Resources
The Ohio Arts Assessment Collaborative (OAAC), a consortium of arts educators, created an innovative suite of authentic assessments to measure student growth for K–12 dance, drama/theatre, music, and visual arts. These assessments are aligned with the Ohio state standards (2012).
This suite of assessments includes instruments for K-8 Visual Arts, High School Art I, High School Art History, High School Painting, and High School Sculpture.
Many of the assessments include pre- and post-assessment resources. Included with each assessment is an Administration and Scoring Guide, as assessment blueprint, and data collection tools for teachers for pre- and post-assessments.
Click on the image to the left to access the suite of assessments.
The 2012 Fine Arts standards should be used for the 2021-2022 school year.
NOTE: These draft standards have not been approved by the State Board of Education.
NOTE: These draft standards have not been approved by the State Board of Education.
This chart compares the 2012 Visual Arts learning standards with the 2022 DRAFT Visual Arts learning standards.
January 2022
Call for nominations for working group membership.
Public Comment Survey opens.
February 2022
Close nominations for working groups and initial public comment survey.
March 2022
Advisory and working groups kick-off.
April - June 2022
Working groups complete their review and revisions based on survey results, feedback from state and national experts, and direction from the advisory group.
Summer 2022
Release revised draft of standards for second public comment.
Fall 2022
Finalize revised standards and State Board approval process.
The Ohio Department of Education’s Office of Learning and Instructional Strategies has released a plan to finish the revision of Ohio's Learning Standards for Fine Arts starting in 2022.
The current review presents an opportunity for families, fine arts professionals, community members, and other stakeholders to provide suggestions for improving the standards through a public comment survey. Additionally, the Department is accepting nominations for working group members to finish the revision of the standards based on recommendations from the public comment survey and state and national experts.
To learn more about the standards review process, visit the Standards and Model Curriculum Revision: Overview webpage.
Email standardsrevision@education.ohio.gov with any questions.
The K-12 Fine Arts Model Curriculum lines up with and expands on Ohio’s Fine Arts Learning Standards for dance, drama/theatre, music, and visual art. The Model Curriculum, along with the standards, is intended to guide arts educators and school districts as they design instructional lessons and local courses of study.
The documents that follow provide access to the curriculum model by arts discipline and grade cluster. To view and access a document:
Select the grade cluster of interest—K-2; 3-5; 6-8; and HS (High School);
Open the document and note it starts with the standards for your selected arts area and grade levels;
View the model curriculum by standard--hold your cursor over a standard blue code link (E.g. 1PE, 2PR) and click to open the related model curriculum page; or,
Open your selected document and scroll to view all the model curriculum pages for the arts discipline and grade levels.
Visual Arts Model Curriculum (Grades K-2)
Visual Arts Model Curriculum (Grades 3-5)
Visual Arts Model Curriculum (Grades 6-8)
Visual Arts Model Curriculum (High School)
The New York Arts Assessment for Learning focuses on formative assessment as a catalyst for student learning. Click on the links below to access project and tool ideas to support fine arts instruction.
Pearltrees is a free, visual and collaborative library for collecting, organizing, and storing web pages, files, photos, and other documents focused on a select topic. Teachers and other users can retrieve and share the online resources anywhere from their computers and mobile devices.
The Pearltrees linked to the left is focused on Ohio Arts Education and includes a variety of resource “pearls” for planning instruction and assessment in dance, drama/theatre, music, and visual arts.
Click on of the arts discipline pearls (music, visual art, drama, dance, etc.) and explore links for:
Lesson Design and Content
Digital Tools
Research and Advocacy
Professional Organizations
Careers
Cross-Disciplinary Arts