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Read Full Story →EST. 2014 • K-12 ARTS EDUCATION • USA
Art is not extra. It’s essential. create the standard.
Welcome to nationalartsstandard.org — the living home of the National Core Arts Standards. We help 50M+ students create, perform, respond and connect through music, visual arts, theatre, dance and media arts.
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Creating • Performing Responding • Connecting
The four artistic processes at the heart of every standard, from kindergarten to high school accomplished.
MUSIC ✦ VISUAL ARTS ✦ THEATRE ✦ DANCE ✦ MEDIA ARTS ✦ CREATING ✦ PERFORMING ✦ RESPONDING ✦ CONNECTING ✦ EQUITY ✦ ACCESS ✦ MUSIC ✦ VISUAL ARTS ✦ THEATRE ✦ DANCE ✦ MEDIA ARTS ✦ CREATING ✦ PERFORMING ✦ RESPONDING ✦ CONNECTING ✦ EQUITY ✦ ACCESS ✦
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01 / ABOUT US — WHO WE ARE
We set the bar for arts learning in America.
From finger-paint to film premiere — every child deserves a sequenced, rigorous arts education.
The National Arts Standard project began as a coalition of arts educators, teaching artists, researchers and state leaders who asked a simple question: what should every American student know and be able to do in the arts? The answer became the National Core Arts Standards — a student-centered framework organized around enduring understandings, not just skills checklists.
2014 → 2026
12 YEARS OF ITERATION, RESEARCH & TEACHER VOICE
12 YEARS OF ITERATION, RESEARCH & TEACHER VOICE
Equity First
ACCESS FOR RURAL, URBAN, MULTILINGUAL & DISABLED LEARNERS
ACCESS FOR RURAL, URBAN, MULTILINGUAL & DISABLED LEARNERS
- ✓ Student-centered: built around Creating, Performing/Presenting/Producing, Responding, Connecting
- ✓ Grade-by-grade: PreK through High School Proficient, Accomplished & Advanced
- ✓ Inclusive: universal design, culturally responsive pedagogy, trauma-informed practice
- ✓ Practical: model assessments, lesson seeds, portfolios & rubrics you can use Monday morning
02 / THE FRAMEWORK
One vision.
Five art forms.
No silos. The standards share common artistic processes and anchor standards, then branch into discipline-specific performance standards.
03 / DEEP DIVE
What students actually do
MU:Cr1 • GRADE 5
Compose a 16-bar theme
Students generate, develop and notate musical ideas, then reflect on intent vs. impact. Includes rubric + audio portfolio.
VA:Pr4 • GRADE 8
Curate a class exhibition
Select, arrange and defend choices for a community show. Artist statements, lighting, accessibility labels.
TH:Re8 • HIGH SCHOOL
Direct a 10-min play
Interpret script, block, coach actors, integrate sound & light. Peer critique using anchor standard 8.
DA:Cn10 • GRADE 3
Dance your neighborhood
Map community stories into locomotor phrases. Connect to social studies and family interviews.
MA:Pr5 • GRADE 7
Produce a PSA
Storyboard, shoot, edit and publish a 60-sec public service film. Copyright, ethics & audience.
ASSESSMENT LAB
Model Cornerstone Assessments
135+ performance tasks with student work samples, teacher guides and differentiation. Try one this month.
Browse Tasks →04 / IMPACT & RESEARCH
Arts learning changes trajectories
Attendance ↑
Schools with daily arts report 7.2% higher attendance, especially in grades 6-9 transition.
Literacy ↑
Theatre & media arts integration lifts reading growth 1.4x for multilingual learners.
Belonging ↑
92% of students say arts class is where “I can be myself” — highest of any subject.
Careers ↑
Creative sector = 4.2% of US GDP. Standards map to 60+ creative career pathways.
“The standards gave our district a common language. Art stopped being ‘extra’ and became our strategy for equity.”
— Dr. Maya R., Superintendent, Ohio
05 / TOOLKIT
Take it to your classroom Monday
Process: Create → Perform → Respond → Connect
Every anchor standard lives inside this cycle. Students don’t just learn about art — they live as artists, scholars and citizens.
11 ANCHOR STANDARDS4 PROCESSESPREK-12
06 / NEWSROOM — FRESH INK
Ideas, guides & district wins
Practical journalism for arts teachers, leaders and families. Click any story to read the full article.
07 / FAQ
Questions?
Good. Ask like an artist.
Everything superintendents, principals and parents ask us about implementing national arts standards.
What are National Core Arts Standards? +
They describe what PreK-12 students should know and do in dance, media arts, music, theatre and visual arts. Organized by artistic processes and anchor standards, with grade-level performance standards and model assessments.
Are they mandatory or a curriculum? +
They are voluntary benchmarks, not a curriculum. Districts adapt them into local curricula, units and lessons that reflect community culture, staffing and resources.
How do I assess without killing creativity? +
Use Model Cornerstone Assessments: authentic tasks + portfolios + reflection. Assess process and growth with rubrics co-created with students, not just final product.
What if we have one art teacher for 600 kids? +
Start with one process per semester, integrate with classroom teachers, leverage teaching artists and media arts tech. Our advocacy kit helps you make the staffing case with data.
How to support students with disabilities & multilingual learners? +
Universal Design for Learning is built in: multiple means of creating, performing and responding, visual supports, translanguaging, adaptive tools and flexible pacing.
Bring the standard to your school.
Free starter pack: posters, one-pagers, first PD webinar + assessment sampler. No spam, just art.
