Assessing My Students' Artwork

I assess student artwork by doing both a formative and summative assessment. For the formative assessment, I hold a critique once the project is done. I do this to see whether or not they have grasped the concepts taught to them in the unit including vocabulary and craft, and whether or not they achieved the objectives and expectations set in place for the project, as judged by themselves and each other. They have the opportunity to decide whether or not they have understood the purpose for the project by  looking critically at the product they have created.

For the summative assessment, I look at their work to see whether they have grasped the concepts through what they have included into their work, whether they have met all of the objectives, and then also factoring in their behavior in class, how well they followed instructions, how much effort they put into the project, and their overall attitude.

Ultimately, my main objective in assessing my students' work is to ensure that they have learned: that they have learned how to properly use the materials used to create the artwork, learned the vocabulary that goes along with the lesson, learned how to create artwork that lines up with objectives given, and that they have built upon their prior knowledge about the style of art, having more knowledge about it leaving the unit than they had coming in.