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The National Music Education Standards
Under No Child Left Behind, music educators have developed national standards for music education.
The National Music Standards
1. Singing, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music.
2. Performing on instruments, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music.
3. Improvising melodies, variations, and accompaniments.
4. Composing and arranging music within specified guidelines.
5. Reading and notating music.
6. Listening to, analyzing, and describing music.
7. Evaluating music and music performances.
8. Understanding relationships between music, the other arts, and disciplines outside the arts.
9. Understanding music in relation to history and culture.
Check out how the Kodaly Philosophy of Music Education, used by Mrs. Bates to teach music, seeks to address these standards at http://oake.org/php/meetingnationalstandards.php