How many images and written responses does the Sustained Investigation contain?

15 images and two written responses

What is the single most common mistake when selecting the 15 images?

Choosing the 15 best-looking works

Inquiry, practice-experimentation-revision, synthesis and skill

Resolved works, process work and detail images

Identify the inquiry that guided your investigation

600 characters including spaces

If the writing does not identify materials, processes and ideas, the portfolio is only eligible for the lower score points

My work explores my feelings about home and I tried lots of things.

The reader views them in your order, so the sequence should make the inquiry's development legible

Because prompt 2 must show the investigation moving, not duplicate prompt 1's question

Against the final, chosen set of 15 images, so the writing points to what those images show

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What percentage of the AP Art and Design score is the Sustained Investigation worth?
How many images and written responses does the Sustained Investigation contain?
What is the single most common mistake when selecting the 15 images?
Which four criteria is the Sustained Investigation scored against?
What are the three kinds of image that fill the 15 slots?
What does prompt 1 of the written evidence ask you to do?
What is the character limit on each written response?
What does the decision rule that gates the writing say?
Which prompt 1 response is most at risk of failing the gate?
Why should you sequence the 15 images rather than leave them in any order?
Why must prompt 2 show practice, experimentation AND revision rather than restating the topic?
When should you draft the two written responses?