Organic Law 2/2006, of 3 May, of Education, provides in its chapter VI the organization of the professional teaching of plastic arts and design in cycles of medium and higher degree of specific training, whose purpose is provide students with quality art training and ensure the qualification of future plastic arts and design professionals.

Royal Decree 596/2007 of 4 May, establishing the general management of the professional teaching of plastic arts and design, determines in its chapters V and VI the basic requirements of access and admission for these teaching as well as the criteria for the evaluation, promotion and mobility of students, reserving to the educational administrations the development of those aspects of their competence.

Following the publication of the new titles of Technical and Technical Arts and Design, in accordance with the Organic Law 2/2006, of May 3, and Law 8/2013, of December 9, for the improvement of the educational quality, it comes to regulate the development of the evaluation process and its temporary organization, the conditions of promotion, the evaluation of the practical training phase in companies, studies or workshops, the final Work and Integrated Project modules, as well as the basic documents for the evaluation and mobility of the professional teaching of plastic arts and Design in the field of competence of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport.

In the elaboration of this order the School Council of the State has issued an opinion.

By virtue of the above, I have:

Article 1. Object and scope of application.

1. The purpose of this order is to regulate the process of evaluation, promotion and academic accreditation of students who are teaching professionals of Plastic Arts and Design, in accordance with the provisions of Royal Decree 596/2007, 4 of May, for which the general management of the professional teaching of plastic arts and design is established.

2. This order will be applied in the public and private schools approved for the management of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport, which will teach training courses for plastic arts and design. established in Organic Law 2/2006, of 3 May, of Education.

Article 2. General characteristics of the assessment.

1. The evaluation of the learning of the students of the professional teaching of plastic arts and design will be continuous and will take into account the progress and academic maturity of the student or the student in relation to the general objectives and the competences professionals of the cycle.

2. The evaluation shall be carried out in a differentiated manner by training modules and shall be carried out by the relevant faculty, taking as a reference the objectives of each module expressed in terms of skills, skills and competences. the assessment criteria laid down for each of them in the legislation establishing each title and regulating the curriculum.

3. The application of the process of continuous evaluation of the students requires their regular attendance at the classes and the activities programmed for the different training modules of the cycle.

4. The improvement of a training cycle will require positive evaluation in all the modules that make up the training cycle and the qualification of "Apto" in the training phase in companies, studies or workshops.

Article 3. Calls in the academic year.

1. In general, registration will entitle two calls per module in the academic year, a final call in June and, for those students who do not exceed it, another call in September. In the case of modules of shorter duration than the academic year, the centres will be able to bring forward the final call and to hold the September call in June.

2. For the practical training phase in companies, studies or workshops, a single call will be available in the academic year.

Article 4. Development of the evaluation process.

1. The educational team of each group of students, chaired by the tutor or tutor and with the presence of a member of the management team, will meet in evaluation sessions to assess the progress of the students in the achievement of the objectives (a) the general training cycle and the specific objectives of the modules and the acquisition of professional skills, as well as to reflect on the development of teaching practice and to formulate proposals for improvement. The periodicity of these sessions will be established in the educational project of the center, at least for the modules of annual duration, three evaluation sessions in the academic year, in addition to the evaluation session in September the student who would not have exceeded all the modules in the final call for action.

2. A single act drawn up by the guardian or guardian of each group shall be drawn up for each evaluation session and the assessments and conclusions on the performance of the group and the students, as well as the agreements and decisions, shall be recorded. adopted.

3. Final evaluations will take place in the months of June and September and their results will be collected in the corresponding final evaluation minutes.

4. The final evaluation of the Final Work and Integrated Project modules will take into account the results obtained in the partial evaluations of the two different parts that compose them according to the weighting established in the educational project. of the teaching centre and the remaining modules and practical training phase will be completed in companies, studies or workshops that constitute the curriculum of the training cycle that is being cured.

5. The results of the evaluation of the first part of the Final Work and Integrated Project modules will be reflected in the evaluation reports for the first two quarters of the course. The second part of these modules will be followed by the tutor or tutor assigned and their evaluation will be carried out by a Project Commission made up to this effect by an odd number of teachers from the teaching centre.

