This guide is intended to be a tool to help educators and curriculum developers create curricula that reflect a comprehensive approach to learning and teaching in and through art. The guide is linked directly to the National Standards for Arts Education. The guide has several components, including: (1) 18 ability areas in art based on the four art disciplines art making, art criticism, art history, and aesthetics; (2) developmental levels of student learning lower elementary or level 1, upper elementary or level 2, middle school or level 3, high school or level 4; (3) examples of student work assignments and assessment tied to the scope and sequence; and (4) connections to the National Standards for Visual Arts Education. The guide can be used to create or adapt sequential units of study, create or adapt course offerings, create and evaluate student work assignments, track student progress along a development continuum, create or adapt professional development opportunities, and inform colleagues, parents, administrators, and others of learning possibilities in art education. (BT)