Edexcel A-Level Art and Design the four assessment objectives overview quiz quiz

Four, each worth 25 per cent

Three, each worth one third

Four, weighted 40, 30, 20, 10 per cent

Two, each worth 50 per cent

Recording first-hand observations carefully and accurately through drawing in the sketchbook

Developing ideas through investigation informed by contextual and other sources

Producing a polished and fully finished final outcome

Experimenting freely with a range of media

Writing the related study that accompanies the practical portfolio in Component 1

Recording first-hand observations through careful drawing

Exploring and selecting media and processes, reviewing and refining ideas

Presenting a personal and meaningful final response

Copying photographs found on the internet as accurately as possible without any first-hand drawing

Choosing a theme for the project and writing a title page

Mounting and presenting the final piece neatly

Recording ideas, observations and insights relevant to intentions, including through drawing

A personal and meaningful response that realises intentions

The sheer number of separate artist studies in the sketchbook

The total quantity of media samples produced during the project

Neat, tidy handwriting in the annotations throughout the work

Final pieces are not assessed at all under the Edexcel scheme, so a polished outcome can never gain marks

AO4 is judged on whether the outcome realises intentions, which is read against the development

It is far too neat and carefully finished

It uses too few colours in the final composition

Only in the final piece and nowhere in the supporting work

In the exam hall during the timed assessment

In the sketchbook and development sheets

In the published mark scheme itself

Using far too many different artists as references at various points across the whole project

Drawing carefully and accurately from first-hand observation

Writing far too many annotations on the development pages

An imbalance across the four objectives, such as strong AO4 but thin AO1, AO2 or AO3

Yes, Component 2 is marked against the same four objectives

No, the Externally Set Assignment uses a completely different set of objectives

Only AO4 applies to the Externally Set Assignment

Only AO1 and AO2 apply to Component 2

Nothing else is needed; once you have produced enough media samples AO2 is fully satisfied

Reviewing and refining: annotating what each test reveals and improving on it

Making each of the media samples noticeably larger

Using only one single medium throughout the whole project

In four completely separate sections, each one dealing with a single objective and nothing else

Only AO4 needs to appear, since it carries all the marks that matter

Woven together, so research, experiment and recording feed a resolved outcome

In a fixed running order with no overlap at all

The 15-hour period of sustained focus work

Mounting and presenting the portfolio

The photographic contact sheet of images

The related study in Component 1