Nationally recognized media educator Frank Baker offers workshops (staff and student) to help districts and schools meet state standards which include media literacy. To learn more, click here.

In 1999, I co-authored a major study of media literacy in state teaching standards.
I continue to maintain this site and update it regularly. Should you have questions
about this site, or about teaching standards, contact me:  fbaker1346@aol.com


State Standards Which Include Elements of Media Literacy
To view a state's standards, click on the state, which will open a separate window.
(NOTE: to see database of each state, scroll down below map)

original Education Week op-ed
on state standards:
 Has Media Education Found A Curricular Foothold? 
By Robert Kubey, Center for Media Studies, Rutgers University
& Frank W. Baker
(media education consultant)

Other related resources:

NETS for Students: The Next Generation (Nov. 2007)
AASL's Standards for the 21st Century Learner (Oct. 2007)
SETDA's Media Literacy State Standards Breakdown
 State's Assessment of Media Literacy
 Media Literacy and the K-12 Content Areas
Queensland (Australia) Arts Syllabus-Outcomes
College Board: Standards for College Success: English (Media Literacy: page 186)
Where's Media Literacy? (Winter '06 Threshold)
Information & Media Literacy (Partnership for 21st Century Skills)
American Diploma Project:    ELA/Viewing
                                                                                ELA/Communication Benchmarks
                                                                  ELA/ Producing Digital Media
Standard Procedures- ( January '04 Access Learning)

The 12 Standards for the English Language Arts
National Board for Professional Teaching Standards: 
Early Adolescence ELA Standards, 2nd Ed
Standard X: Listening, Speaking and Viewing (see pgs 58-60)

 National Journalism Standards



graphic courtesy of Cable In The Classroom magazine
 

State by State Standards for Media Literacy
(NOTE: references include at least one element of media literacy 
as determined by the study's authors)
0=States added in April 2000                   X,Z=updates

State 

English,
Language &
Communication Arts 		Social
Studies,
History, Civics 		Health,
Consumer
Skills 		Media
Strand
ALABAMA X X

0

 
ALASKA X X 0  
ARIZONA X X X  
ARKANSAS X X X  
CALIFORNIA X X 0  
COLORADO X X X  
CONNECTICUT X X X  
DELAWARE X X X  
FLORIDA X X X  
GEORGIA X X X  
HAWAII X X X  
IDAHO X   X  
ILLINOIS X X X X
INDIANA X X X  
IOWA X      
KANSAS 0   X  
KENTUCKY Z   0  
LOUISIANA X X X  
MAINE X X X  
MARYLAND X X X   
MASSACHUSETTS X    X  X
MICHIGAN X X X  
MINNESOTA X X X  
MISSOURI X X X X
MISSISSIPPI X   X  
MONTANA x X X  
NEBRASKA X X X  
NEVADA X X 0  
NEW HAMPSHIRE X X X  
NEW JERSEY X X X  
NEW MEXICO X X X  
NEW YORK X X X  
NORTH CAROLINA X X X  
NORTH DAKOTA X X X  
OHIO X X Z  
OKLAHOMA X X X  
OREGON X X 0   
PENNYSLYVANIA X X X   
RHODE ISLAND X   X  
SOUTH CAROLINA X X X  
SOUTH DAKOTA X   X  
TENNESSEE X   X X
TEXAS X X X X
UTAH X X X X
VERMONT X   X  
VIRGINIA X X X  
WASHINGTON X   X X
WEST VIRGINIA X X X  
WISCONSIN X X X  
WYOMING X X 0   
TOTALS 50 39 49 7
PERCENT 100% 78% 98% 14%