About Visual Arts
Visual Arts students explore, refine, and communicate their own artistic ideas by responding to how art expresses identity, culture, ethnicity, ideas, feelings, moods, beliefs, political viewpoints, and personal perspectives.
This page contains resources and tools to help support:
- internal and external assessment
- teachers delivering this subject
- learners taking this subject.
Read more about this subject on NCEA.education (external link)
On this page
Assessor Support
See how our online resources and workshops can support and improve your assessment practice.
Assessor Support homeVisual Arts standards
Exemplars, reports, past exams and assessment schedules
Assessment specifications
Assessor support materials for internal assessment
National moderator's report
Annual reports on issues and trends in assessment
View moderator's reportRequest clarification form
Teachers can request clarification of a standard with this form
Open request clarification formRemote assessment matrix
Guidance for teachers if learning and assessment needs to be completed remotely
Remote assessment matrix [PDF, 236KB]Alternative evidence gathering templates
Templates for student results when direct assessment is not possible
Get templatesMore resources
Visual Arts Level 1 and 2 art bag order
Please complete the online order form by 1 August if:
- your school is new to teaching Visual Arts at either or both Levels 1 and/or 2, or
- you school has lost your blue or red bags to submit your verification samples.
Visual Arts Level 1 and 2 verification bag order form (external link)
Additional resources
We will provide the following resources in Term 3:
- External Assessment Administrative Instructions for NCEA Level 1 and Level 2 Visual Arts
- Level 1 and Level 2 Verification Appeal form
- External Assessment Submission Instructions NCEA Level 3 and NZ Scholarship Visual Arts
- NCEA Level 3 and NZ Scholarship Visual Arts authenticity declaration
Submission and authenticity requirements
We will provide the submission instructions and authenticity requirements for NZ Scholarship Visual Arts in Term 3.
School appeal of verification results [DOC, 79 KB]
Visual Arts Level 3 and Scholarship authenticity declaration [DOCX, 62 KB]
Tools
Level 1 assessment matrix
Use this Visual Arts matrix on NCEA.education with new standards in 2024
Go to the matrix
Level 2 and 3 assessment matrix (opens in a new window)
Use this Visual Arts matrix for Level 2 and 3 standards
Download matrix [DOCX, 45KB]
Career guidance
Career information and tools to help your students on careers.govt.nz
Go to careers.govt.nz