Rubrics for NCATE Standards

Candidates know and understand the content of dance, music, and theater as primary media for communication, inquiry, and insight among elementary students

K

Evidence demonstrates that:

• Candidates lack basic understanding of distinctions and connections in dance, music, and theater

Evidence demonstrates that:

• Candidates understand distinctions and connections between arts study and arts experiences and understand it is the foundation for more advanced work

Evidence demonstrates that:

• Candidates relate basic types of dance, music, and theater arts knowledge and skills within and across the arts disciplines, and make connections with other disciplines

Candidates know and understand the content of several visual arts as primary media for communication, inquiry, and insight among elementary students

K

Evidence demonstrates that:

• Candidates lack basic understanding of distinctions and connections in the visual arts

Evidence demonstrates that:

• Candidates understand distinctions and connections between arts study and arts experiences and understand it is the foundation for more advanced work

Evidence demonstrates that:

• Candidates relate basic types of visual arts knowledge and skills within and across the arts disciplines, and make connections with other disciplines

Candidates know functions and achievements of dance, music, and theater as primary media for communication, inquiry, and insight among elementary students

K

Evidence demonstrates that:

• Candidates lack understanding of the functions and achievements in dance, music and theater arts

Evidence demonstrates that:

• Candidates know and understand functions of dance, music, and theater as primary media for communication, inquiry, and insight among elementary students

Evidence demonstrates that:

• Candidates understand distinctions, functions, achievements and connections within the arts disciplines and with other disciplines

Candidates know functions and achievements of visual arts as primary media for communication, inquiry, and insight among elementary students

K

Evidence demonstrates that:

• Candidates lack understanding of the functions and achievements in the visual arts

Evidence demonstrates that:

• Candidates know and understand functions and achievements of visual arts as primary media for communication, inquiry, and insight among elementary students

Evidence demonstrates that:

• Candidates understand distinctions, functions, achievements and connections within the arts disciplines and with other disciplines

Candidates use the arts as primary media for communication, inquiry, and insight among elementary students

S, I

Evidence demonstrates that:

• Candidates do not use the arts to encourage communication, inquiry, and insight among elementary students

Evidence demonstrates that:

• Candidates encourage the K-6 students in study of, participation in, and appreciation of arts
  
  
• Candidates acquaint students with exemplary arts from a variety of cultures and historical periods

Evidence demonstrates that:

• Candidates work alone and with arts specialists or qualified professionals to enable K-6 students to use the arts as primary media for communication, inquiry, and insight; the provided experiences reflect exemplary works of arts from a variety of cultural and historical periods
  
  
• Candidates are able to provide ways for students to use traditional and technology-based tools for communication in the visual arts