IBEC Assessment & Evaluation in IB Context 5

Question 1

What is the IB Extended Essay (EE) primarily assessed on?

Accepted Answer

A student's ability to engage in independent research and scholarly writing

Answer

The EE assesses a student's capacity to conduct independent research, develop a research question, and communicate findings in an academic essay of up to 4,000 words.

Question 2

In DP assessment, what happens if a student does not submit their Internal Assessment component?

Accepted Answer

The student receives an N (no grade) and cannot be awarded the DP diploma

Answer

Failure to submit a required IA results in an N grade for that subject, which means the student cannot receive the IB Diploma.

Question 3

What does a 'predicted grade' represent in IB assessment?

Accepted Answer

A teacher's professional estimate of the grade a student will achieve in final DP assessments

Answer

Predicted grades are teacher estimates of a student's likely final DP grade, used primarily by universities for conditional offers before results are released.

Question 4

Which IB document outlines the assessment objectives that all tasks in a DP subject must address?

Accepted Answer

The subject guide

Answer

Each DP subject guide specifies the assessment objectives—the skills and knowledge students are expected to demonstrate—that all assessments are designed to measure.

Question 5

In IB assessment, what is the significance of 'grade boundaries' being set after the examination?

Accepted Answer

It ensures standards are maintained even if one exam session's papers were harder or easier than usual

Answer

Post-exam grade boundary setting allows the IB to account for variations in exam difficulty between sessions, ensuring a grade 5 this year means the same as a grade 5 in previous years.

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IBEC Assessment & Evaluation in IB Context 5