New York State Learning Standards Table of Contents
Learning Standards for the Arts at Three Levels
Standard 1:
Creating, Performing and Participating in the Arts
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.
Standard 2: Knowing
and Using Arts Materials and Resources
Students will be knowledgeable about and make use of the
materials and resources available for participation in the arts
in various roles.
Standard 3:
Responding to and Analyzing Works of Art
Students will respond critically to a variety of works in the
arts, connecting the individual work to other works and to other
aspects of human endeavor and thought.
Standard 4:
Understanding the Cultural Dimensions and Contributions of the
Arts
Students will develop an understanding of the personal and
cultural forces that shape artistic communication and how the
arts in turn shape the diverse cultures of past and present
society.
Learning Standards for Mathematics, Science, and Technology at Three Levels
Standard
1—Analysis, Inquiry, and Design
Students will use mathematical analysis, scientific inquiry, and
engineering design, as appropriate, to pose questions, seek
answers, and develop solutions.
Standard
2—Information Systems
Students will access, generate, process, and transfer information
using appropriate technologies.
Standard
3—Mathematics
Students will understand mathematics and become mathematically
confident by communicating and reasoning mathematically, by
applying mathematics in real-world settings, and by solving
problems through the integrated study of number systems,
geometry, algebra, data analysis, probability, and trigonometry.
Standard
4—Science
Students will understand and apply scientific concepts,
principles, and theories pertaining to the physical setting and
living environment and recognize the historical development of
ideas in science.
Standard
5—Technology
Students will apply technological knowledge and skills to design,
construct, use, and evaluate products and systems to satisfy
human and environmental needs.
Standard
6—Interconnectedness: Common Themes
Students will understand the relationships and common themes that
connect mathematics, science, and technology and apply the themes
to these and other areas of learning.
Standard
7—Interdisciplinary Problem Solving
Students will apply the knowledge and thinking skills of
mathematics, science, and technology to address real-life
problems and make informed decisions.
Learning Standards for English Language Arts at Three Levels
Standard 1:
Language for Information and Understanding
Students will listen, speak, read, and write for
information and understanding. As listeners and readers, students
will collect data, facts, and ideas; discover relationships,
concepts, and generalizations; and use knowledge generated from
oral, written, and electronically produced texts. As speakers and
writers, they will use oral and written language that follows the
accepted conventions of the English language to acquire,
interpret, apply, and transmit information.
Standard 2:
Language for literary response and expression.
Students will read and listen to oral, written, and
electronically produced texts and performances from American and
world literature; relate texts and performances to their own
lives; and develop an understanding of the diverse social,
historical, and cultural dimensions the texts and performances
represent. As speakers and writers, students will use oral and
written language that follows the accepted conventions of the
English language for self-expression and artistic creation.
Standard 3:
Language for critical analysis and evaluation.
Students will listen, speak, read, and write for
critical analysis and evaluation. As listeners and readers,
students will analyze experiences, ideas, information, and issues
presented by others using a variety of established criteria. As
speakers and writers, they will use oral and written language
that follows the accepted conventions of the English language to
present, from a variety of perspectives, their opinions and
judgments on experiences, ideas, information and issues.
Standard 4:
Language for social interaction.
Students will listen, speak, read, and write for social
interaction. Students will use oral and written language that
follows the accepted conventions of the English language for
effective social communication with a wide variety of people. As
readers and listeners, they will use the social communications of
others to enrich their understanding of people and their views.
Learning Standards for Health, Physical Education, and Home Economics at Three Levels
Standard
1—Personal Health and Fitness
Students will have the necessary knowledge and skills to
establish and maintain physical fitness, participate in physical
activity, and maintain personal health.
Standard 2: A Safe
and Healthy Environment
Students will acquire the knowledge and ability necessary to
create and maintain a safe and healthy environment.
Standard 3:
Resource Management
Students will understand and be able to manage their personal and
community resources.
Learning Standards for Social Studies at Three Levels
Standard 1: History
of the United States and New York
Students will use a variety of intellectual skills to demonstrate
their understanding of major ideas, eras, themes, developments,
and turning points in the history of the United States and New
York.
Standard 2: World
History
Students will use a variety of intellectual skills to demonstrate
their understanding of major ideas, eras, themes, developments,
and turning points in world history and examine the broad sweep
of history from a variety of perspectives.
Standard 3:
Geography
Students will use a variety of intellectual skills to demonstrate
their understanding of the geography of the interdependent world
in which we live—local, national, and global—including
the distribution of people, places, and environments over the
Earth’s surface.
Standard 4:
Economics
Students will use a variety of intellectual skills to demonstrate
their understanding of how the United States and other societies
develop economic systems and associated institutions to allocate
scarce resources, how major decision-making units function in the
United States and other national economies, and how an economy
solves the scarcity problem through market and nonmarket
mechanisms.
Standard 5: Civics,
Citizenship, and Government
Students will use a variety of intellectual skills to demonstrate
their understanding of the necessity for establishing
governments; the governmental system of the United States and
other nations; the United States Constitution; the basic civic
values of American constitutional democracy; and the roles,
rights, and responsibilities of citizenship, including avenues of
participation.
Learning Standards for Languages Other Than English at Three Levels
Standard 1
Students will be able to use a language other than English for
communication.
Standard 2
Students will develop cross-cultural skills and understandings.
Learning Standards for Career Development and Occupational Studies at Three Levels
Standard 1: Career Development
Students will be knowledgeable about the world of work,
explore career options, and relate personal skills, aptitudes,
and abilities to future career decisions.
Standard 2: Integrated Learning
Students will demonstrate how academic knowledge and skills are
applied in the workplace and other settings.
Standard 3a: Universal Foundation
Skills
Students will demonstrate mastery of the foundation
skills and competencies essential for success in the workplace.
Standard 3b: Career Majors
Students who choose a career major will acquire the
career-specific technical knowledge/skills necessary to progress
toward gainful employment, career advancement, and success in
postsecondary programs.
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