GRADING POLICY
I.
MARKING PERIOD GRADE: The
marking period grade will be arrived at by
averaging the fol1owing grades:
A. Project Grades
B. Class Participation Grades
C. Homework Grades
D. Test/Quiz Grades
A.
PROJECT GRADES:-in general, projects will be assessed on the following five criteria
1. CRAFTSMANSHIP: the degree of skill the student uses when using different media such as
pencil, pastels, paint, clay, darkroom techniques, layout and video
techniques, etc.
2.
ORIGINALITY: novel and
unique solutions to assigned problems
3. COMPOSITIONAL ABILITY: selecting and organizing lines, shapes, values, colors, textures,
and depth in a piece of art work so that it works together as a whole.
4.
EFFORT: degree of effort
applied to the project
a. quality sketches that explore different ideas & compositional
arrangements
b. degree of research for visual sources
c. the amount of practice a student gives to improve their skills
d. ALL MAJOR PROJECTS MUST BE PRODUCED
TO SOME EXTENT DURING
CLASS TIME. In classes where students are required to take their work home, they must
also work on it during class time.
5.
MEETING THE OBJECTIVES OF THE
PROJECT: All work must meet the objectives as
stated by the teacher at the
beginning of the project.
**DUE DATES: Grades for projects not
turned in on the due date will be lowered
10% per
SCHOOL DAY at the discretion of the
individual art teacher (no more than 10% per day)
B. PARTICIPATlQN- participation grades will be given
based on the following:
1.
Attendance - students who miss class will be expected to make up work
2. Be
on time for class
3.
Be prepared for class
4.
Work during the ENTIRE class period on ART work NOT OTHER SUBJECTS
5. Clean up table area and put away all materials
C. HOMEWORK GRADES: sketches, quality drawings, reports, and written critiques are
examples of possible homework assignments.
D. TEST GRADES
When tests are given, we will use the district grading scale
II.
GRADING SCALE:
93%-100% = A
90%-92% = A-
87%-89% = B+
83%-86% = B
80%-82% = B-
77%-79% = C+
73%-76% = C
70%-72% = C-
67%-69% = D+
64%-66% = D
below 64% = F
III.
FINAL EXAMINATION
A
written examination and/or a 1 1/2 hour graded project will be given at the
completion of each course
and will count 20% of the final grade for a semester course. In a full year course, the midterm exam will
count 10% and the final exam will count 10% of the final grade.
IV. COURSE GRADE
Semester
Course:
2(MP 1 Grade) + 2(MP 2 Grade) + Final Exam Grade = Final Course Grade
* Student must have a
minimum grade of D in
two of the major grading
factors.
These factors include two marking
periods and the final examination.
Full
Year Course:
MP 1 Grade + MP 2 Grade + MP 3 Grade + MP 4 Grade + (Midterm+Final Exam)/2
= Final Course Grade
*
Student must have a
minimum grade of D in
three of the five major
grading factors.
These factors include four marking periods and the average of the
midterm and the final
examination, which will yield the fifth grading factor.
V. CHEATING AND PLAGIARISM:
Cheating on tests and plagiarism of art works WILL NOT BE TOLERATED. If a student is found
guilty of cheating or plagiarism, they will receive a 0 for the project or test. Students will be
expected to produce ORIGINAL and CURRENT work for EACH art class. Students who turn in the
same project for more than one class wil1 receive a 0 on that project. Students who turn in old work
(work from a previous year or class) will receive a 0. Photography students are expected to shoot
new negatives for each assignment, to develop and print their own negatives. Having their negatives
developed and/or printed by a store or by another student is considered to be cheating.