On February 16, 2016, the Vermont State Board of Education approved the adoption of the National Core Arts Standards(NCAS) as Vermont’s new fine arts learning standards. This means that NCAS will replace the Vermont Fine Arts Grade Expectations (GEs) beginning in the 2017-18 school year. Although the GEs will continue to be the guiding standards for Art Educators in the meantime, the AOE recommends that schools and curriculum leaders that are not already using NCAS begin to explore and incorporate them into their curriculum planning processes, in this transition period. (Source: http://education.vermont.gov/arts)
2014 National Core Arts Standards
1994 National Standards for Music Education
1. Singing, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music.
2. Performing on instruments, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music.
3. Improvising melodies, variations, and accompaniments.
4. Composing and arranging music within specified guidelines.
5. Reading and notating music.
6. Listening to, analyzing, and describing music.
7. Evaluating music and music performances.
8. Understanding relationships between music, the other arts, and disciplines outside the arts.
9. Understanding music in relation to history and culture.
Related Links:
- National Coalition for Core Arts Standards, a partnership of organizations and states who will lead the revision of the 1994 National Standards for Arts Education
- Summary Statement Education Reform, Standards, and the Arts—Summary Statement to the National Standards
- National Standards for Arts Education: Introduction
- National Standards for Arts Education: A Brief History
- National Standards for Arts Education (complete K-12 standards, hosted by ArtsEdge)
- Standards Reprint Permission Policy
- The School Music Program: A New Vision (The K-12 National Standards, PreK Standards, and What They Mean to Music Educators)
- The School Music Program (Spanish Translation)
- Opportunity-to-Learn Standards for Music Instruction: Grades PreK-12
- Opportunity-to-Learn Standards for Music Technology
- Performance Standards for Music: Strategies and Benchmarks for Assessing Progress Toward the National Standards, Grades PreK-12
- Publications on the the National Standards and Their Implementation
- State Music Education Standards
- October 2007 Report of the MENC Task Force on National Standards
The Colchester School District music curriculum is based on the 1994 Standards.
