ASSESSMENT in the visual arts 

  • Shift mindset from grades to authentic assessment
  • Clear Learning Objectives
  • Goal: master essential skills
  • Essential Skills: assess
  • Competencies
  • Standards
  • What students should know and be able to do.

​ASSESSMENT Strategies
  • Key Concepts
  • Criteria
  • Outcomes
  • Power Standard
  • Rubrics: essential skills/cometencies
  • Goals: curriculum is aligned to te standards; students assessed against standards.
  • Observation
  • Pair-Share
  • Exit Tickets
  • Thumbs Up / Thumbs Down
  • Interviews
  • Critiques
  • Write key terms on the Back of Artwork
  • Evidence of learning
  • Summative Assessment 
  • Formative Assessment
  • ​Rubrics
  • Portfolios
  • Self- and Peer-Assessment
  • Blackline Master Assessments (worksheets)
  • Evaluation Checklists
  • Combine Assessment and Artmaking: midterm assessment tool
  • - Choose an object and draw it nine times
  • - Complete each drawing with a different medium
  • - Mount the drawings to complete the project and reflect
K-12 Art Educator Framework