6. The monitoring and evaluation of the practical training phase in companies, studies or workshops will be the responsibility of the centre's designated tutor or tutor, who will take into account the degree of achievement of the objectives and the assessment business. To this end, it will have the collaboration of a person appointed by the work centre as responsible for the training of the students during their stay in the school.

7. For the evaluation of the Final Work and Integrated Project modules and the practical training phase in companies, studies and workshops, the final evaluation sessions of the second course can be carried out in two phases:

(a) The first stage shall consist of the assessment of the relevant training modules, with the exception of the Final Work module or Integrated Project, and their qualifications shall be collected in an interim report with knowledge of them. to the students.

b) In the second phase, the practical training in companies, studies and workshops will be evaluated and, in the case of being eligible, the module Work Final or Integrated Project. These evaluation results, together with those collected in the interim report referred to in paragraph (a), shall be transferred to the corresponding final assessment report.

Article 5. Results of the assessment.

1. The results and observations relating to the process of assessment of the pupils shall be recorded in the assessment documents referred to in Article 20 of Royal Decree 596/2007 of 4 May 2007.

2. The results of the final evaluation of each module will be collected in the final evaluation minutes and will be expressed in terms of numerical ratings from zero to ten without decimals, with ratings equal to or higher than five and negative ones. For the practical training phase in companies, studies and workshops, the results of the evaluation will be expressed in terms of "Apto" or "Not suitable".

3. In the case of modules of duration higher than one academic year, the outcome of the evaluation of the first course will be taken into account for the purposes of promotion, with the final result of the evaluation process of these modules being collected in the Final evaluation minutes of the second course.

4. Other indications in the final assessment minutes:

(a) The Final Work and Integrated Project modules shall be entered in the final evaluation report as "Unqualified" (NC) until the previous completion of all other modules and phase of practical training in enterprises, studies or workshops that constitute the cycle.

b) The modules of previous courses not exceeded will be entered with the expression "Pending" (PT)

(c) The modules that have been the subject of validation shall be entered with the expression "validated" (CV).

(d) The training modules and the practical training phase which have been exempted by their correspondence with the work practice shall be entered in the words 'Exempt' (EX).

e) The modules which have been the subject of recognition of ECTS credits shall be entered with the expression 'recognised credits' (CR)

(f) The modules which have been recognised for the purpose of incorporating the pupils into a curriculum replacing the previous one shall be entered with the expression 'Incorporated' (IN).

(g) The modules which have been subject to a curricular adaptation as a result of the mobility of the pupils shall be recorded with the expression "Adapted" (AD).

(h) The training supplements provided for in the procedures for curricular adaptations or additions to a new curriculum will be expressed in terms of numerical qualifications or "Apto" or "unfit", as In the appropriate resolution, the status of "Training Complements" (CF) should be observed in the minutes.

5. Taking into account the process of continuous evaluation of the students, in the call of June all the modules will be qualified. In the September call, modules that cannot be evaluated because the students are not present will be reported as "Not presented" (NP). In the light of this, it will be understood that the September call is not consumed and that these modules compute as not being exceeded for promotional purposes.

6. The impossibility of continuous evaluation for the non-attendance of the class and the activities programmed to the totality of the modules for reasons not justified, may involve the annulment of the registration of trade and the loss of the rights acquired. The Management of the Centre shall inform the educational inspectorate of cases where such circumstances are present in order to assess the initiation of the appropriate procedure.

Article 6. Obtaining the final mid-note of the training cycle.

1. The final average note of the training cycle will be the result of multiplying the number of training credits, or in their case ECTS, which corresponds to each module by the final score obtained and dividing the sum of all of them among the total number of Credits submitted that are computable. The note shall be expressed with two decimal places rounded to the hundredths.

2. It shall not take into account for the attainment of the final note the practical training phase in undertakings, studies and workshops, or the modules which have been the subject of validation, of exemption for their correspondence with the practice or of recognition of ECTS credits.

