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Arts K-12 Learning Standards
Since 2001, the Arts learning standards have been defined by the foundational Essential Academic Learning Requirements (EALRs) and original Arts Frameworks. In 2003, Washington also began the development of Classroom Based Performance Assessments (Arts CBPAs) to measure student learning in the four Arts domains of dance, music, theater, and visual arts.
In 2006, we began the process of refining the Arts EALRs and creating more specific Arts Grade Level Expectations (GLEs). GLEs define what all students should know and be able to do at each grade level, from kindergarten through 12th grade. The Washington State Arts K-12 Learning Standards in DRAFT form are now available for review and public comment.
These new K-12 Arts Learning Standards (refined EALRs and newly developed GLEs) will replace the Arts Frameworks. Formal approval is expected in early 2010. In the meantime, the current Arts EALRs and original Arts Frameworks will remain available on our Web site.
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Step 1: Review the Refined Arts EALRs and other supporting documents (listed below this box).
Step 2: Read the draft standards for your Arts discipline:
Step 3: The Arts Standards
public survey was available November 2 - November 30, 2009. Thank you to
all who responded! The input is being compiled for review by the Arts
Standards Teams. Please continue to use all of the Arts Standards
documents to make more arts happen in dance, music, theatre and visual
arts in your schools and districts!
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From Frameworks to GLEs
A one-page visual guide of the transition from Arts Frameworks to Arts GLEs.
Overviews
The overview continuum describes the journey students would expect to experience along the pathways of dance, music, theatre, and visual arts education.
Bloom's Taxonomies
Arts GLE documents utilize the New Bloom’s taxonomy from A Taxonomy for Teaching, Learning, and Assessing, 2001, which describes the cognitive demand that students will demonstrate. The Arts GLE documents have followed the guidelines for this taxonomy and list active verbs used in each of the arts discipline documents. This document is continuously refined by the Arts GLE teams and with the input from the field.
Glossaries
Arts GLE Glossary documents have been created from the original Arts Frameworks glossary (2001), with additions from the Arts CBPA glossaries in dance, music, theatre and visual arts (2006). The glossaries provide a specific vocabulary for each arts discipline, and an inter connectedness within and across the arts and to other disciplines, life, cultures, and work.
Templates
The Arts GLE template documents explain how to read and use a GLE. Each GLE follows a strict and creative design that provides information about the EALR, component, GLE, evidence of learning (EOL), examples, sample resources, and suggested CBPAs to use.
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