1. Introduction

Welcome to the New York State Arts Standards Public Review of drafts of the Pre K-High School standards. The New York State Department of Education convened teams of Art Standards writers in Albany during the summer of 2016. Experts in the field of Dance, Music, Theatre, Visual and Media Arts developed updated P-12 Learning Standards for the Arts for New York students. This first review of the draft standards will be accomplished using one unique survey for each arts discipline. If you would like to review more than one discipline, please go here to access links to other discipline surveys.

Navigating
The review is set up in these five sections:
  • Section I: Reviewer Information & Demographics Questions
  • Section II: Overarching Review Questions
  • Section III: Specific Section Review Questions
  • Section IV: Final Suggestions
  • Section V: Finish and Submit

At the bottom of each section you will find “BACK” and “NEXT” buttons to navigate through the survey. Clicking "NEXT" advances you to the next page and saves any information or responses you have typed into the survey. You may pause and save your work at anytime by clicking "NEXT" and then bookmarking the page. If you choose to save your work and return later, you will need to have cookies enabled. You will also need to return to the same computer and use the same browser to access your saved survey.
 
The time allotment needed to complete this survey depends on how much time you spend with the draft standards. Please try to budget your time so the end sections receive as much attention as those near the beginning. Section 1 is very brief. Section II may require up to 15 minutes. To complete Section III, you may need to allow up to 15 minutes for each row of standards in the At-a-Glance chart, plus an additional 15 minutes each for overarching and final questions, depending on how many suggestions you make and your familiarity with the standards draft before you begin. You may work in more than one session as noted in the instructions above.

Once you have completed the survey, click “DONE” to submit your responses. 

Deadline to Complete the Survey
The deadline to complete your review and submit your responses is midnight, November 20, 2016.
Resources for your Review 
  • National Core Arts Standards: A Conceptual Framework for Arts Learning
  • NYS At-a-Glance Standards
  • Draft Implementation Guide
Before beginning this survey you should familiarize yourself with the Conceptual Framework, which outlines the organizational structure of the standards (Framework Matrix) and gives some background information, thereby providing a context for reviewing the work. You may want to print out the Conceptual Framework and Media Arts support materials and framework matrix to refer to during your review.

You may find it helpful to print out paper copies of the At-a-Glance Standards for ease of reference. 

The standards drafts you will be reviewing through this survey have not yet been released to the public. This survey and all supporting documents are considered confidential. Please do not share any of these documents with others outside the writing and review teams and keep printed copies secure.

Please complete the survey by midnight November 20, 2016.
Thank you for your participation. Your feedback is important.
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