Scott C. Shuler is the Arts Education Specialist in the Connecticut State Department of Education. He previously served as Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction for the Simsbury Public Schools and as an associate professor at California State University, Long Beach. An experienced K-12 and college music teacher and active clinician, Dr. Shuler holds numerous awards for teaching, writing, and leadership from state and national organizations. He served on the task forces that developed America’s first National Standards in Music in 1994; co-chaired the development of the music section of the 1997 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) in the Arts; co-chaired the CCSSO interstate arts assessment consortium; served as president of the National Council of State Supervisors of Music; and is currently Immediate Past-President of NAfME: The National Association for Music Education (formerly MENC) and co-chair of the writing team updating National Standards in Music.