The MYP is part of the continuum of IB education, serving students in grades 6 -10. At ICS, the MYP is an inquiry and concept-based programme. It encourages students to explore new concepts and subjects with which they may be unfamiliar.  Then students make connections to previous knowledge and transform that knowledge into creative and novel assessments.  

Assessment in the MYP is something which happens throughout a unit and helps both the teacher and student on their learning journeys. Assessment helps us reflect on what we have learnt and helps us set goals for future learning! It is not something to be afraid of, but something to guide students.

Authentic MYP Assessment is a performance of understanding showing conceptual understanding and engagement with the statement of inquiry, unit objectives and the unit content: knowledge, understanding of content and approaches to learning skills. Wiggins states that authentic real world assessment, “represents challenges within a given discipline. They are designed to emphasize realistic (but fair) complexity” which simulates the “messiness of real or simulated settings, purposes and audiences.”