IB Arts grade descriptors

The student’s work demonstrates highly effective research and inquiry and the highly effective use of subject-specific terminology.

Creative work and processes demonstrate a highly effective understanding of artistic ideas and intentions.

Practical/performance work demonstrates highly effective subject-specific skills, techniques and competences.

The student demonstrates highly effective critical reflection on both work created and work in progress.

The student’s work demonstrates effective research and inquiry and the effective use of subject-specific terminology.

Creative work and processes demonstrate an effective understanding of artistic ideas and intentions.

Practical/performance work demonstrates the effective use of subject-specific skills, techniques and competences.

The student demonstrates effective critical reflection on both work created and work in progress.

The student’s work demonstrates developed research and inquiry and developed use of subject-specific terminology.

Creative work and processes demonstrate a developed understanding of artistic ideas and intentions.

Practical/performance work demonstrates developed subject-specific skills, techniques and competences.

The student demonstrates developed critical reflection on both work created and work in progress.

The student’s work demonstrates basic research and inquiry and the basic use of subject-specific terminology.

Creative work and processes demonstrate a basic understanding of artistic ideas and intentions.

Practical/performance work demonstrates basic subject-specific skills, techniques and competences.

The student demonstrates basic critical reflection on both work created and work in progress.

The student’s work demonstrates undeveloped or limited research and inquiry and undeveloped or limited use of subject-specific terminology.

Creative work and processes demonstrate an undeveloped or limited understanding of artistic ideas and intentions.

Practical/performance work demonstrates undeveloped or limited subject-specific skills, techniques and competences.

The student demonstrates undeveloped or limited critical reflection on both work created and work in progress.

The student’s work demonstrates superficial research and inquiry and superficial use of subject-specific terminology.

Creative work and processes demonstrate a superficial understanding of artistic ideas and intentions.

Practical/performance work demonstrates superficial subject-specific skills, techniques and competences.

The student demonstrates superficial critical reflection on both work created and work in progress.

The student’s work demonstrates irrelevant or inadequate research and inquiry and irrelevant or inadequate use of subject-specific terminology.

Creative work and processes demonstrate an irrelevant or inadequate understanding of artistic intentions or development of ideas.

Practical/performance work demonstrates irrelevant or inadequate subject-specific skills, techniques and competences.

The student demonstrates irrelevant or inadequate critical reflection on both work created and work in progress.