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

Three

Four

Five

Six

Recording observations first-hand and reflecting on them

Presenting a personal and meaningful final response

Developing ideas through sustained and focused investigations informed by sources, with analytical and critical understanding

Experimenting with and refining appropriate media and processes

Experimenting with and selecting appropriate media and processes, reviewing and refining as work develops

Developing ideas through investigation of contextual sources

Writing an extended essay of 3000 words on art history

Presenting a resolved final outcome under supervised conditions

Recording copied entirely from other people's published photographs

First-hand, primary recording from direct observation

Recording done only at the very end of the project

Recording with no annotation or reflection of any kind

A research folder analysing several artists in depth

A range of media experiments with no finished piece

A page of first-hand observational drawings

Presenting a personal and meaningful response that realises intentions and shows understanding of visual language

Equally, each carrying a quarter of the marks

AO4 carries half the marks and the others share the rest

AO1 carries most of the marks because of the written element

They are not weighted; only the final outcome is marked

20 marks

25 marks

30 marks

40 marks

AO4

AO1

AO3

AO2

By a single tick if the work is present, regardless of quality

By counting the number of pages produced for that objective

Using mark bands, placing the work in a band against quality descriptors and awarding a mark within it

By a timed written test on the meaning of the objective

It is not checked; each centre's marks are final

Candidates check each other's marks

Marks are decided entirely by a single national exam

The centre marks internally and WJEC externally moderates a sample to the national standard

Because the outcome (AO4) is only one of four equally weighted objectives

Because outcomes are not assessed at all

Because AO4 is worth only five percent of the marks

Because only the written element is marked

They are entirely separate and do not connect to AO4

They replace AO4 in the final unit

They build the ideas, media skills and observation that AO4 draws together into a resolved outcome

They are only assessed if AO4 is incomplete

That any experiment counts equally, however random

That the media and processes chosen must suit the candidate's intentions, not be random trials

That only traditional media such as pencil are allowed

That experimentation is optional

In the preparatory period before the supervised time

In the final outcome made in the 15 hours of sustained focus

In a separate written examination

It is not assessed in Unit 3