Making Marks: assessment practices in art and design

This article offers a brief overview of key points emerging from my research into art and design lecturers’ assessment practices. I have worked in this area for some years and have carried out a range of interview-based and observation-based studies across more than eight universities. In this article I discuss the ways lecturers assess identities, artistic practices and artwork holistically. My key point is that art and design assessment is best understood as an artful practice - indeed it might be likened to a form of connoisseurship.