Advanced Placement and Secondary Policy: Countering the Null Curriculum Because of education reform policy and misconceptions about artistry and artistic assessment, visual art education remains in the margins of high school education. One response to the lack of supportive arts education policy is the Advanced Placement (AP) Studio Art Program,
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Advanced Placement in Studio Art and the Contested Territory of College Art Foundations The AP assessment adds credibility to art learning by providing a reliable annual evaluation of high school artwork. Its substantive focus on creating and understanding art for its intrinsic value is a positive influence on the field’s identity and security. The AP Studio Art program provides a significant response to the marginalization of art learning by giving art the legitimacy of college level rigor and support.
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Advanced Placement as an Enabling Constraint for Secondary Art Education From the perspectives of a high school educator and AP Reader, I have observed how the constraints of the AP program can be used to
generate support for high school art programs and opportunities for large numbers of students to be seriously engaged with art learning. The AP portfolio can function as an “enabling constraint” for secondary art education. |