Assessment

Assessment SL

Paper 1: Guided textual analysis. This is weighted at 35%, is externally assessed, lasts 1 hour and 15 minutes, and has a total of 20 marks
Paper 2: Comparative essay. This is weighted at 35%, is externally assessed, lasts 1 hour and 45 minutes, and has a total of 30 marks
Individual oral. This is weighted at 30%, is internally assessed and externally moderated, and lasts 15 minutes. The first 10 minutes is a prepared response, the following 5 minutes are questions by the teacher, and the assessment is framed by this prompt: Examine the ways in which the global issue of your choice is presented through the content and form of two of the texts that you have studied. The individual oral has a total of 20 marks.

Assessment HL

Paper 1: Guided textual analysis. This is weighted at 35%, is externally assessed, lasts 2 hours and 15 minutes, and has a total of 40 marks
Paper 2: Comparative essay. This is weighted at 25%, is externally assessed, lasts 1 hour and 45 minutes, and has a total of 30 marks
Higher Level Essay. This is weighted at 20%, is externally assessed, and is an academic essay of 1200 – 1500 words. Students write on one non-literary text, a collection of non-literary texts by the same writer, or a literary work studied during the course
Individual oral. This is weighted at 20%, is internally assessed and externally moderated, and lasts 15 minutes. The first 10 minutes is a prepared response, the following 5 minutes are questions by the teacher, and the assessment is framed by this prompt: Examine the ways in which the global issue of your choice is presented through the content and form of two of the texts that you have studied. The individual oral has a total of 20 marks.

The difference between external assessment and internal assessment

External assessment components are marked by IB examiners (i.e. most often, experienced IB teachers). Paper 1, Paper 2, and the Higher Level essay are all externally assessed. Paper 1 and Paper 2 are completed as examinations at the end of the second year of the IB Diploma (in May for schools registered for northern hemisphere examinations, and in November for schools registered for southern hemisphere examinations).

Internal Assessment is marked by class teachers. These marks may be moderated within departments prior to submission to the IB. Submitted marks are moderated by IB examiners (who listen to a sample of Individual orals selected by and submitted to the IB).

Dates for submission for the Higher level essay (external assessment) and the Individual oral (internal assessment) are set by the IB. These dates are published to IB Coordinators who share this information with teachers. Schools, in turn, set internal deadlines prior to the final IB deadline for submission.

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