3. In accordance with Article 21 of Royal Decree 596/2007 of 4 May, in the transfer of cases of students from another educational administration, they will be directly recognized by the teaching center as adapted to those modules with similar content and reading load that have been completely exceeded, and it is possible to provide for other cases to overcome training supplements. The adapted modules shall be taken into account for the final average note and for their weighting the grades obtained in the home centre and the credits corresponding to the curriculum in which the training cycle is completed shall be taken.

4. For the recognition of modules for the purpose of incorporating students into a curriculum which replaces the previous one, the actual decrees of the establishment of the titles of plastic arts and design and in the ministerial orders for curricular developments. The correspondences laid down in the Annexes to these rules shall be recognised directly by the Centre for the provision of modules which have been completed in the plan which is extinguished. For all other assumptions, the correspondences must be established by individualised resolution.

The improvement of the first complete course of the study plan which is extinguished will guarantee in its globality the equivalence, for academic purposes, of this course with the first course of the new curriculum, without prejudice to the appropriate correspondences, curricular adaptations or training complements which could be provided on an individual basis.

The modules that have been recognised shall be computable for the calculation of the final average note of the training cycle when a correspondence with modules of the extinguishing plan is established, taking into account weighting the qualifications obtained in these modules and the credits corresponding to the modules of the new curriculum.

5. The Directorate-General for Evaluation and Territorial Cooperation shall decide on individual decisions for the recognition of modules for the purposes of incorporation, curricular adaptation or the establishment of training supplements, with express indication of relevant data for the purpose of obtaining the final mid-note of the training cycle.

Article 7. Evaluation process documents.

1. The basic evaluation documents for the professional teaching of plastic arts and design are the personal academic record, which is credited with personal academic certification, evaluation reports and evaluation reports. individualised. Such documents shall, in preference, be the rule of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport of the relevant curriculum.

2. The personal academic record shall include the identification data of the centre, the personal data of the student, the registration data, the lessons to be learned and the information relating to the evaluation process. In the same way, the training cycle, the modules for incorporation, the curricular adaptations, the convalidations, the exemptions, the proposals for promotion and certification must be recorded in the same way. cancellations and renunciations of tuition, the final average note of the training cycle and how many steps are relevant in the student's academic career.

3. The final evaluation reports shall include the nominal ratio of the students who make up the group, together with the results of the final evaluation of each module and, where appropriate, of the practical training phase in companies, studies or workshops. In addition, the information relating to the pending modules of the previous course, the adapted modules, those recognised for the purpose of incorporation into a new curriculum, the validated and those which have been the subject of exemption, shall be reflected in the same. recognition of ECTS credits, cancellation of registration and resignation of convocation. The final minutes will be signed by the entire faculty of the group and in all will be recorded as a good sign of the direction of the teaching center.

4. The custody and file of the academic records and the records correspond to the educational centers and their fulfillment and custody will be supervised by the Educational Inspection. Private centres shall forward a reliable copy of the final assessment minutes to the public centre to which they are attached within 10 days of the completion of the assessment process.

5. The personal academic certification is the official document that reflects the results of the evaluation and the academic progress of the students in the training cycle and has accreditable value of the studies carried out. It shall include the reference to the standard setting out the relevant curriculum and shall collect the identifying data of the student or pupil, the modules completed in each of the years of schooling and the results of the evaluation. obtained with the expression of the corresponding call. The information relating to the pending modules of the previous course, the adapted modules, the validated modules, those which have been the subject of exemption and the recognition of credits, the non-qualified and those who have been the subject of resignation, shall also be reflected.

6. The individual assessment report shall be issued for the purpose of student mobility, shall be drawn up by the tutors with the approval of the Centre's Directorate and shall contain all relevant information on the student's academic situation or student required for the continuity of the learning process.

7. The Provincial Directorates shall take appropriate measures for the conservation and transfer of basic assessment documents in the event of the suppression or extinction of a teaching centre.

Article 8. Promotion.

1. At the end of the first course of the training cycle and as a result of the evaluation process, the teachers of each group will take the appropriate decisions on the promotion of the students to the second course.

2. In any case, to promote from first to second, it will be necessary to have obtained the positive evaluation in a total of modules whose reading load at least 75 per 100 of the total established in the curriculum of the first course of the cycle training course.

