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

Presenting a single resolved final outcome that fully realises all of the candidate's own stated intentions for it

Recording first-hand observations only, through drawing, photography and written notes

The tidy and well-organised presentation of the whole portfolio for the moderator

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

AO2

AO1

AO3

AO4

Only the finished and fully resolved pieces at the end of the whole project

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

The work of all the other students in the teaching group, copied carefully into your own sketchbook

The exam timetable and the deadlines for each part of the coursework

The largest possible portfolio, with as many separate pages of finished work as can be produced

Copying a chosen artist's work exactly and as accurately as the candidate can

A personal and meaningful response that realises intentions and connects elements

Extensive contextual research that is never carried through to any final outcome

18

20

30

120

AO4, the final response, is worth the most of the four

AO1, the investigation, is worth double all the others

AO3, the recording objective, is entirely optional

They are equally weighted at 25 percent each

Personal Investigation 60 percent, Externally Set Task 40 percent

Both 50 percent

Personal Investigation 40 percent, Externally Set Task 60 percent

Personal Investigation 100 percent

Drawing is banned from the portfolio under the current specification

Drawing mainly evidences one objective, leaving the others weak

Drawing is worth nothing at all towards the final overall grade

The final grade is awarded more or less at random by the moderator

A single overall impression mark out of one hundred awarded for the whole component

On a simple pass or fail basis, with no marks or bands awarded at all

By counting up the total number of separate pages of finished work in the whole completed portfolio

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

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

To ignore them completely, since they are written only for the moderators to use

To memorise every single band descriptor word for word and then quote it straight back in the related study

To compare yourself directly against the work of the other students in your group

The related study is a completely separate timed written examination paper that is sat at the very end of the course

The related study is part of Component 01 coursework, at least 1000 words, connected to the practical work

There is no related study at all in the OCR Art and Design specification any longer

The related study entirely replaces the practical portfolio in the Personal Investigation

OCR examiners mark every candidate's work from scratch, with no centre involvement

Students mark their own work and submit their own final marks directly to OCR

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

There is no marking at all, and every entered candidate is awarded the same grade