Warhol 03/25/2012 at 12:00am
Attitude and responsibility are a bit nebulous.
Go with ALWAYS in on time, fulfilled your REQUIREMENTS, and use of TOOLS

lightARTed 03/25/2012 at 09:22am
Thank you Warhol for your suggestion!!! I never felt comfortable with what I had and basing their grade on attitude and responsibility ended up feeling like I was grading behavior.

Much thanks!!!

Keep the suggestions coming...

KSenkarik 04/03/2012 at 03:53am
Warhol, I LOVE that idea! Right now I am required to grade on "Effort and Conduct" only but the ART strategy will give me a measurable way to grade effort for all of my students! Thank you!

ercarlson 04/03/2012 at 11:32am
http://tatankaart.blogspot.com/2011/12/how-grading-works-in-art-class.html This is what I came up with. I was asked to do standards based grading. It's hard if you make it hard. I think the trick is to find a simple way to assess these things. I am still working on it, but from first to 2nd semester...I have simplified immensely and will spend some time this summer considering how I can do it better.

beachbum 04/03/2012 at 02:53pm
We aren't allowed to grade effort and conduct. We must do standards based grading and it is very time consuming and difficult. I am in my 3rd year trying to make it easier. I will get there this summer hopefully.

mrsvwheeler 04/03/2012 at 03:31pm
Since art is subjective,to most parents... I can't grade on "pretty", but I can grade on them showing me their knowledge of skills I am teaching/attitude in learning.

I grade on 1)implementing the skill that I am teaching 2) following directions (showing me implementations 3)Neatness seems to work very well for me. I am interested in hearing from others, too!

rlaurenzi 04/22/2012 at 09:30am
We use a self-assessment rubric that includes Participation, Understanding, Craftsmanship, & Creativity. Participation: Did you follow directions and stay on task? Understanding: Did you use the art elements/principles/concepts taught in this lesson? How well did you use them? Craftsmanship: How well did you use the art supplies? Were you neat and careful? Creativity: Is your artwork unique? Did you come up with some new and different ideas? They rate themselves on a scale from 1-5 for each category.

rlaurenzi 04/22/2012 at 09:44am
I forgot to add: On the rubric there is a column for them to rate themselves, and one for me to rate their work. That way they can compare

RuthByrne 05/20/2012 at 01:57pm
rlaurenzi, I love your rubric, very comprehensive without being overly complicated.
I think rubrics that neglect creativity undermine the unique benefits of an art classroom. Grading their on task behaviors and use of tools and techniques are important, but I like to give kids who break all the rules for a project a chance to show me they did it for a reason. The "Creativity" section is my chance to affirm positive rule breaking.

lbfreer 06/05/2012 at 03:09am
I used a rubric successfully this year-I believe it was on the princeton site. Not all the criteria fit the projects. It was amazing how honest the students were when they self assessed. I also conferenced with them one on one using their portfolios and the rubric.