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Oregon K–6 media arts standards

Oregon writes its own media arts standards. They are published as Oregon Arts Content Standards: Media Arts, adopted 2015 and are not a version of a national framework. Every one is matched to a national standard.

Framework
Oregon Arts Content Standards: Media Arts
Adopted
2015
Source last checked
August 1, 2026
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112 standards, kindergarten through 6th grade

  • MA.1.CR1.K.1K

    Discover and share ideas for media artworks using play and experimentation.

  • MA.2.CR2.K.1K

    With guidance, use ideas to form plans or models for media arts productions.

  • MA.3.CR3.K.1K

    Form and capture media arts content for expression and meaning in media arts productions.

  • MA.3.CR3.K.2K

    Make changes to the content, form, or presentation of media artworks and share results.

  • MA.4.PR1.K.1K

    With guidance, combine arts forms and media content, such as dance and video, to form media artworks.

  • MA.5.PR2.K.1K

    Identify and demonstrate basic skills, such as handling tools, making choices, and cooperating in creating media artworks.

  • MA.5.PR2.K.2K

    Identify and demonstrate creative skills, such as performing, within media arts productions.

  • MA.5.PR2.K.3K

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

  • MA.6.PR3.K.1K

    With guidance, identify and share roles and the situation in presenting media artworks.

  • MA.6.PR3.K.2K

    With guidance, identify and share reactions to the presentation of media artworks.

  • MA.7.RE1.K.1K

    Recognize and share components and messages in media artworks.

  • MA.8.RE2.K.1K

    With guidance, share observations regarding a variety of media artworks.

  • MA.9.RE3.K.1K

    Share appealing qualities and possible changes in media artworks.

  • MA.10.CO1.K.1K

    Use personal experiences and choices in making media artworks.

  • MA.11.CO2.K.1K

    With guidance, share ideas in relating media artworks and everyday life, such as daily activities.

  • MA.11.CO2.K.2K

    With guidance, interact safely and appropriately with media arts tools and environments.

  • MA.1.CR1.1.11

    Express and share ideas for media artworks through sketching and modeling.

  • MA.2.CR2.1.11

    With guidance, use identified ideas to form plans and models for media arts productions.

  • MA.3.CR3.1.11

    Create, capture, and assemble media arts content for media arts productions, identifying basic principles, such as pattern and repetition.

  • MA.3.CR3.1.21

    Practice and identify the effects of making changes to the content, form, or presentation, in order to refine and finish media artworks.

  • MA.4.PR1.1.11

    Combine varied academic, arts, and media content in media artworks, such as an illustrated story.

  • MA.5.PR2.1.11

    Describe and demonstrate various artistic skills and roles, such as technical steps, planning, and collaborating in media arts productions.

  • MA.5.PR2.1.21

    Describe and demonstrate basic creative skills within media arts productions, such as varying techniques.

  • MA.5.PR2.1.31

    Experiment with and share different ways to use tools and techniques to construct media artworks.

  • MA.6.PR3.1.11

    With guidance, discuss presentation conditions and perform a task in presenting media artworks.

  • MA.6.PR3.1.21

    With guidance, discuss the experience of the presentation of media artworks.

  • MA.7.RE1.1.11

    Identify components and messages in media artworks.

  • MA.8.RE2.1.11

    With guidance, identify the meanings of a variety of media artworks.

  • MA.9.RE3.1.11

    Identify the effective parts of and possible changes to media artworks, considering viewers.

  • MA.10.CO1.1.11

    Use personal experiences, interests, and models in creating media artworks.

  • MA.11.CO2.1.11

    Discuss and describe media artworks in everyday life, such as popular media, and connections with family and friends.

  • MA.11.CO2.1.21

    Interact appropriately with media arts tools and environments, considering safety, rules, and fairness.

  • MA.1.CR1.2.12

    Discover multiple ideas for media artworks through brainstorming and improvising.

  • MA.2.CR2.2.12

    Choose ideas to create plans and models for media arts productions.

  • MA.3.CR3.2.12

    Construct and assemble content for unified media arts productions, identifying and applying basic principles, such as positioning and attention.

  • MA.3.CR3.2.22

    Test and describe expressive effects in altering, refining, and completing media artworks.

  • MA.4.PR1.2.12

    Practice combining varied academic, arts, and media content into unified media artworks, such as a narrated science animation.

  • MA.5.PR2.2.12

    Enact roles to demonstrate basic ability in various identified artistic, design, technical, and soft skills, such as tool use and collaboration in media arts productions.

  • MA.5.PR2.2.22

    Demonstrate use of experimentation skills, such as playful practice, and trial and error, within and through media arts productions.

