“Why did you give me this grade?” First of  all, I don’t GIVE grades. You EARN your grades. There is a difference.  I do, however, want all of my students to get good grades. Geez, I want you ALL to get  5’s on your portfolio! But your grade your responsibility, not mine. You can keep a high average grade by putting work up at every critique and turning in every assignment. But if you miss one critique or not turn in an assignment, your good grade will go down 2 or even 3 letter grades.

CRITIQUES

Artwork will be graded in class on the day immediately following the critique day so that students will have an opportunity to make changes after receiving feedback. However, if the artwork is not up at the critique, it will not be graded. So, if a student is absent, they must make arrangements to have their art work brought to the critique. Projects must be at least 80%complete at the weekly critique in order to be critiqued or graded.  **Cutting class on a critique day will result in the work not being graded which give you 0/150 points thus killing any good grade. Read more on critiques and the consequences of missing them HERE.

LATE WORK POLICY

Due to the huge amount of artwork needed to complete the portfolio and the equally huge amount of time needed to create high quality artwork, students must keep up with the pace of the class.  Falling behind by even one project could seriously affect the students chances of completing the portfolio. Therefore, late work is not accepted. More on how to survive the fast pace HERE.

RE-DO’S

In extenuating circumstances, up to 2 pieces per quarter may be “re-done” and turned in for a new grade. The re-do’s are must be up at a Critique along with the new work due for that week. They will be graded the day after they are critiqued, along with the new piece due for that week.

But how do you Grade art?

Many students and parents wonder, “HOW art can be graded? Isn’t it all good just because it’s creative expression?” Yet, that’s not the case, particularly not in AP STUDIO ART!  I grade using a rubric, which has 8 categories ranging from Craftsmanship (art term for neatness) to Design Quality (how well you used the elements & principles of design). Each category has an A, B, C, and D description. After each category has been given a grade, they’re averaged together to determine the grade for the piece. But before I can grade your work, YOU will grade it as objectively as you can, using the rubric below. After you complete the rubric, you’ll tack it on the wall underneath your artwork. Below is the rubric we will use for all Breadth Assignments: BREADTH RUBRIC Below is the rubric we will use for all Concentration Assignments: CONCENTRATION RUBRIC.

If you think MY rubric is complicated, take a look at the rubric used by the “readers,” the folks at the College Board who’ll grade your portfolio. You’re portfolio is graded on a scale of 1-6, but you’re sent a score from 1-5. (I’ve no clue why)   Below I’ve placed a link to the rubric they’ll use to determine your score. It’s a very long PDF file so I’ve also included an excerept from the drawing portfolio rubric below the link. 2013 Scoring Guidelines

 

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Remember: CRAFTSMANSHIP COUNTS!

 

Click here for more information about AP® STUDIO ART SCORING GUIDELINES.

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Read more on how to get a good grade in Art HERE!