http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/02/education/edlife/art-portfolio-as-ap-test.html?ref=edlife&_r=0
This was shared by Adam Greteman for another class of mine and wanted to share with you.
What your thoughts are on Studio Art AP? Or even just AP tests in general.
I think that AP Studio done well can introduce high school kids to the process of developing cohesive bodies of work and really understanding the notion of an artistic practice. That being said, the pressure that most AP tests create and the relative payoff, never seem to match up for me. Skipping past some of those initial courses makes assumptions about how foundation ally strong a student is. Maybe it's not so bad to revisit the basics and explore a bit further. Does it help students with college apps? sure. but getting into college is only the first step. i don't know that it really prepares students any better for the real work they do in higher ed.
ReplyDeleteHow do you grade art? There are some rubrics put forth by AP, sure, but that's one of the reasons I think too that SAIC is a non-grading school. Like the standardization of anything, and the testing of knowledge skills, it's a very flat and biased method of measurement, that arguably ultimately measures nothing.
ReplyDelete-Ellen