The content standards are statements of knowledge, processes, and skills essential to the visual arts discipline. They were designed to reflect what students are expected to accomplish at any given level or core high school course. They do not reflect teaching methods, classroom strategies, or specific instructional materials. There are no descriptive statements to further define each standard as in previous documents. This information was either included in the standards or was deleted.
Numbered items listed after a standard are to be interpreted as part of the entire standard.
Each standard was developed as a benchmark at each level and designed to be measurable for classroom use. The Virginia Board of Education does not plan to develop a statewide testing program for the Standards of Learning in the fine arts. One significant change over the 1989 Art Standards of Learning is the core high school course titles and sets of standards. Also, the standards succinctly and sequentially define student expectations for each of the secondary core courses. No standards for safety were developed for the grade levels or core high school courses.