N C A National Communication   Association  Founded 1914   Speaking, Listening, and Media Literacy   Standards for K Through 12 Education Speaking, Listening, and Media Literacy Standards for K through 12 Education  is the first in a series of three documents. This document concentrates on speaking, listening, and media literacy standards. The second document, Activities for Teaching to the Speaking, Listening and Media Literacy Standards, will set proficiency levels as they relate to speaking, listening, and media literacy and focus on in-class projects and assignments to aid in teaching toward the standards. The third document, Assessing the Speaking, Listening and Media Literacy Standards,  will present means for evaluating and testing the learning which results from teaching speaking, listening, and media literacy. The present concept of educational standards for teaching and learning began in January 1992, when the National Council of Education Standards and Testing called for a system of voluntary standards in the "core" subjects of English, mathematics, history, geography, and science. The national education reform legislation |  |
 
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