Visual Arts (Grades K–12)

Test Framework Worksheet

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This worksheet allows users to map the test framework to the curriculum by entering up to five courses in the course name fields, and checking the boxes if the content of the course covers the information described by the test objectives in the rows below.
Subarea Objective Number Objective Description
Subtest 1: Test Code 221
Subarea I. Foundations and Critical Analysis
  • Multiple-Choice Questions: 21
  • Test Weight: 43%
0001 Understand the elements of art.
0002 Understand the principles of design.
0003 Understand contemporary approaches of visual organization.
0004 Understand artistic processes involved in creating works of visual art.
0005 Understand aesthetic concepts and critical analysis of artworks.
Subarea II. Materials and Processes of Art
  • Multiple-Choice Questions: 29
  • Test Weight: 57%
0006 Understand media, tools, technologies, techniques, and processes used in drawing and painting.
0007 Understand media, tools, technologies, techniques, and processes used in sculpture and architecture.
0008 Understand media, tools, technologies, techniques, and processes used in photography and printmaking.
0009 Understand media, tools, technologies, techniques, and processes used in functional arts such as ceramics and fiber arts.
0010 Understand media, tools, technologies, techniques, and processes used in media arts, performance art, and conceptual art.
Subtest 2: Test Code 222
Subarea I. Historical and Cultural Contexts of Art
  • Multiple-Choice Questions: 32
  • Test Weight: 64%
0011 Understand works of art and architecture from various cultures of Africa, the Near East, and the Middle East from ancient times to the present.
0012 Understand works of art and architecture from various cultures of Asia and Oceania from ancient times to the present.
0013 Understand works of art and architecture from various cultures of Central America and South America from ancient times to the present.
0014 Understand works of art and architecture from various cultures of Europe from ancient times to the present.
0015 Understand works of art and architecture from various cultures of North America, including Minnesota American Indian tribes and communities, from ancient times to the present.
Subarea II. Visual Arts Education and Careers
  • Multiple-Choice Questions: 18
  • Test Weight: 36%
0016 Understand careers in the visual arts and the relationship between art and society.
0017 Understand the foundations of art education.
0018 Understand the content and methods for developing students' content-area reading skills to support their reading and learning in visual arts.

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