Standards

Below are listed the 2008 Revised Minnesota Academic Standards in the Arts, and a link to the Minnesota Department of Education page which lists all content area standards.

Minnesota Department of Education - 2008 Revised Minnesota Academic Standards in the Arts Minnesota Department of Education Academic Standards in all content areas can be found at: [|All Minnesota Standards]

The Minnesota Academic Standards are constructed using process maps for creating, performing and responding in the arts that were used in the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) to design performance assessments. __Engaging Students in the Arts__, includes detailed definitions of each instructional step, and examples in each arts area, as students create, perform and respond:



Standards separated by arts discipline:

Visual Arts Standards (corrected September 15, 2010):



Music Standards (corrected September 15, 2010):

Media Arts Standards (corrected September 16, 2010):

Theater Standards (corrected September 16, 2010):

Dance Standards (corrected September 18, 2010):

English Language Arts K-12 - 2010

[|Download ELA Standards from MDE]

This large and complex document is made more accessible if the reader: 1. Goes to p3 to be oriented to the document's structure: -- The K-12 Standards are organized into three "main sections:" Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Scoail Studies, Science and Technical Subjects GRADES K-5 Standards for English Language Arts GRADES 6-12 Standards for Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science and Technical Subjects GRADES 6-12 -- Each Section is divided into strands: Reading GRADES ALL THREE SECTIONS Writing GRADES ALL THREE SECTIONS Speaking, Viewing, Listening & Media Literacy TWO SECTIONS (not in 6-12 Standards for Literacy in other content areas) Language TWO SECTIONS (not in 6-12 Standards for Literacy in other content areas) -- Each Strand features learning progressions that are anchored in college and career readiness standards, and under each standard statement are the actual benchmarks

2. Goes to p10 and reads "How to Read This Document" particularly about how to identify benchmarks by code. The code corresponds to grade leve, strand, college and career readiness standard, and then benchmark.