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

Presenting a final, resolved outcome that realises intentions and shows command of visual language

Recording first-hand observations only, through direct drawing and photography, with no wider contextual investigation

Developing ideas through sustained, focused investigation with analytical and critical understanding of sources

Tidy, attractive presentation of the portfolio, with neat mounting and clear labelling throughout

AO1

AO3

AO4

AO2

Ideas, observations and insights relevant to intentions, reflecting critically on work and progress

Only the finished pieces, photographed and presented neatly once the whole project has been completed

Other students' work, copied carefully into the sketchbook so that their methods can be reproduced later

The examination timetable and submission deadlines, recorded in the sketchbook for personal reference

Produce the largest possible portfolio, since the highest marks go to the candidate with the most pages

Present a personal and meaningful response that realises intentions and demonstrates understanding of visual language

Copy a chosen artist's work as exactly as possible, reproducing their style and composition faithfully as the final piece

Carry out extensive research and investigation but with no final outcome, as the enquiry is what matters

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AO4, the resolved final response, is worth the most, since the finished outcome carries the heaviest weight

AO1, the investigation, is worth double every other objective because research underpins the whole project

AO3, the recording of observations, is optional and only contributes marks where a candidate chooses to use it

They are equally weighted at 25 percent each

Personal Investigation 60 percent, Externally Set Assignment 40 percent

Both 50 percent

Personal Investigation 40 percent, Externally Set Assignment 60 percent

Personal Investigation 100 percent

Drawing is banned from the higher bands, so relying on it automatically caps a candidate at a middle grade

Drawing mainly evidences one objective, leaving the others weak

Drawing is worth nothing in the mark scheme, so even excellent observational work scores no marks at all

The final grade is awarded at random once the four objectives have each been placed in a performance band

One single overall mark out of one hundred, awarded for the portfolio as a whole rather than per objective

On a simple pass or fail basis only, with no finer distinction made between the bands of achievement

Each objective placed in a performance band, and the four band marks add to the component total

By counting the number of pages in the sketchbook, with a higher page count earning a higher mark

To ignore them entirely and simply make work instinctively, trusting the moderator to judge it fairly

To memorise the descriptors word for word and quote them in the personal study to impress the examiner

To compare yourself to other students in the class and aim only to produce more pages than they do

As targets: identify your current band per objective and make the change the next band up demands

In the personal study, the written element of Component 1

In a separate written examination sat under timed conditions at the very end of the course

It is never written down at all, since AO1 is judged purely from the visual research in the sketchbook

Only in the bibliography, where the contextual sources consulted are listed for the moderator to see

Eduqas marks every candidate's portfolio from scratch, and the centre's teachers play no part in marking

Centres mark internally using the grid, and Eduqas externally moderates a sample

Students mark their own work against the band descriptors, and the centre simply records the chosen marks

There is no marking against bands at all; the work is awarded a grade directly on the moderator's impression