Cracking+the+Rubric

TIPS Cracking the rubric from **last version** of IB assessment rubric (Master Copy) **Studio work: ** Your studio work will be developed and evaluated according to several key criteria. Some of them overlap and involve other criteria, and should be considered parts of a holistic approach to your work. They are:


 * 1) **Understanding ** – This refers to the degree to which your work reflects an understanding of how one can **express concepts and ideas** in the visual image, as well as how well you grasp the technical and formal methods through which these can be conveyed.


 * 1) **Relevance ** – This refers to the degree to which your work reflects or **conveys personal elements** (Where are YOU in the work ?); the degree to which your work shows an awareness and an understanding of social-cultural issues and concerns; and finally the degree to which your work shows evidence of well-developed, complex ideas and approaches to your given theme.


 * 1) **Development ** – This refers to the level of development of both your **ideas and your technical competence** with your chosen media or mode of expression.


 * 1) **Sensitivity to materials ** – This criterion concerns your ability to use and in some cases develop novel uses for your materials. It refers most importantly to your ability to review and modify your **use of materials**, so that your work shows evidence of increasingly well-informed resolutions of concepts and the ideas that can be conveyed in your work.


 * 1) **Technique ** – This is related to both (**a)** and (**d)** above. It refers to your **mastery and understanding of the media** you have chosen to explore. A student in our IB art program is free to choose whatever medium he or she wishes, but they must be able to demonstrate that they have learned a **great deal of the handling**, potential and limits of that medium.


 * 1) **Confidence ** – this criterion refers to the degree to which your work shows evidence of a confident, **inventive** and wholly personal approach to image-making, one that does not rely heavily on existing art, historical precedent or teacher guidance.


 * 1) **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Independence **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> – This criterion looks at the degree to which your work shows self-direction and use of your **own judgment**. Ultimately, your work must be entirely your own and should show that you arrived at the visual statement it makes on your own accord. This has a great deal to do with the above criterion **f**.