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When the report A Nation at Risk was published in 1983, it served as a national wake-up call. Six national education goals were announced in 1990. With the passage of Goals 2000: Educate America Act, the national goals were written into law, naming the arts as a core academic subject. The standards listed in this pamphlet were prepared by the Consortium of National Arts Education Associations under grants from the U.S. Department of Education, the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Found herein are separate (1) content standards and (2) achievement standards for Grades K-4, Grades 5-8, and Grades 9-12 in the field of dance. Every parent should be well acquainted with these standards and discuss them with their children and their children’s teachers, as well as encouraging their accomplishment in the home.
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Summary Statement: Education Reform, Standards, and the Arts, 3
The Reform Context
The Importance of Standards
The Importance of Arts Education
The Benefits of Arts Education
The Arts and Other Core Subjects
What Must We Do?
Standards in Music: Grades K–4, 7 Content Standards:
1. Singing, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music, 4 [5 achievement standards]
2. Performing on instruments, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music, 4 [5 standards]
3. Improvising melodies, variations, and accompaniments, 5 [4 standards]
4. Composing and arranging music within specified guidelines, 5 [3 standards]
5. Reading and notating music, 6 [4 standards]
6. Listening to, analyzing, and describing music, 6 [5 standards]
7. Evaluating music and music performances, 6 [2 standards]
8. Understanding relationships between music, the other arts, and disciplines outside the arts
[2 standards]
9. Understanding music in relation to history and culture, 7 [5 standards]
Standards in Music: Grades 5–8, 10
(Same nine content standards, but with higher achievement standards)
Standards in Music: Grades 9–12, 13
(Same nine content standards, but with even higher achievement standards)
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