Assessing the student artist is readily accomplished with the aid of rubrics. Rubrics provide and define objectives as to what parameters a student is free to complete a creative work within the confines of art lesson. Rubrics allow the teacher to help each student artist reach the same goals, while allowing creative interpretation. Such style of assessment allows for accommodations of students with physical disabilities, social/mental impairments, as well as allows the teacher to accommodate students with high levels of skill.
Currently, I believe the following goals are required to complete a successful art lesson.
The student artist should:
Develop skills related to art production
Participate, stay focused, and follow rules
Display imagination and originality
Responds to art through discussion or writing
Yes, art is subjective – but with a rubric, the students will have a map of the lesson, their behavior, and their individual learning environment.
Sample Rubrics
Great Painters of the World - Painting Unit with Elementary Rubrics
Elementary - Andy Warhol Lesson Rubric
Seconday - Architecture Square Rubric
