Managing subjectivity in arts assessment
Date
2008
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School of Education, UWI, St. Augustine
Abstract
Transparency in the award of scores is a major concern in arts assessments. Subjectivity impacts on assessment of the arts due in the main to disagreements about the artistic skills and aesthetic dimensions of artistic works. This paper describes some of the dilemmas facing judges across the artistic domains, and identifies questions that can guide the assessment of creativity. Rubrics are discussed as a method of reducing the impact of subjectivity in arts assessments
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Arts education, Student evaluation, Subjectivity, Caribbean
Citation
Baptiste, L. (2008). Managing subjectivity in arts assessment. In L. Quamina-Aiyejina (Ed.), Reconceptualising the agenda for education in the Caribbean: Proceedings of the 2007 Biennial Cross-Campus Conference in Education, April 23-26, 2007, School of Education, UWI, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago (pp. 503-509). St. Augustine, Trinidad: School of Education, UWI.