Question 3: Assessment

Document the assessment measures used to determine the extent to which the objectives of the practice have been met.

Assessment criteria for Multicultural Digital Art Portfolios Student success with his or her project: Every student will complete four art projects, four written descriptions and four series of slides for their digital art portfolios.

Teacher critique and evaluation will occur formatively during each phase of the project. Once completed, projects will be viewed by the teachers and the students. Assessment is based upon the grading rubrics for each component.

Grading Rubrics: As there are a variety of levels of comprehension within this project, grading rubrics are used as a means of assessment. All grading rubric components are in line with district curriculum objectives, NJCCCS and ESPA. Each specific grading rubric consists of a fixed scale and a list of characteristics describing the performance task. The rubrics are graded on a four point scale. In general these rubrics assess outstanding success, average success, moderate success and unsuccessful completion of the various components of the overall project.

Individual rubrics for:

Art Component:

• Rubric Part 1: Historic knowledge transferred into art project.
• Rubric Part 2: Skills and production completed successfully.
• Rubric Part 3: Overall success of the project.

Technology Component Rubric

• Part 1: Understanding procedures needed to layout and create slide presentation Rubric
• Part 2: Technically utilizing various tools from Microsoft PowerPoint to animate, add sounds, add pictures, add text into the slide presentation Rubric
• Part 3: Success of visual presentation of project

Language Arts Component/Public Speaking Component

• Rubric Part 1: Written description of art project-pre-write Rubric
• Part 2: Written description final draft
• Rubric Part 3: Successful transfer into Microsoft PowerPoint

Public Speaking Component

• Rubric Part 1: Speaking
• Rubric Part 2: Delivery
• Rubric Part 3: Overall success of oral presentation

These grading rubrics allow assessment based upon the NJCCCS, skills array and teacher observation. Cumulative digital portfolios-skills: Skills acquired in technology and art are cumulative per year. As the child advances to the next grade level, the current year’s slide presentation builds on the previous year’s accumulated knowledge. Theoretically, this digital portfolio will follow the students through their tenure as a student at this school and can be transferred to the appropriate high school. These portfolios can be used to assess student’s proficiency in art and technology throughout his/her education. Teacher/ Administration Articulation Assessment: Post completion of project, teachers evaluate the degree of success of the program in terms of the objectives met and plan additional objectives for the following year. Process is reevaluated based on NJCCCS, ESPA results and district curriculum. Teachers articulate with administration to plan for following year.