Assessment Tools
There were multiple ways in which we assessed our students this semester. They include:
PSD Elementary Assessment:
This is a rubric that contains 3 sections: planning and ideation, creation and exploration, and reflection and connection. These three sections relate to the art standards and occur naturally in an art class. Each of these scoring criteria is broken down into four sections from advanced to in progress for the student to be graded. This allows for specific reflection and feedback on each student's performance in each section. The students were assessed with this rubric in the beginning of the semester for a pre-test and again for a post test at the end of the semester.
PSD Elementary Assessment:
This is a rubric that contains 3 sections: planning and ideation, creation and exploration, and reflection and connection. These three sections relate to the art standards and occur naturally in an art class. Each of these scoring criteria is broken down into four sections from advanced to in progress for the student to be graded. This allows for specific reflection and feedback on each student's performance in each section. The students were assessed with this rubric in the beginning of the semester for a pre-test and again for a post test at the end of the semester.
Sketchbooks:
The students used their sketchbooks throughout the semester for planning, ideation and sketching. We can use it to assess the students learning and understanding for each lesson by seeing their thought process that occurred from the beginning of the planning process to the end result that they created.
Blog:
The blog was also a resource we have used for assessment. It shows the process of the students working throughout each stage of the lessons. It also showed the class understanding as a whole.
Self-Reflective Learning Activities:
The students reflected on the work they created. For example their video artist statements allowed them to reflect on their artistic decisions they had made throughout the semester and explain their reasoning. Also at the end of each lesson the students were able to reflect on their work, present it to their classmates and reflect on the lesson as a whole.
The students used their sketchbooks throughout the semester for planning, ideation and sketching. We can use it to assess the students learning and understanding for each lesson by seeing their thought process that occurred from the beginning of the planning process to the end result that they created.
Blog:
The blog was also a resource we have used for assessment. It shows the process of the students working throughout each stage of the lessons. It also showed the class understanding as a whole.
Self-Reflective Learning Activities:
The students reflected on the work they created. For example their video artist statements allowed them to reflect on their artistic decisions they had made throughout the semester and explain their reasoning. Also at the end of each lesson the students were able to reflect on their work, present it to their classmates and reflect on the lesson as a whole.