Art and Design

Assessment

The Edexcel Art and Design A Level consists of two components, both teacher assessed and externally moderated by Edexcel. Students must complete all assessment in May/ June in any single year. Component 1: Personal Investigation. Internally set, assessed by the teacher and externally moderated. 60% of the total qualification This component allows students opportunities to generate and develop ideas, research primary and contextual sources, record practical and written observations, experiment with media and processes, and refine ideas towards producing personal resolved outcomes. This will require students to address each of the Assessment Objectives. It incorporates three major elements: supporting studies, practical work, and a personal study. Supporting studies and practical work will comprise a portfolio of development work and outcomes based on themes and ideas developed from personal starting points. The personal study will be evidenced through critical written communication showing contextual research and understanding in a minimum 1000 words of continuous prose, which may contain integrated images. The personal study comprises 12% of the total qualification and is marked out of 18. Work must cover all four Assessment Objectives with 90 marks available. Component 2: Externally Set Assignment, assessed by the teacher and externally moderated. 40% of the total qualification This component allows students opportunities to generate and develop ideas, research primary and contextual sources, record practical and written observations, experiment with media and processes, and refine ideas towards producing personal resolved outcomes in response to an externally set theme. Students must continue to work within the same title as component 1. This component Incorporates two major elements: preparatory studies and the 15-hour period of sustained focus. Preparatory studies will comprise a portfolio of practical and written development work based on the Externally Set Assignment. During the 15-hour period of sustained focus under examination conditions, students will produce final outcomes extending from their preparatory studies in response to the Externally Set Assignment. The Externally Set Assignment is released on 1 February and contains a theme and suggested starting points. Students have from 1 February until the commencement of the final 15-hour period of sustained focus to develop preparatory studies. The 15-hour period of sustained focus under examination conditions may take place over multiple sessions (a maximum of five, within three consecutive weeks). Work must cover all four Assessment Objectives with 72 marks available. Bedford.