3. Students who do not promote the second course or who do not exceed all the modules of the second course shall only be required to carry out the non-overmatched modules only, without prejudice to the maximum number of calls available to each of them.

4. For the purposes of promotion, the waiver of the convocation of any module shall have the consideration of a pending module, but shall not compute for the purposes of convocation consumption.

Article 9. Limit of calls and stay.

1. The students will have a maximum of four calls for the improvement of each module and two calls for overcoming the practical training phase in companies, studies or workshops.

2. By way of exception, the Directorate-General for Territorial Evaluation and Cooperation, after reporting the direction of the educational establishment and the educational inspectorate, may authorise an extraordinary call for each module in the case of disease, disability, or others that impede the normal development of the studies, which are documented. Such authorisation shall be incorporated into the student's academic record by timely diligence.

3. As a general rule, the students of training courses in the field of plastic arts and design will have a maximum of four academic courses to study and to overcome the different modules in which each curriculum is structured, without prejudice to the maximum number of courses. Calls set for the exceeding of each module.

4. The failure to exceed a module in the ordinary calls, or in the case of an extraordinary call, will result in the loss of the right to registration in the corresponding training cycle of Plastic Arts and Design in a teaching centre. located in the field of management of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport.

Article 10. Cancellation of registration.

1. In order not to exhaust the calls or the years of stay provided for in this standard, the students may apply for cancellation of the full course, provided that there is a case of prolonged illness, incorporation into a job or personal causes which make it impossible for the study to be dedicated, all of which is duly justified.

2. The application for cancellation of registration must be sent before the end of the month of January of the academic year to the Management of the teaching center, who will decide within the maximum period of ten days. For duly accredited oversold causes, the Management of the Centre may assess the acceptance of applications outside the stipulated time limit.

3. The cases of cancellation of the registration fee referred to in Article 5.11 of this order shall be determined by the Directorate-General for Territorial Cooperation and Evaluation.

The procedure will be initiated ex officio by the educational inspection of the Provincial Directorate corresponding to the reasoned request of the Management of the teaching center, being able to open a period of prior information with the aim of know the circumstances and the convenience of initiating the procedure.

Before writing the motion for a resolution, the person concerned shall be heard to be able to plead and present the justifications that he considers to be relevant within a period of not less than 10 days and not more than 15 days.

4. The student who is granted the first course registration cancellation may be enrolled in the same studies in the following two years immediately without having to exceed the specific access test again, except in the case of has been the subject of a registration of its own office. After this period, this student will be subject to the general admission process.

5. The cancellation of registration shall be entered in the assessment documents by appropriate diligence with the expression 'Annulment' or, where appropriate, 'Annulment of its own motion'.

Article 11. Call waiver.

1. The students may request the resignation of all or any of the modules that make up the curriculum and the training phase in companies, studies and workshops provided that one of the cases of illness is present, incorporation into a job or personal obligations that prevent normal dedication to the study, all of which is duly justified.

2. The request for resignation will be addressed to the Directorate of the teaching center before March 31, who will decide within the maximum period of ten days. For duly accredited oversold causes, the Management may assess the acceptance of applications outside the stipulated time limit.

3. Acceptance of the waiver of the call shall be entered in the assessment documents by due diligence with the expression "Renunciation".

Article 12. Title.

The positive evaluation of all the modules that make up the curriculum of the training cycle and the phase of practical training in companies, studies or workshops will give the right to obtain the title of Superior Technician in Arts Plastics and Design or the title of Technician in Plastic Arts and Design in the appropriate specialty.

Article 13. Mobility.

1. The mobility of students who are trained in the teaching of plastic arts and design throughout the national territory will be guaranteed with the personal academic certification and the individualized assessment report.

2. When a teaching center located in the management of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport accepts the transfer of academic record of students from an Autonomous Community to continue the same studies, in the view of the Personal academic certification and the individual assessment report, will be resolved on the corresponding curriculum adaptation in order to incorporate it into the appropriate course.

3. Those modules corresponding to the minimum teachings which have been previously submitted and which have been completely exceeded shall be the subject of direct recognition by the teaching centre. For the rest of the cases, the Management of the teaching center will transmit the corresponding documentation together with a proposal of adaptation to the Directorate General of Evaluation and Territorial Cooperation for its resolution, being able to establish the improvement of training supplements deemed to be appropriate.