  • MA.5.PR2.2.32

    Demonstrate and explore identified methods to use tools to capture and form media artworks.

  • MA.6.PR3.2.12

    Identify and describe presentation conditions and perform task(s) in presenting media artworks.

  • MA.6.PR3.2.22

    Identify and describe the experience and share results of presenting media artworks.

  • MA.7.RE1.2.12

    Identify and describe the components and messages in media artworks.

  • MA.8.RE2.2.12

    Determine the purposes and meanings of media artworks, considering their context.

  • MA.9.RE3.2.12

    Discuss the effectiveness of and improvements for media artworks, considering their context.

  • MA.10.CO1.2.12

    Use personal experiences, interests, information, and models in creating media artworks.

  • MA.11.CO2.2.12

    Discuss how media artworks and ideas relate to everyday and cultural life, such as media messages and media environments.

  • MA.11.CO2.2.22

    Interact appropriately with media arts tools and environments, considering safety, rules, and fairness.

  • MA.1.CR1.3.13

    Develop multiple ideas for media artworks using a variety of tools, methods and/or materials.

  • MA.2.CR2.3.13

    Form, share, and test ideas, plans, and models to prepare for media arts productions.

  • MA.3.CR3.3.13

    Structure and arrange various content and components to convey purpose and meaning in different media arts productions, applying sets of associated principles, such as balance and contrast.

  • MA.3.CR3.3.23

    Demonstrate intentional effect in refining media artworks, emphasizing elements for a purpose.

  • MA.4.PR1.3.13

    Practice combining varied academic, arts, and media forms and content into unified media artworks, such as animation, music, and dance.

  • MA.5.PR2.3.13

    Exhibit developing ability in a variety of artistic, design, technical, and organizational roles, such as making compositional decisions, manipulating tools, and group planning in media arts productions.

  • MA.5.PR2.3.23

    Exhibit basic creative skills to invent new content and solutions within and through media arts productions.

  • MA.5.PR2.3.33

    Exhibit standard use of tools and techniques while constructing media artworks.

  • MA.6.PR3.3.13

    Identify and describe the presentation conditions, and take on roles and processes in presenting or distributing media artworks.

  • MA.6.PR3.3.23

    Identify and describe the experience, and share results of and improvements for presenting media artworks.

  • MA.7.RE1.3.13

    Identify and describe how messages are created by components in media artworks.

  • MA.8.RE2.3.13

    Determine the purposes and meanings of media artworks while describing their context.

  • MA.9.RE3.3.13

    Identify basic criteria for and evaluate media artworks, considering possible improvements and context.

  • MA.10.CO1.3.13

    Use personal and external resources, such as interests, information, and models, to create media artworks.

  • MA.11.CO2.3.13

    Identify how media artworks and ideas relate to everyday and cultural life and can influence values and online behavior.

  • MA.11.CO2.3.23

    Examine and interact appropriately with media arts tools and environments, considering safety, rules, and fairness.

  • MA.1.CR1.4.14

    Conceive of original artistic goals for media artworks using a variety of creative methods, such as brainstorming and modeling.

  • MA.2.CR2.4.14

    Discuss, test, and assemble ideas, plans, and models for media arts productions, considering the artistic goals and the presentation.

  • MA.3.CR3.4.14

    Structure and arrange various content and components to convey purpose and meaning in different media arts productions, applying sets of associated principles, such as balance and contrast.

  • MA.3.CR3.4.24

    Demonstrate intentional effect in refining media artworks, emphasizing elements for a purpose.

  • MA.4.PR1.4.14

    Demonstrate how a variety of academic, arts, and media forms and content may be mixed and coordinated into media artworks, such as narrative, dance, and media.

  • MA.5.PR2.4.14

    Enact identified roles to practice foundational artistic, design, technical, and soft skills, such as formal technique, equipment usage, production, and collaboration in media arts productions.

  • MA.5.PR2.4.24

    Practice foundational innovative abilities, such as design thinking, in addressing problems within and through media arts productions.

  • MA.5.PR2.4.34

    Demonstrate use of tools and techniques in standard and novel ways while constructing media artworks.

  • MA.6.PR3.4.14

    Explain the presentation conditions, and fulfill a role and processes in presenting or distributing media artworks.

  • MA.6.PR3.4.24

    Explain results of and improvements for presenting media artworks.

  • MA.7.RE1.4.14

    Identify, describe, and explain how messages are created by components in media artworks.

  • MA.8.RE2.4.14

    Determine and explain reactions and interpretations to a variety of media artworks, considering their purpose and context.

  • MA.9.RE3.4.14

    Identify and apply basic criteria for evaluating and improving media artworks and production processes, considering context.

