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From this browse and search tool, you will find the New York State (NYS) Learning Standards statements for all seven standard areas across grades Pre K - 12. The NYS Learning Standards provides the foundation for the NYS Assessments and the local core curriculum.

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Standard Area - ARTS: The Arts (1996)

Key Idea Code - ARTS.VA: Visual Arts

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Academic Level - ARTS.VA.I: Intermediate

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Standard - ARTS.VA.I.1:
Students will actively engage in the processes that constitute creation and performance in the arts (dance, music, theatre, and visual arts) and participate in various roles in the arts.

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Key Idea - ARTS.VA.I.1.1:
Students will make works of art that explore different kinds of subject matter, topics, themes, and metaphors. Students will understand and use sensory elements, organizational principles, and expressive images to communicate their own ideas in works of art. Students will use a variety of art materials, processes, mediums, and techniques, and use appropriate technologies for creating and exhibiting visual art works.

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Performance Indicator - ARTS.VA.I.1.1.A:
Students produce a collection of art works, in a variety of mediums, based on a range of individual and collective experiences.

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Performance Indicator - ARTS.VA.I.1.1.B:
Students know and use a variety of sources for developing and conveying ideas, images, themes, symbols, and events in their creation of art.

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Performance Indicator - ARTS.VA.I.1.1.C:
Students use the elements and principles of art to communicate specific meanings to others in their art work.

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Performance Indicator - ARTS.VA.I.1.1.D:
Students during the creative process, reflect on the effectiveness of selected mediums or techniques to convey intended meanings.

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Performance Indicator - ARTS.VA.I.1.1.E:
Students identify and use, in individual and group experiences, some of the roles and means for designing, producing, and exhibiting art works and discuss ways to improve them.