4. The decisions of curricular adaptations which provide for training supplements shall specify the contents of the training, the criteria for evaluation and the weighting of the courses and the training supplement in the final qualification. of the module.

5. When the students of a teaching centre located in the management of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport are transferred to another teaching centre to continue the same studies, it will be recorded in an individual evaluation report. information that is necessary for the continuity of the learning process. This report shall be drawn up on the basis of the data provided by the teachers, shall be signed by the tutors and shall bear the approval of the Centre's Directorate.

Article 14. Information and objectivity of the assessment.

1. At the end of each evaluation session, the students will be informed of the results obtained, and they must be kept on record.

2. In order to ensure the right of students to perform their performance according to criteria of full objectivity, the centres must make public the general criteria for the assessment of learning, promotion and certification. In addition, at the beginning of the teaching period, teachers shall inform their students of the minimum levels required for the improvement of the module, the procedures and criteria for evaluation and the procedures for recovery and support. intended.

3. In addition, the tutors of the practical training phase in companies, studies and workshops and the Final Work and the Integrated Project in their practical phase, will inform the students about the objectives to be met, the criteria for the evaluation of the company and the Commission of Projects, the criteria applicable in the assessment and the supported support.

4. The tutors and teachers of the different modules will maintain a fluid communication regarding the learning process with the students and, where appropriate, legal representatives.

5. The centres shall provide and disseminate the necessary information on the procedure for requesting clarifications and making claims on final ratings in accordance with the current rules.

6. Where, after the necessary clarifications, there is disagreement with the final qualification obtained in a module, the student may request in writing the review of that qualification within two days of reading from that in which the their communication was produced. This request will be dealt with through the Head of Studies to the responsible teaching department in order to carry out his study, to contrast the actions followed in the evaluation process and to produce the corresponding report with express expression of the decision taken to amend or ratify the final rating subject to review. The Head of Studies shall communicate in writing to the students the reasoned decision of the Department within the maximum period of three days following the submission of the application for a complaint.

7. Where, following the review procedure at the centre, the disagreement with the final qualification obtained persists, the student may present at the teaching centre and within two working days of the last communication, written complaint to the Provincial Directorates. The Management of the Centre shall send the letter to the Provincial Directorate within a maximum of three working days, accompanied by a report on the allegations made and incorporating the complaint file, the reports drawn up in the centre and the instruments applied in the assessment procedure.

The educational inspectorate will analyse the complaint file and, in the light of the Department's didactic programming and the curricular proposal, will issue a report on the adequacy of the assessment procedure applied. Within 15 days of receipt of the file, the Provincial Directorate shall adopt the relevant decision, which shall be reasoned in any event and shall be communicated immediately to the Directorate of the Centre for application and transfer to the Office. interested.

The resolution of the Provincial Directorate will be able to end the administrative route. In the event that the claim is estimated, the appropriate correction of the assessment documents shall be carried out.

8. Students may apply for the issuance of personal academic certifications from the studies completed or on any other end included in their personal academic record. Official certifications shall be signed by the Secretary or the Secretariat of the public teaching centre and with the approval of the Centre Directorate.

Additional disposition first. Supervision of educational inspection.

It is up to the Education Inspectorate to advise, inform and monitor the development of the evaluation process and propose the adoption of measures that will help to improve it. To this end, in their visits to the centers, the inspectors will meet with the management team, with the faculty and others responsible for the evaluation, devoting special attention to the assessment and analysis of the results of the evaluation of the students. and compliance with the provisions of this order.

Additional provision second. Personal data of students.

Regarding the obtaining of personal data from students, the transfer of the same data from some centers to others, and the security and confidentiality of the students, the provisions of the current legislation regarding the protection of personal data and, in any case, to the provisions of the additional twenty-third provision of the Organic Law 2/2006 of 3 May.

Additional provision third. Students with special educational needs.

The addresses of the centres, in the field of their competences, will take the necessary measures and resources to ensure that pupils with special educational needs arising from disability can carry out the proof of access, cursing the teachings and being assessed in accordance with the principles, guarantees and measures laid down in Organic Law 2/2006 of 3 May, and in Royal Decree Legislative 1/2013 of 29 November, approving the Text Recast of the General Law on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and their Social Inclusion.

