This document discusses art assessment in three main ideas:
1. Effective assessment meets the needs of students, the art program, classroom environment, and community.
2. Quality assessment examines both artistic products and processes.
3. Students' preconceptions significantly impact the learning process by determining what they understand.
It also provides vocabulary terms for assessment types, potential issues regarding assessment in art vs. regular classrooms, and connections to teaching assessments. Activities and a discussion on principles of quality art assessment are outlined.