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California Arts Advocates (CAA)
CAA develops strategies and coordinates advocacy that strengthen arts and culture in California, this includes lobbying to support legislation that benefits arts and culture, alerting and advising the arts community on necessary responsive action and providing coordinated testimony and evidentiary support materials at public hearings.
http://www.calartsadvocates.org.

California Arts Assessment Network (CAAN)
Now in its fifth year of work, CAAN, supported by CA Dept of Education (CDE) Arts Work grants, is developing and piloting appropriate models for district level arts assessment. Their work for the 2002-2003 year includes expanding a collection of test items for baseline arts assessment and sample assessment formats. The CAAN Network has produced a professional development video/handbook set demonstrating the use of scoring guides to establish performance levels for student work in the arts. CAAN is also developing a project to explore the relationship between assessing the arts content standards and student work samples. A bill (SB 1548) sponsored by Senator Alarcon and the California PTA designates CAAN in assisting the CDE to develop a pool of diagnostic assessment items for the arts content standards.

For more information, visit the CAAN web page on TeachingArts.org or contact Don Doyle at ddoyle@cde.ca.gov.

California Arts Council (CAC)
The CAC Web site includes a variety of information about grant programs, publications and California art organizations. Visitors can also use this site to subscribe to the CAC's informative weekly electronic newsletter.
Main site: http://www.cac.ca.gov
CAC's Art in Education: http://www.cac.ca.gov/programs/artsed.cfm

California Art Education Association(CAEA)
CAEA is dedicated to the advancement of art education at all levels through advocacy, professional development, curricular models and standards, teacher resources, programs, and recognition of achievements
http://www.caea-arteducation.org.

California Assembly of Local Arts Agencies (CALAA)
CALAA is a non-profit, membership organization representing the states 250 local arts agencies. Viewers can get the latest news about local arts councils, research nonprofit resources and search for a local arts council.
http://www.calaa.net.

California Association for Music Education (CMEA)
CMEA is a federated unit of MENC: The National Association for Music Education and aims to support all music educators working in public and private schools, colleges and universities in California. The web site contains a variety of information about news, jobs, conferences, publications and links related to music education.
http://www.calmusiced.com

California Dance Educators Association (CDEA)
CDEA is a non-profit, professional organization that links dance educators and students with professional artists-in-schools, performers and choreographers, dance writers, researchers, innovators in dance technology and videography, ethnologists, art administrators, therapists and friends of dance.
http://www.cdeadans.org

California Department of Education (CDE)
This Web site includes all information related to the education system in California. You can find information on subjects' standards, current statistics, and teacher programs (just to name a few of the resources.
CDE's Main web site: http://www.cde.ca.gov
CDE's Visual and Performing Arts section: http://www.cde.ca.gov/shsd/arts

California Educational Theatre Association (CETA)
CETA is a nonprofit organization that advocates for theatre education in California, encourages and promotes the development of theatre education and strives to improve communication among workers in the theatre. Use this site to connect with educational theatre organizations.
http://www.cetaweb.org.

California Humanities Association (CHA)
CHA supports interdisciplinary education in the arts and humanities throughout the schools and colleges of California and cooperates with national, state, and local organizations fostering the various arts and disciplines of the humanities; and to cooperate with organizations whose concern with the natural and social sciences can suggest fruitful interdisciplinary relationships with the humanities.
http://home.att.net/~CHA2000.

California School Boards Association
The California School Boards Association represents 1,000 school districts and county offices of education statewide. CSBA is a member-driven organization whose purpose is to support the governance team -- school board members, superintendents and senior administrative staff.
http://www.csba.org

California State PTA SMARTS "Bring Back the Arts" Campaign
California State PTA (CAPTA) has launched a campaign called SMARTS "Bring Back the Arts." The campaign is designed to help parents, teachers and legislators understand just how important the arts are. CAPTA wants to create advocates for quality arts education at every school in California.
http://capta.org/About/smarts.html

Model Arts Program Network (MAP)
The purpose of MAP is to help school districts to evaluate, improve, and expand visual and performing arts programs in California schools through a guided self-evaluation process, professional development seminars, conferences and a supportive network of colleagues. For more information about MAP, visit the MAP section of this web site.

TeachingArts.org
TeachingArts.org is a "state of the arts" on-line arts resource center available for statewide use. Developed through an Arts Work grant from the California Department of Education by the Kern and San Bernardino County Offices of Education, the site provides extensive resources for teachers, students, administrators, and the community as well as networking opportunities in assessment and model arts programs.
http://www.teachingarts.org

The California Arts Project (TCAP)
TCAP is the state's subject matter project in Visual and Performing Arts. TCAP's central mission is to deepen teachers' knowledge of dance, music, theatre, and visual arts. Use this site to find the Visual and Performing Arts Framework and Standards or to find a regional office near you.
http://csmp.ucop.edu/tcap