  • MA.10.CO1.4.14

    Examine and use personal and external resources, such as interests, research, and cultural understanding, to create media artworks.

  • MA.11.CO2.4.14

    Explain verbally and/or in media artworks, how media artworks and ideas relate to everyday and cultural life, such as fantasy and reality, and technology use.

  • MA.11.CO2.4.24

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

  • MA.1.CR1.5.15

    Envision original ideas and innovations for media artworks using personal experiences and/or the work of others.

  • MA.2.CR2.5.15

    Develop, present, and test ideas, plans, models, and proposals for media arts productions, considering the artistic goals and audience.

  • MA.3.CR3.5.15

    Create content and combine components to convey expression, purpose, and meaning in a variety of media arts productions, utilizing sets of associated principles, such as emphasis and exaggeration.

  • MA.3.CR3.5.25

    Determine how elements and components can be altered for clear communication and intentional effects, and refine media artworks to improve clarity and purpose.

  • MA.4.PR1.5.15

    Create media artworks through the integration of multiple contents and forms, such as a media broadcast.

  • MA.5.PR2.5.15

    Enact various roles to practice fundamental ability in artistic, design, technical, and soft skills, such as formal technique, production, and collaboration in media arts productions.

  • MA.5.PR2.5.25

    Practice fundamental creative and innovative abilities, such as expanding conventions, in addressing problems within and through media arts productions.

  • MA.5.PR2.5.35

    Examine how tools and techniques could be used in standard and experimental ways in constructing media artworks.

  • MA.6.PR3.5.15

    Compare qualities and purposes of presentation formats, and fulfill a role and associated processes in presentation and/or distribution of media artworks.

  • MA.6.PR3.5.25

    Compare results of and improvements for presenting media artworks.

  • MA.7.RE1.5.15

    Identify, describe, and differentiate how message and meaning are created by components in media artworks.

  • MA.8.RE2.5.15

    Determine and compare personal and group interpretations of a variety of media artworks, considering their intention and context.

  • MA.9.RE3.5.15

    Determine and apply criteria for evaluating media artworks and production processes, considering context, and practicing constructive feedback.

  • MA.10.CO1.5.15

    Access and use internal and external resources to create media artworks, such as interests, knowledge, and experiences.

  • MA.11.CO2.5.15

    Research and show how media artworks and ideas relate to personal, social and community life, such as exploring commercial and information purposes, history, and ethics.

  • MA.11.CO2.5.25

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

  • MA.1.CR1.6.16

    Formulate variations of goals and solutions for media artworks by practicing chosen creative processes, such as sketching, improvising and brainstorming.

  • MA.2.CR2.6.16

    Organize, propose, and evaluate artistic ideas, plans, prototypes, and production processes for media arts productions, considering purposeful intent.

  • MA.3.CR3.6.16

    Coordinate production processes to integrate content and components for determined purpose and meaning in media arts productions, demonstrating understanding of associated principles, such as narrative structures and composition.

  • MA.3.CR3.6.26

    Improve and refine media artworks by intentionally emphasizing particular expressive elements to reflect an understanding of purpose, audience, or place.

  • MA.4.PR1.6.16

    Validate how integrating multiple contents and forms can support a central idea in a media artwork, such as media, narratives, and performance.

  • MA.5.PR2.6.16

    Develop a variety of artistic, design, technical, and soft skills through performing various assigned roles in producing media artworks, such as invention, formal technique, production, self-initiative, and problem-solving.

  • MA.5.PR2.6.26

    Develop a variety of creative and adaptive innovation abilities, such as testing constraints, in developing solutions within and through media arts productions.

  • MA.5.PR2.6.36

    Demonstrate adaptability using tools and techniques in standard and experimental ways in constructing media artworks.

  • MA.6.PR3.6.16

    Analyze various presentation formats and fulfill various tasks and defined processes in the presentation and/or distribution of media artworks.

  • MA.6.PR3.6.26

    Analyze results of and improvements for presenting media artworks.

  • MA.7.RE1.6.16

    Identify, describe, and analyze how message and meaning are created by components in media artworks.

  • MA.8.RE2.6.16

    Analyze the intent of a variety of media artworks, using given criteria.

  • MA.9.RE3.6.16

    Determine and apply specific criteria to evaluate various media artworks and production processes, considering context and practicing constructive feedback.

  • MA.10.CO1.6.16

    Access, evaluate, and use internal and external resources to create media artworks, such as knowledge, experiences, interests, and research.

  • MA.11.CO2.6.16

    Research and show how media artworks and ideas relate to personal life, and social, community, and cultural situations, such as personal identity, history, and entertainment.

  • MA.11.CO2.6.26

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

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