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All Arts

National Standards for Arts Education: What Every Young American Should Know and Be Able to Do in the Arts. By the Consortium of National Arts Education Associations
The Vision for Arts Education in the 21st Century
Opportunity-to-Learn Standards for Arts Education

Music

The School Music Program: A New Vision — The K-12 National Standards, PreK Standards, and What They Mean to Music Educators. By the MENC Task Force for National Standards in the Arts (view online version)
Opportunity-to-Learn Standards for Music Instruction: Grades PreK-12 (view online version)
Opportunity-to-Learn Standards for Music Technology (view online version)
Prekindergarten Music Education Standards
Performance Standards for Music: Strategies and Benchmarks for Assessing Progress Toward the National Standards, Grades PreK-12. By the MENC Committee on Performance Standards (view online version)
Performing with Understanding: The Challenge of the National Standards for Music Education
Aiming for Excellence: The Impact of the Standards Movement on Music Education
Meeting National Standards with Handbells and Handchimes
Teaching Examples: Ideas for Music Educators
Music Facilities: Building, Equipping, and Renovating
Benchmark Student Performances in Music: Composing and Arranging
Spotlight on Assessment in Music Education
Benchmarks in Action: A Guide to Standards-Based Assessment in Music
Spotlight on General Music: Teaching Toward the National Standards

Strategies for Teaching Series

This series has been developed by MENC to help music teachers implement the K-12 National Music Education Standards and MENC's Prekindergarten Standards. Each publication focuses on a specific curricular area and a particular level. Each includes teaching strategies based on the content and achievement standards, a preface and an introduction, and a resource list.

Spotlight on General Music: Teaching Toward the Standards
Strategies for Teaching Prekindergarten Music
Strategies for Teaching K-4 General Music
Strategies for Teaching Strings and Orchestra
Strategies for Teaching Middle-Level and High-School Keyboard
Strategies for Teaching High School General Music
Strategies for Teaching Middle-Level General Music
Strategies for Teaching Beginning and Intermediate Band
Strategies for Teaching Elementary and Middle-Level Chorus
Strategies for Teaching: Guide for Music Methods Classes
Strategies for Teaching: Technology
Strategies for Teaching Specialized Series
Strategies for Teaching High School Band
Strategies for Teaching High School Chorus
Strategies for Teaching Middle-Level and High School Guitar