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This is a mandatory assessment to be completed for all students in the 4th grade. Students exempted from the art program in their IEP are exempted from the assessment.
 * General **** Instructions FOR THE TEACHER **

Instructions FOR THE TEACHER: Please read all sections of the assessment before starting the assessment. It will be the responsibility of the teacher to make arrangements for make-up of assessments for absent students. Part 3 cannot be completed until Part 2 is completed. · Log in to Infinite Campus · Bring up: school year, school, and 4th grade in drop down menus · Select “Instruction” in the left hand column · Select “Reports” · Select “Roster labels” · Click “student/teacher” button · Click “generate report” · Do a “test” print to determine which way the labels need to be inserted in your printer to print correctly. For example: “top in, face down” · Place a blank sheet of labels in printer · Print labels twice (one label will be placed on the written portion of the test and the second on the 9x12 painting paper used for Part 2 and Part 3 ·  Repeat steps for each 4th grade class **  Grade 4 Art Assessment Instructions to be read ALOUD by the teacher. **  **Boldface** instructions are to be read aloud word for word from the text printed below.  ** Instructions for Part 1 **  Pass out the pencil, test paper with label affixed, and post cards for the Part 1 of the Art Assessment.
 * 1) In advance of the testing period, please print student labels.
 * 1) The entire assessment will require100 minutes of student contact time to complete (this will include handing out materials, reading the test instructions, and collecting materials). Scheduling practices vary across the district; consequently, each teacher will need to determine the number of class periods required to provide each student with 100 minutes to complete the assessment. Part 1 will assess the student’s knowledge of color temperature, value, genre, purposes for art making, pattern, and shape and the style of Grant Wood. The student will compare two paintings: Henri Rousseau’s Self-Portrait -1890 and Grant Wood’s Young Corn - 1931. Part 1 includes 12 yes / no responses. //Please score the tests. Write the number of correct answers at the top of each test and place the completed tests in the folder in your testing kit.//
 * 1) Part 2 of the assessment requires students to complete a drawing (using shape, line, and pattern) of a rural landscape in the style of Grant Wood. Record the students that are absent for Part 2 of the assessment. You may choose to do make-up assessments for absent students //before// continuing with Part 3 for all students. Arrangements must be made to allow absent students to make up Part 2 of the assessment //before// they continue to Part 3. If you continue to Part 3 before absent students have completed Part 2 - prearrange other locations for students that did not complete Part 2 of the assessment during Part 3 assessment sessions.
 * 1) Part 3 The student will paint the drawing created in Part 2 (using color, value, and pattern) in the style of Grant Wood. The completed painting will fill the entire 9X12 surface with little of no unpainted white paper showing.
 * We are going to assess your achievement in learning in art. You will use line, shape, color, value, and pattern to create a landscape painting //in the style// of Grant Wood. **
 * There will be three parts to this assessment. **
 * Part 1 will assess your ability to: **
 * • Identify the works of regional Iowa artist, Grant Wood, **
 * • identify the elements of design: shape, color, value, and **
 * • the principle of design: pattern; **
 * • and finally, to compare Iowa artist Grant Wood’s work to the work of French artist Henri Rousseau. **
 * Part 2 will assess your skill to applying line, shape, and pattern to //draw// a rural landscape //in the style// of Grand Wood. **
 * Part 3 will assess your skill in painting with cake tempera using color, value, and pattern. **

Say: o Yes · No ** You may begin. ** Start time: _ __ Half: __ __ Stop time: __ After 7 minutes please say: **The time period is now half over. You have 8 minutes to complete the test.** At 15 minutes, say:** Please pass your test to the teacher. (**You may pick up the tests individually or pass in the tests according to typical classroom organization.) Instructions for Part 2 Pass out the drawing paper with the label affixed (on the lower right hand corner) pencil, and eraser for Part 2 of the 4th Grade Assessment. Say: **Look at the label with your name on it. This will be the //back// of your drawing paper. Does everyone have a paper with their name on the label? If you do not have a paper with your name on the label, please write your name on the bottom right hand corner of the back of the paper. Does everyone have a pencil and an eraser? If you do not have a pencil and eraser, please raise your hand. You will have 15 minutes to complete Part 2 of the assessment. Using only the paper, pencil, and eraser provided, draw a rural landscape in the style of Grant Wood. DO //NOT// COPY the Grant Wood. Design your own rural landscape in a Grant Wood** **// style // using line, shape, and pattern. This drawing will be painted in Part 3 of the assessment. If you finish early turn your paper over and wait quietly until the teacher announces the end of the time.** Teachers you may ask the students to bring a reading book from their classroom for this portion of the assessment. (Check to be sure labels are on the **back** side when they begin) ** You may begin. ** __ Start time __ __ Half ___ __ Stop time ___ After 7 minutes, please say: **The time period is now half over. You have 8 minutes to complete drawing your landscape.**
 * Look at the label on your test paper. Does everyone have a test with their name at the top? If you do not have a test with your name on the top, please write your name in the space provided. (Pause) You will have 15 minutes to complete Part 1 of the test. If you finish early please check your answers. If you finish early turn your test paper over and wait quietly until I announce the end of the testing time. **
 * The first question on the test is a sample question. Let’s do the sample question together. Read the question to yourself as I read it aloud. **
 * 1. ****The principles of design are: line, shape, color, value, form, texture and space.**
 * Notice that the circle in front of the “No” is filled in. The correct answer is “No”. The //PRINCIPLES// of Design are Unity, Rhythm, Pattern, Emphasis, Proportion, Variety, and Balance. The items listed in the question are the //ELEMENTS// of Design. **
 * You will have 15 minutes to complete Part 1 of the test. If you finish early please check your answers. If you finish early turn your test paper over and wait quietly until I announce the end of the testing time. **

At 15 minutes, please say: **Please stop and pass your landscape drawing to your teacher.** Teachers: Record the students that are absent for Part 2 of the assessment. You may choose to do make up assessments before continuing with Part 3. Instructions for Part 3 Pass out the landscape drawings with the label affixed for Part 3 of the assessment.

Say: **Does everyone have their landscape drawing with their name on the back? If you do not have a paper with your name on the back you will be excused to another area. **

Teachers: Give instructions for the prearranged assignment and location for any students that did not complete Part 2 of the assessment. Arrangements will need to be made to allow absent student to make up Part 2 of the assessment before continuing to Part 3. **You will have 50 minutes to complete Part 3 of the assessment. Using only your drawing and the supplies provided, paint your rural landscape in the style of Grant Wood. DO NOT copy Grant Wood, but instead paint your own rural landscape in a Grant Wood** **// style //using color, value, shape, and pattern the way Grant Wood used them. ** ** If you finish early, wait quietly until the teacher announces the end of the time. ** ** You may begin. ** __ Start time: ___ __ Half: ___ __ Stop time: ___ __ Half way through the session please say: **The time period is now half over. You have** ____minutes to complete painting your landscape.__ __ At __minutes, say: **Please stop and pass your landscape painting to your teacher.** You may pick up the paintings individually or collect them according to your typical classroom organization for handling wet paintings. Place the finished paintings in the envelope in the testing kit.
 * Does everyone have a brush? If you do not have a brush, please raise your hand and keep it up until you get a brush. Does every table have tempera cakes, water, and paper towels in the center of the table? If you no not have tempera cakes, water, or paper towels, please raise your hand and keep it up until you get your supplies. **
 * This is a painting, so make sure you have completely painted all of the paper with little or no white paper showing when you are finished. When you are finished, check your work to be sure you have included good craft, value, color, shape, and pattern in the same way regional artist Grant Wood painted his paintings. **