Art and Design

Assessment

Synoptic assessment in Art and Design involves students in: • drawing together the knowledge, understanding and skills learned in different parts of the course • selecting and presenting work which demonstrates their strengths across the areas of knowledge and the range of skills described and shows their ability to sustain their own lines of enquiry • bringing together and making connections between the areas of knowledge, the work of artist(s), designer(s), photographers or craftspeople and the range of skills described and learned throughout the course and applying this by responding to one or more of: o a stimulus or issue o a design brief or problem o a task which specifies an image, object or other outcome to be achieved. There is synoptic assessment in both components of the A-level that provide stretch and challenge opportunities for students as follows: In Component 1, students develop work based on an idea, issue, concept or theme leading to a finished outcome or a series of related finished outcomes. Practical elements should make connections with some aspect of contemporary or past practice of artist(s), designer(s), photographers or craftspeople and include written work of no less than 1000 and no more than 3000 words which supports the practical work. In Component 2, students respond to a stimulus, provided by AQA, to produce work which provides evidence of their ability to work independently within specified time constraints, developing a personal and meaningful response which addresses all the assessment objectives and leads to a finished outcome or a series of related finished outcomes. Component : A-level Component 1 -Personal investigation Maximum raw mark -96 Scaling factor -x3 Maximum scaled mark - 288 Component : A-level Component 2 - Externally set assignment Maximum raw mark - 96 Scaling factor - x2 Maximum scaled mark - 192 Total scaled mark: 480