AQA GCSE Art and Design: the portfolio and exam quiz quiz

40%

50%

60%

100%

Only the finished final pieces, with none of the development work

As many completed pages as it is possible to fill

Only research and recording, with no final outcomes at all

Evidence of all four assessment objectives, including the journey

Internally marked by your teacher and externally moderated by AQA

Entirely by a national written examination sat at the end of the course

By the students themselves marking their own portfolios

Only by AQA examiners, with no teacher involvement at all

A written essay exam that is sat under timed conditions at the end of the course

A project responding to an AQA-set theme, ending in a 10-hour supervised exam

An oral presentation given in front of the whole class

A multiple-choice test about famous artists and movements

On the day of the exam

Two years before the exam

From 1 January of the final year

They are never released in advance

It does not really matter at all, because only the final outcome piece ever counts

Only the supervised exam is marked, not any of the preparatory work

The preparatory work completely replaces the final piece in the marking

The preparatory work covers AO1, AO2 and AO3 and is marked with the final piece

10 hours

2 hours

5 hours

20 hours

To store spare materials and equipment safely between art lessons each week

To make the creative journey visible and evidence all four objectives

To copy other artists' work as neatly as you possibly can

To replace the final piece so no outcome is needed at all

Simply repeat what is already obviously on the page

Fill up empty space with vague and generic phrases

Analyse, evaluate and plan the next step

Only name the materials that were used on the page

Nothing at all, because you decide everything on the day of the exam

Only the title of the finished piece and nothing else

Which single artist's work you are going to copy exactly

The composition, media, scale and a session-by-session time plan