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New York K–6 media arts standards

New York writes its own media arts standards. They are published as New York State Learning Standards for the Arts, adopted 2017 and are not a version of a national framework. 77 of 98 are matched to a national standard.

Framework
New York State Learning Standards for the Arts
Adopted
2017
Source last checked
July 22, 2026
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98 standards, kindergarten through 6th grade

  • MA:Cn10.1.K.aK

    With guidance, share personal experiences that could be used in media artwork.

  • MA:Cn11.1.K.aK

    With guidance, share ideas that relate media artwork to one's everyday life.

  • MA:Cn11.2.K.aK

    With guidance, identify media arts inventions and their uses.

  • MA:Cr1.1.K.aK

    Discover and explore media arts tools.

  • MA:Cr2.1.K.aK

    With guidance, form ideas for media art production.

  • MA:Cr2.2.K.aK

    With guidance, discuss safe and appropriate media arts interactions.

  • MA:Cr3.1.K.aK

    With support, capture and experiment with media arts content.

  • MA:Pr4.1.K.aK

    With support, identify reasons for selecting presented media artworks.

  • MA:Pr5.1.K.aK

    Practice, discover, and share how media arts creation tools work.

  • MA:Pr6.1.K.aK

    With guidance, discuss and share reactions to a media artwork.

  • MA:Re7.1.K.aK

    Recognize and share components of media artwork.

  • MA:Re7.2.K.aK

    Recognize and share how media artwork communicates different messages.

  • MA:Re8.1.K.aK

    With guidance, share observations comparing media artworks.

  • MA:Re9.1.K.aK

    With guidance, provide a reason for selecting media artwork.

  • MA:Cn10.1.1.a1

    Choose personally significant experiences or interests to be used in creating media artwork.

  • MA:Cn11.1.1.a1

    With guidance, discuss media arts connections to popular culture, everyday life, and community.

  • MA:Cn11.2.1.a1

    With guidance, discuss connections between media arts and other disciplines.

  • MA:Cr1.1.1.a1

    Discover and share ideas for media artwork.

  • MA:Cr2.1.1.a1

    With guidance, apply ideas for media art production.

  • MA:Cr2.2.1.a1

    With guidance, review safe and appropriate media arts interactions.

  • MA:Cr3.1.1.a1

    With support, capture and assemble media arts content.

  • MA:Pr4.1.1.a1

    Categorize different art forms and content in media artwork presentations.

  • MA:Pr5.1.1.a1

    Experiment and share tools needed to present media artwork.

  • MA:Pr6.1.1.a1

    With guidance, identify the context in which a media artwork was shared, then discuss the experience.

  • MA:Re7.1.1.a1

    Identify components of media artwork.

  • MA:Re7.2.1.a1

    With guidance, identify how media artwork communicates different messages.

  • MA:Re8.1.1.a1

    With guidance, discuss the themes of media artworks.

  • MA:Re9.1.1.a1

    With guidance, explain preferences for media artwork.

  • MA:Cn10.1.2.a2

    Choose personal experiences, interests, and relevant information for creating meaningful media artwork.

  • MA:Cn11.1.2.a2

    Discuss how media artwork ideas relate to culture; past and present.

  • MA:Cn11.2.2.a2

    Identify media arts innovations that have improved students' personal lives.

  • MA:Cr1.1.2.a2

    Express and share ideas for media artwork.

  • MA:Cr2.1.2.a2

    Choose ideas to create plans for media art production.

  • MA:Cr2.2.2.a2

    With supervision, demonstrate safe and appropriate multimedia arts interactions.

  • MA:Cr3.1.2.a2

    Create, assemble, and unify media art content with adjustments and refinements.

  • MA:Pr4.1.2.a2

    Examine different art forms and content in media artwork presentations.

  • MA:Pr5.1.2.a2

    Demonstrate tools and techniques needed to present media artwork.

  • MA:Pr6.1.2.a2

    Identify the context in which a media artwork was shared, then describe the experience and discuss the results.

  • MA:Re7.1.2.a2

    Identify and describe the components of media artwork.

  • MA:Re7.2.2.a2

    Identify and describe how media artwork communicates different messages.

  • MA:Re8.1.2.a2

    With guidance, determine purposes and themes of media artwork, considering their context.

  • MA:Re9.1.2.a2

    With guidance, use learned vocabulary to express preferences about artwork.

  • MA:Cn10.1.3.a3

    Choose personal experiences, interests, and relevant information for creating media artwork and explain how they communicate the intended meaning.

  • MA:Cn11.1.3.a3

    Identify and discuss how media artwork and ideas relate to life, cultures, values; past and present.

  • MA:Cn11.2.3.a3

    Identify media arts innovations that have affected society and culture.

  • MA:Cr1.1.3.a3

    Discover ideas for media artwork through experimentation and collaboration.

  • MA:Cr2.1.3.a3

    Collaboratively form ideas, plans, and models for media artwork.

  • MA:Cr2.2.3.a3

    Examine and interact appropriately and safely with multimedia devices and media environments.

  • MA:Cr3.1.3.a3

    Create, analyze, and refine media art choices. Discuss how refinements and adjustments affect the completed media artwork.

  • MA:Pr4.1.3.a3

    Investigate and discuss different art forms and content in media artwork presentations.

  • MA:Pr5.1.3.a3

    Demonstrate appropriate use of tools and techniques while presenting media artwork.

  • MA:Pr6.1.3.a3

    Identify key roles, when sharing a media artwork, the context in which it was shared, and describe the presentation experience and results.

  • MA:Re7.1.3.a3

    Identify and describe how components of media artwork communicate specific messages.

