistic work. Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work. Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work. Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art. Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural and historical context to deepen understanding.

18. Grade Level Standards

19. High School Standards

20. Model Cornerstone Assessments

21. WHAT WE ARE ASKING YOU TO DO

22. 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 http://nccas.wikispaces.com

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

24. One anchor per page

25. Print – choose entire workbook

26. 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

27. Images from On-line Survey

28. Images from On-line Survey: Submitting

29. 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.

30. Review Timeline Review begins Friday, February 14 th Review Window closes on Friday, February 28 th

31. 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 tabwww.nccas.org … and with links on the review page, too!

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

33. 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/ http://nccas.wikispaces.com/