What are the National Music Content Standards?
The new 2014 Music Standards are all about Music Literacy. Created under the leadership of the National Association for Music Education (NAfME), they emphasize conceptual understanding in areas that reflect the actual processes in which musicians engage. The standards cultivate a student's ability to carry out the Artistic Processes of:
As quoted from the NAMM Foundation website.
Reference:
Focusing on the Classroom: Music Content Standards. (n.d.). Retrieved December 18, 2017, from https://www.nammfoundation.org/educator-tips/focusing-classroom-music-content-standards?gclid=CjwKCAiA693RBRAwEiwALCc3u_EQZWe5wcSRiKOVC-DART1LIszJvLBhWacsT3PSL7E6HVx0QYuv-hoCPlYQAvD_BwE