Curriculum

At least 36 states have taken steps to adopt or implement some form of the national arts standards that were released in March 1994, according to a survey by the American Music Conference.

The survey found that five states have fully approved arts standards based on those drafted by the Consortium of National Arts Education Associations.

Education officials in Alabama, Georgia, Montana, New Hampshire, Oklahoma, and Virginia, meanwhile, reported that they had no plans to use the national standards outlining what students should know and be able to do in music, dance, theater,...