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National Core Arts Standards (NCAS)
Table of Contents
Background and Development of NCAS 4 Understanding and Using the Core Arts Standards 4 Research and Discoveries 4 A Review of Connections between the CCSS and the Core Arts Standards 5 Arts Education Standards and 21 st Century Skills 6 International Arts Education Standards: A Survey of the Arts Education Standards and Practices of Fifteen Countries and Regions 12 The Context for Arts Education 13 Education Standards 14 Art Standards 15 The Way-Forward for DoDEA Fine Arts Programs 16 The DoDEA Standards and the NCAS 18 Overview 18 DODEA Arts Standards and the National Core Arts Standards (NCAS) 20 Conceptual Shifts in the NCAS 21 Gap Analysis of DoDEA Arts Standards and the NCAS, K-12 22 Unpacking the NCAS 23 Implications for DoDEA Adoption and Implementation 25 Resources 26