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Promoting Creativity in the Art Class through Assessment

Some of you may be wondering why I have chosen to link creativity, which is an exciting idea, to assessment which is commonly regarded as both boring and irritating. I will make the case today that assessment, appropriately done, is an important tool in the promotion of creativity in the arts program. Many will argue that assessment inhibits creative behavior, but in truth it is only inappropriate assessment that has this effect. Appropriate assessment strategies will drive the curriculum towards the promotion of creativity in student work and thinking. In fact, I will argue that, without appropriate assessment expectations, the classroom conditions for creative behavior can be effectively destroyed. I will talk first about the notion of creativity itself, and then I will discuss the ways in which appropriate assessment can promote it.