eAssessment

Whichever level students are sitting, the eAssessment is a 2 hour examination that is done on computers. All student answers must be typed into the eAssessment, though they are allowed to have access to paper to do rough working.

The eAssessment is designed to assess students against all four of the Assessment Criteria. There are 7 or 8 questions in total, and each is split into multiple parts.

Questions 1-4 are aimed at assessing Criteria A: Knowledge and Understanding. These questions are similar in nature to GCSE Mathematics questions, though they make use of the available technology. 

Questions 5, 6 (and maybe 7) are aimed at assessing Criteria D: Applying Mathematics in Real Life. These questions ask students to apply their knowledge to some real-world problems. The last of these is quite open in nature, often with multiple correct approaches. 

Question 7 or 8 (depending on the number of questions) is aimed at assessing Criteria B: Investigating Patterns. This is an extended question worth around 30 marks out of the 100 marks available. Students will be guided through a mini-investigation and then asked to investigate a related mathematical idea. This uses knowledge they have learned in the course. 

In class we will practice using the laptops so students get used to typing mathematics, and also to the structure of the eAssessment. 

We also spend time in class, throughout S1-S5, developing the students' skills in investigating and applying their knowledge to real-life problems. In S5, we focus on using investigations that resemble the structure of the investigation in the eAssessment. Many of these investigations have been created in house at Europa to closely match what students will experience in the eAssessment. 

Outside of class students should focus their studying on improving their Knowledge and Understanding, as these underpin the other assessment criteria, and there are a wealth of resources available to students to work on this.

The Standard Level eAssessment is aimed at the majority of students, and gives students a broad grounding in all aspects of Mathematics. Study at this level supports further study in the IB at AISL or AASL.

The Extended Level eAssessment is aimed at the highest achieving students. This gives students a bit more depth to various topics, and also some extra topics to help prepare students to be ready to study AAHL at IB.

At Europa we split the year into 3 classes: Standard; Standard Plus; Extended.

The Standard Plus group will sit the Standard eAssessment, but they will study some of the extra content from the Extended course to give them a better grounding should they wish to pursue more mathematical subjects later. This extra content will be assessed internall, but not in the eAssessment.

The Standard group will focus on the content only in the Standard eAssessment, in order to best prepare them for this.

In the eAssessment students are allowed access to paper to do rough working by hand. However, this is not marked, and all answers and working must be transferred to the eAssessment on the computer. 

Students have access to a formula booklet within the eAssessment, but they are also allowed to have a physical copy in the exam. These will be provided in the Mocks and real eAssessment exams, but should you wish to print one for yourself you can find them below.

• MYP Standard Level Formula Booklet

• MYP Extended Level Formula Booklet

The grade boundaries for the eAssessment vary each year. This is done to try to be fair to students who sit a particularly hard eAssessment. As a guideline, here are the average grade boundaries from the last few years.

Standard Level

Grade 7 - 66%

Grade 6 - 55%

Grade 5 - 44%

Grade 4 - 35% (generally considered the passing grade)

Grade 3 - 21% (required minimum grade to achieve the MYP Certificate)

Grade 2 - 10%