First transient disposition. Evaluation processes started.

The evaluation processes initiated prior to the entry into force of this order will be governed by the regulations in force at the beginning of the academic year in which the student is enrolled.

Second transient disposition. Applicability to the teachings governed by the Organic Law 1/1990 of 3 October of General Ordination of the Educational System.

This order will apply to the process of evaluation, promotion and academic accreditation of students who are training courses of Plastic Arts and Design regulated by the Organic Law 1/1990 of 3 October, except for the Evaluation of the Final Work and the Final Project for which it will be established in the actual decrees that regulate the corresponding curricula.

Transitional provision third. Completion of studies initiated under the Organic Law 1/1990 of 3 October of General Management of the Educational System affected by the extinction of the title.

1. Those who, having begun studies of a formative cycle of Plastic Arts and Design under the Organic Law 1/1990 of 3 October, are affected by the implementation timetable established in the new titles derived from the Organic Law. From 3 May, from 3 May, they will be able to complete their studies in accordance with the corresponding rules for curricular development.

2. For those cases where the legislation is not published, the following will be available:

(a) The students who started studies of a two-year training course of Plastic Arts and Design according to a plan of studies to extinguish, will have the four academic years following the beginning of their extinction to finish it. To this end, each module may count, provided that the time limit indicated is not exceeded, with a maximum of four calls, which will not entail the right to class attendance and will be resolved by means of tests, except for the practical training in companies, studies or workshops for which the appropriate period will be available in an academic and final work or final project which will have the support of a tutor.

b) The students who started studies of a training cycle of Plastic Arts and Design of a year of duration according to a plan of studies to extinguish, will have two academic years following the beginning of their extinction for finish it. To this end, each module may count, provided that the time limit indicated is not exceeded, with a maximum of two calls, which shall not entail the right of class attendance and shall be resolved by means of evidence, except for the training phase (a) a practice in companies, studies or workshops for which the appropriate period will be available in an academic and final work which will have the support of a tutor.

(c) The students affected by paragraphs (a) and (b) who at the end of the established time limits are not in a position to obtain the title, may continue studies of Plastic Arts and Design in another specialty, for which they must submit to the admission process again, although it shall be entitled to the recognition of appropriate validations.

3. The evidence referred to in the preceding paragraph shall be convened at least once a year and preferably in the month of May, and shall be before a Court set up for that purpose, appointed by the Directorate of the Centre and composed of a number of the teaching staff of the didactic department to which the module belongs. The teaching centres shall give due publicity to the above tests and the relevant teaching departments shall guide the students on the content of the tests. For the evaluation of the practical training phase in companies, studies and workshops and the Final Work or Final Project, it will be established in the relevant regulations in force.

4. Each Court shall draw up a single act of assessment of the test carried out and shall record the individual qualifications obtained by the student in the relevant module, the ordinal number corresponding to the call according to the total to which it is entitled and those observations which are deemed appropriate. These proceedings shall be signed by all the members of the Court and with the approval of the Management Centre.

5. In order to ensure the right of students to an objective assessment, the centres must provide sufficient time in advance for the conduct of the tests to provide information on the minimum requirements for the improvement of the modules and the general criteria for evaluation. The composition of the courts and the adaptation of the complaint procedure laid down in Article 14 of this order shall also be established in the public calls for evidence.

Single repeal provision. Regulatory repeal.

The Order of 26 May 1997 is repealed, which regulates the process of evaluation, academic accreditation and mobility of students who are training courses of Plastic Arts and Design established by the Organic Law. 1/1990, of 3 October, in the territorial area of management of the Ministry of Education and Culture.

Final disposition first. Application.

It is up to the Secretary of State for Education, Vocational Training and Universities to dictate how many resolutions and instructions are required for the implementation of this order.

Final disposition second. Entry into force.

This order shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the "Official State Gazette".

Madrid, 31 July 2015.-The Minister of Education, Culture and Sport, Iñigo Méndez de Vigo and Mr Mondejo.