SCORING GUIDELINES FOR 2-D DESIGN

The scoring rubric for AP Portfolios goes from 6 (excellent) through 5(strong), 4 (good), 3 (moderate), 2 (weak) and 1 (poor).

If you are working on a 2-D Design portfolio, your work will be scored based on the Principles of Design. These may include, but not be limited, to:

• Unity
• Variety
• Balance
• Emphasis
• Contrast
• Rhythm
• Repetition
• Proportion
• Scale
• Figure/Ground Relationship

Considering the elements above, the key scoring descriptors used for your QUALITY are as follows:

1. General Use of Design Elements and Application of the Principles of 2-D Design
2. Decision Making and Intention
3. Originality, Imagination, and Invention of Composition
4. Experimentation and Risk Taking
5. Confident, Evocative Work, and Engagement of the Viewer
6. Technical Competence and Skill with Materials and Media
7. Appropriation and the Student “Voice”
8. Overall Accomplishment

The key scoring descriptors for your CONCENTRATION are as follows:

1. Integration of the Topic of the Concentration and the Work Presented
2. Decision Making and Discovery Through Investigation
3. Originality and Innovative Thinking
4. Evocative Theme and Engagement of the Viewer
5. Understanding and Application of 2-D Design Principles
6. Transformation and Growth
7. Technical Competence and Skill with Materials and Media
8. Appropriation and the Student “Voice”
9. Image Quality (for Weak and Poor Concentration Only)
10. Overall Accomplishment

The key scoring descriptors for your BREADTH are as follows:

1. Application of 2-D Design Principles to a Broad Range of Design Problems
2. Originality and Innovative Thinking
3. Range of Intentions or Approaches
4. Confident, Evocative Work that Engages the Viewer
5. Technical Competence and Skill with Materials and Media
6. Appropriation and the Student “Voice”
7. Image Quality (for Weak and Poor Breadth sections only)
8. Overall Accomplishment

Download the full guidelines here.

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