  • MA:Re7.2.3.a3

    Identify and describe how various forms, methods, or styles in media artwork affect audience experience.

  • MA:Re8.1.3.a3

    Interpret the purposes and meanings of a variety of media artworks, considering their context.

  • MA:Re9.1.3.a3

    Evaluate a media artwork based on given criteria.

  • MA:Cn10.1.4.a4

    Examine and choose personal experiences, interests, and relevant information to create media artwork that communicates a clear message.

  • MA:Cn11.1.4.a4

    Discuss and demonstrate how media artwork and ideas are influenced and inspired by life, cultures, values, and behavior.

  • MA:Cn11.2.4.a4

    Identify creative problem solving strategies used by media artists to innovate within the field.

  • MA:Cr1.1.4.a4

    Generate ideas for media artwork, using a variety of tools, methods, and/or materials.

  • MA:Cr2.1.4.a4

    Discuss ideas, plans, and models for media art production.

  • MA:Cr2.2.4.a4

    Examine and interact appropriately with media arts devices and media environments, considering ethics, rules, copyright, and fairness.

  • MA:Cr3.1.4.a4

    Through peer collaboration, explain and demonstrate how refinements affect the creation of media artwork.

  • MA:Pr4.1.4.a4

    Demonstrate how different art forms and interdisciplinary content may be integrated in media artwork presentations.

  • MA:Pr5.1.4.a4

    Use tools and techniques in traditional and innovative ways while constructing and presenting media artwork.

  • MA:Pr6.1.4.a4

    Assume roles, explain contexts, discuss improvements, and share the results of the presentation or distribution of media artwork.

  • MA:Re7.1.4.a4

    Identify, describe, and explain how components of media artwork communicate specific messages.

  • MA:Re7.2.4.a4

    Identify and describe how various forms, methods, and styles in media artwork affect audience experience.

  • MA:Re8.1.4.a4

    Share reactions and interpretations of a variety of media artwork, considering the purpose and context.

  • MA:Re9.1.4.a4

    Apply one set of criteria to evaluate more than one media artwork.

  • MA:Cn10.1.5.a5

    Examine research, personal interests, and experiences to reflect circumstances or form new meaning in media artwork.

  • MA:Cn11.1.5.a5

    Research and show how media artwork and ideas relate to personal, social, and community life; past and present.

  • MA:Cn11.2.5.a5

    Identify how media artists utilize problem solving and experimentation to promote innovation in multiple fields.

  • MA:Cr1.1.5.a5

    Conceive artistic goals for media artwork, using a variety of methods.

  • MA:Cr2.1.5.a5

    Develop ideas, goals, plans, and models for media art production.

  • MA:Cr2.2.5.a5

    Examine, discuss, and interact appropriately with media arts devices and media environments, considering ethics, rules, copyright, and media literacy.

  • MA:Cr3.1.5.a5

    Create, analyze and collaboratively reflect to revise and refine personal expression and meaning through media artwork.

  • MA:Pr4.1.5.a5

    Analyze media artwork that integrates multiple content, forms, and processes for presentation.

  • MA:Pr5.1.5.a5

    Examine how tools and techniques could be used in traditional and innovative ways when constructing and presenting media artworks.

  • MA:Pr6.1.5.a5

    Assume roles, compare contexts, perform tasks, and discuss the results of the presentation or distribution of media artwork.

  • MA:Re7.1.5.a5

    Identify, describe, and differentiate how messages and meaning are created by components of media artwork.

  • MA:Re7.2.5.a5

    Identify, describe, and differentiate how audience experiences are influenced by various forms, methods, and styles.

  • MA:Re8.1.5.a5

    Compare individual and group interpretations of a variety of media artwork, considering their intention and context.

  • MA:Re9.1.5.a5

    Develop and apply relevant criteria to evaluate a work of media art.

  • MA:Cn10.1.6.a6

    Apply personal interests, experiences, and external resources to reflect circumstances or form new meaning in media artwork.

  • MA:Cn11.1.6.a6

    Research and show how, throughout time, media artwork and ideas relate to personal, social, professional, and cultural experiences.

  • MA:Cn11.2.6.a6

    Research and show how media artworks push existing sociocultural boundaries.

  • MA:Cr1.1.6.a6

    Envision ideas for media artwork, using personal experiences and the work of others.

  • MA:Cr2.1.6.a6

    Envision, organize, and propose plans and models for media art production.

  • MA:Cr2.2.6.a6

    Analyze and interact appropriately with media arts devices and media environments, considering fair use and copyright ethics, and media literacy.

  • MA:Cr3.1.6.a6

    Experiment and evaluate multiple approaches, components, and techniques to purposefully create content and meaning in media artworks.

  • MA:Pr4.1.6.a6

    Interpret and discuss how integrating multiple components, art forms, and processes can support a central idea in a media artwork presentation.

  • MA:Pr5.1.6.a6

    Demonstrate adaptability in the use of tools and techniques in traditional and innovative ways, to achieve an assigned purpose in presenting media artworks.

  • MA:Pr6.1.6.a6

    Analyze presentation contexts, perform roles and tasks for media presentation or distribution, considering the results and the meaning of a media arts presentation.

  • MA:Re7.1.6.a6

    Identify, describe, and analyze how message and meaning are created by elements of media artwork.

  • MA:Re7.2.6.a6

    Identify, describe, and differentiate how audience experiences can be influenced and managed by various forms, methods, and styles.

  • MA:Re8.1.6.a6

    Analyze the purpose and context of a variety of media artwork, considering media artwork criteria.

  • MA:Re9.1.6.a6

    Recognize differences in criteria used to evaluate media artworks, depending on styles, genres, and media as well as historical and cultural contexts.

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