Erratum

Abstract

The following is a corrected version of Figure 1 from Scott C. Shuler, Martin Norgaard, and Michael J. Blakeslee’s “The New National Standards for Music Educators,” Music Educators Journal 101, no. 1 (2014): 41–49. (Original DOI: 10.1177/0027432114540120)

Music National Standards Comparison: 1994 versus 2014

	1994 Standards	2014 NCCAS Standards
Focus	Skills and Knowledge	Understanding / Independence Music Literacy
Overarching Structure	9 Content Standards	Three Artistic Processes (Creating, Performing, Responding)
		Process Components	Enduring Understandings	Essential Questions
Outcomes	Achievement Standards (25–34 per level)	Performance Standards (13–19 per level)
Elementary/Middle	Kindergarten–Grade 8	Prekindergarten–Grade 8
	Two grade clusters (K–4 and 5–8)	Grade-by-Grade (i.e., 10 levels)
High School	One set to cover all course types	Customized sets for four strands
	Two Levels		Ensemble	Guitar/Keyboard	Comp/Theory	Music Tech
	Advanced	Advanced	☑	☑	☑	☑
	Proficient	Accomplished	☑	☑	☑	☑
		Proficient	☑	☑	☑	☑
		Intermediate	☑	☑	(level ≈ grade 8)
		Novice	☑	☑	(level ≈ grade 5)
Connections	To the other arts: Content Standard 8	11 Common Anchors
	To other content: Content Standard 9	Embedded within 3 Artistic Processes
Assessment Tools	Separate Publications	Model Cornerstone Assessments
		Benchmark Student Work
Format	Hard Copy	Online and Customizable  [1]
		Educator-Developed
		Method-Neutral
		Voluntary
		What Is Similar
		Philosophical Foundations
		Goals
		Assessable Outcomes
		Opportunity-to-Learn Expectations
		Glossary

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 Music educators will generally find more useful the format of the music standards available at the National Association for Music Education website, www.NAfME.org/standards, where members will eventually be able to access or order additional helpful resources such as knowledge and skills charts, additional assessments, and illustrative student work. Those interested in connections among the arts will find useful content at the National Coalition for Core Arts Standards website, www.NationalArtsStandards.org, which also enables users to create and save customized formats for viewing and printing standards.

Copyright © 2014 by Scott C. Shuler.