Evaluation + Grading

▪ A (100) Met or exceeded project benchmark

▪ B (91) Minor adjustments or work is required to meet project benchmark

▪ C (82) Up to half a class period of additional time is needed to meet project benchmark

▪ D (73) A full additional class period is needed to meet project benchmark

▪ F (64) More than one additional class period is needed to meet project benchmark

▪ F (0) Student is behind and has not attempted to meet project benchmark

• Finishes all projects within or before the deadline(s) established.
• Maintains a high quality to his/her work, and presentation resulting from interest and personal initiative.
• Contributes to the class through leadership, aid to others, imaginative contributions related to the subject during discussions, and responsibility to his/her materials.
• Show increasing progress from project to project through the transfer of learning, works and learns well in all media, does not stereotype work, use cliche images, or copy.
• Shows interest in art work and the art program which extends beyond the limits of the class period.
• Absorbs essential subject matter well and has excellent work habits.
• Takes initiative in making up class work following an absence.

• Finishes all projects, but occasionally needs extra time. Usually maintains high quality of work and presentation, but has some dependence on teacher for extra motivation to maintain quality.
• Shows strong desire to do well through extra work, outside interest, but may not perform sufficiently well to be considered an "A" student.
• Has more difficulty using transfer of learning techniques between projects than the "A" student, is less flexible in use of different media, and shows a tendency to stereotype work.
• Work habits are essentially good, sense of responsibility to materials and clean-up is good, but may need occasional teacher reminder.
• Makes up class work readily after absence, but may not take the initiative in getting it finished.

• Finishes work required most of the time, but does not extend self beyond the basic requirements of the project, and may depend upon teacher for additional motivation, stimulus, and solution to problem solving.
• Turns in work of acceptable quality, but does not show particular interest in finishing and presentation.
• Says and does what seems expected in class discussion, rather than contributing to new ideas and concepts. Shows little outside interest in art program except for perfunctory completion of outside assignment, generally indifferent about helping other students solve problems and routine but indifferent care of materials and clean up.
• Has generally good work habits, with a tendency to distraction, weak concentrative efforts, talks while working, depends upon teacher for transfer of learning. Strong tendency to stereotype work, hesitates to experiment.
• Requires prodding, tends to delay completing make-up work following absences.

• Completes work, but is usually late and lacks quality, presentation, dependent upon teacher for continuous motivation and stimulus to complete assignments.
• In spite of finishing work, does not always present acceptable work when compared with previous presentations.
• Is inattentive to instruction and class discussion, group cooperation, and requires repetition of basic assignment data.
• Shows no outside interest in the art program, usually fails to complete homework assignments.
• Has poor work habits, and disturbs others, stops work to talk in group activities.
• Has a strong tendency to stereotype work, and resists accepting the challenge of new media and experiences.

• Usually does not finish work, or, when completing one project late, loses valuable time in working on next assignment, even with help.
• Shows resistance to learning and doing processes, improving work or growth from project to project.
• Often cannot work in group activities, or be depended upon to carry out assignment.
• Work habits are poor and uncertain, is a disturbance to others.
• Shows no evidence of outside interest in art program, fails to complete outside assignments.
• Is a possible safety hazard when using certain equipment and materials, does not care for materials enough to keep them usable.
• Shows no interest, even after instruction, for completing make-up work following absences.

• Original, imaginative and inventive articulation of the elements and principles of design. Highly Successful.
• Generally demonstrates imaginative ideas and effective manipulation of the elements and principles of design. Generally successful.
• Demonstrates some imaginative ideas and purposeful manipulation of the elements and principles.

• Some imaginative ideas about the use of the elements and principles of design appear to be

• Lacks invention and imagination. Some awareness of the elements of design is demonstrated.
• Work lacks originality or imagination. Very little awareness of the elements of design is demonstrated.

• Well-informed decision making, experimentation and intention. Engages the viewer with visual qualities.
• Shows evidence of thoughtful decision making and intention. Successful engagement with experimentation.
• Some clear decision making and intention are evident. Most objects relate well to one another. Uneven success with experimentation.
• Decision making and intention are questionable. May show attempts at experimentation, and/or risk taking, but with limited success. Confidence is questionable.
• Work shows little attempt at experimentation or risk taking, or the experimentation has little success. Intention is not clear. Work lacks confidence.

• Work appears to be unconsidered and to lack discernable intention. Negligible experimentation or risk taking. No confidence is evident.

• Generally excellent; materials and media are used effectively to express ideas.

• Strong; materials and media are used well to express ideas.
• Work demonstrates good technical competence and use of materials and media; technical aspects and articulation of ideas do not always work together.
• Work is uneven, but overall it demonstrates emerging technical competence and use of materials and media.
• Work is generally awkward; it demonstrates marginal technical competence and clumsy use of materials and media.
• Work is generally inept; use of materials is naïve and is lacking skill or technical

• Clearly provides a visual reference that is transformed in the service of a larger, personal vision in which the student’s voice is prominent.
• Shows a strong sense of the student’s voice and individual transformation of the images.
• Student’s voice is discernible; the images have been manipulated to express the student’s individual ideas.
• Work appears to be nearly direct reproductions; even if the work is skillfully rendered, the student’s voice and the individual transformation of the images are minimal.
• Works appear to be direct copies of published or photographic sources or the work of

• Works are obviously direct, poorly rendered copies of published or photographic

• Completed all required work and met all deadlines. Extremely effective use of time and exceptional effort.

• Completed all required work and met all deadlines. Effective use of time and above average effort.

• Completed all required work and met all deadlines.
• Completed all required work, but time could be used more effectively. May have needed extra time.
• Completed some of required work. Time not used effectively and improvement needed.
• Not completed required work. Wasted time in class. Inadequate amount of time spent outside of class.