Competency: A level of achievement that indicates a student meets or exceeds the K-8 arts standards. Competency is attained when a student can:

1. Respond to artworks with developing understanding, calling upon acquaintance with works of art from a variety of cultures and historical periods.
2. Perceive artworks from structural, historical, cultural, and aesthetic perspectives.
3. Perform in a chosen area of the arts with developing technical ability, as well as the ability to recognize and conceive solutions to artistic problems.
4. Understand how various types of arts knowledge and skills are related within and across the arts disciplines.