How is the IB Diploma assessed?
• About 20-25% of each subject is internally assessed by the teacher, using very specific IB grading criteria. • Students submit work for internal assessment, and have opportunities to develop this over a period of time with advice and support from the teacher. • The teacher’s grading is scrutinized by the IB office. • In May of the second year students sit the external written exams over a period of three weeks. • The completed scripts are sent to examiners all around the world who mark them according to IB grading criteria. • The IB mostly uses a 7-point grading scheme, with 7 meaning outstanding, a 4 being the minimum pass and a 1 being very poor. • Students always have access to the grading criteria, so that they understand what they are being assessed on and what they need to do to improve their grades.
